The card paradox

Years ago in high school I read about a possibly apocryphal university professor who had lost his mind thinking about a puzzle written on two sides of a piece of paper. The card paradox. Turning it over in my mind, I recently realized I could have saved him.

When I was in high school years ago I read about a university professor had gone insane thinking about a puzzle.

Front: The sentence on the other side of this card is True.
Back: The sentence on the other side of this card is False.

It's stuck around in the background over the…

— argc (@tookalito) September 9, 2025

Kate and Allie and Ted

There was a discussion about plumbers lately. Years ago a TV show called Kate & Allie had a plumber named Ted as a secondary character. A Kate & Allie reboot with a more prominent Ted could interesting

There has been some discourse about plumbers lately.

I can only think about one time a plumber was portrayed as a character on a tv show. Ironically it was the feminist show Kate & Allie which had Ted as a secondary cast member. Ted was a plumber and somewhat ambiguous love…

— argc (@tookalito) September 3, 2025

two work from home jobs at the same time

My work at this time is "hybrid". It's primarily work from home. Going to the office is generally optional. Sometimes there's some kind of special event and everyone is expected to be on site in person. Some members of my team are not in the city where the office is. They would have to travel to appear in person at the office. For myself I live nearby and I try to go to the office at least once a week.

There is some anecdotal and other stories about people who simultaneously work two or more WFH jobs at the same time, each employer unknown to the other. While I don't recommend this and I don't do it myself, it is possible and has been done with some levels of success. Of course the most successful at it are the ones where it is never found out, never disclosed. The stories that come out are those that sooner or later got caught. Some thoughts on how to manage it occurred to me

the mouse mover is also a part of having two work from home jobs at the same time.

I got thinking of what it would take to have two wfh jobs at once. 80 hours pay in an exchange for about 35-50 hours of work a week.

— argc (@tookalito) August 30, 2024

now ads free

If there were still any regulars they would have noticed that the ads are no more on this site. The blog loads faster now.

After a long run of nearly 20 years I disconnected from Google AdSense. There was enough in there for a modest cashout. There was no realistic path to the required AdSense cashout level so I just closed the account to get what was in there and call it good.

The original dream from 2005 was to hopefully pull maybe $30 a month blogging for dollars. That dollar a day dream never materialized. Back then 30 a month would have been material. See debt. Today I'd rather have an extra 30 than lose 30 at the end of each month but as of this moment I'm fortunate it doesn't make much difference one way or the other.

Onward and upwards. There were a few regulars for a few years. The site never generated much search engine traffic for whatever reason. Blogging had a good heyday. Blogs were a bit sadly kind of displaced by social media Facebook, YouTube and Twitter. This site will live on demonetized.

Working on Sunday

My dishwasher hasn't been working well lately. A busy repairman said he was fine to come by on a Sunday to look at it. Usually I try to take it easy on Sundays and avoid work. He had a bit of a point that it was him doing the work

The dishwasher has been on the fritz at my townhouse. I rent, the landlord is pretty good. She got her repairman Johnny in touch with us.

We went through his checklist. Check the spinner arm works and isn't clogged. Run hot water before and during. Fill the rinse aide. Tried…

— argc (@tookalito) February 1, 2024

survivors bias and nervous breakdown

I grew up believing that nervous breakdown was very rare, and being on the verge of a nervous breakdown was somewhat common. Years later I wonder if nervous breakdown was more frequent than I believed.

When I was young going to church they sometimes did this thing called testimony. In testimony people in the congregation could stand up and talk for a short time about their experience with God in their lives.

A theme I noticed back then was some would describe some difficult…

— argc (@tookalito) January 12, 2024