Notices by Carl Cravens (carlcravens@mastodon.xyz)

My dad and I didn't get along well starting in my teenage years. Years later I understood it was because he felt threatened by his adopted child surpassing him. He had to keep me in my place, keep me from getting uppity.
So then it baffled me why the images and smells of traditional shaving, shaving cream, aftershave, would make me think so fondly of him.
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I realized this morning, it wasn't so much _him_ as the period in my life it reminded me of. The time before my parents divorced, before he started feeling threatened, before he started picking at me with little insults, and hit me when he thought I was going to hit him. The time in my life that I associate with him and traditional shaving was the time I felt safe with him and my family life felt secure. Before it all fell apart.
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One day a week at work, nobody should be be able to ask us for anything, so we can actual work in the things and for earlier.

This should probably occur on that mythical no-meeting day.

@craigmaloney @mwl
Craig "don't talk to me" Maloney