#interview — Public Fediverse posts

A lengthy, two-part interview with Trevor Dickinson (A-EON Technology) has been published.

In his answers to twenty questions, he mentions, for example, his financial support for the release of Amiga Forever and later C64 Forever as well as the realization that, in hindsight, he should not have pursued the development of the X5000 and A1222 Plus models simultaneously, as this left too few resources for the software side.

https://www.amiga-news.de/en/news/AN-2026-05-00125-EN.html

#Amiga #AmigaOS4 #AEON #interview

Video: Bericht auf Paddys Retro Kanal zu Dungeon Keeper

Im aktuellen, knapp zwanzigminütigen Beitrag auf "Paddys Retro Kanal" wird eine Betaversion von Steffen Häusers Amiga-Umsetzung des Spiels Dungeon Keeper auf einem Amiga 1200 mit einer Pistorm32 Lite vorgestellt.

Im Interview mit dem Entwickler werden zudem die Neuerungen des ersten Updates zu "Die Siedler 2 - Gold Edition" erwähnt.

https://www.amiga-news.de/de/news/AN-2026-05-00126-DE.html

#Amiga #games #retrogaming #DungeonKeeper #Siedler2 #video #interview

¡Que Viva Antonio Aguilar! Pepe Aguilar Talks Tribute Album to His Father Featuring Ángela Aguilar, Carín León & More

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.billboard.com/music/latin/pepe-aguilar-talks-tribute-album-que-viva-antonio-aguilar-1236259400/

Obsession Interview: Jeff Barker On His Son's Viral Horror Hit

It's no secret that Curry Barker's Obsession is absolutely dominating the box office right now. The small indie horror film has already earned over $90 million on an extremely tiny budget of just $750K. These are the kind of numbers that you simply don't see indie horror films reach these days....

#CurryBarker #IndeNavarrette #interview #JeffBarker #MichaelJohnston #Obession

Abschied aber kein Lebewohl – A farewell, but not goodbye forever

(English below)

Am Pfingstmontag, 25.5.2026, fanden in unserer St. Concordia-Kirche zu Ruhla zwei Verabschiedungen im Gottesdienst statt.
In einer feierlichen Zeremonie wurde zunächst die Kantorkatechetin verabschiedet. Sie hat 20 Jahre lang mit Kindern und Familien gearbeitet und war zudem für die Kirchenmusik verantwortlich. Doch nachdem sie vor 25 Jahren in den Ruhestand getreten war, hat sie noch ein Vierteljahrhundert die Orgel bei Gottesdiensten, Hochzeiten, Trauerfeiern etc. gespielt. Dafür wurde ihr vom Superintendent des Kirchenkreises herzlich gedankt und ihr Engagement gewürdigt.

Die zweite Verabschiedung galt Pfarrer Reuther, der nach 22 Jahren Dienst in Ruhla Ende Juni 2026 in den Ruhestand geht.
Auch wenn sein Dienst in Ruhla endet, bedeutet das nicht das Ende des Bildungsprojekts in Ruanda! Der Ökumenische Eine-Welt-Kreis bleibt weiterhin bestehen und wird das Projekt in der gewohnten Weise fortführen. Mehr noch, Pfarrer Reuther bleibt Mitglied des Eine-Welt-kreises und wird die Leitung des Projekts behalten.

Beide Ruheständler hatten sich von den Besuchern und Gästen des Verabschiedungsgottesdienstes gewünscht, daß sie auf Geschenke verzichten, dafür aber eine Spende zu geben. Dafür hatten sie zwei Zwecke vorgegeben. Ein Zweck davon war unser Bildungsprojekt in Ruanda und wir sind dankbar für alle Spenden in Höhe von rund 800 Euro, die für unser Ruanda-Projekt gespendet wurden.

On Whit Monday, 25 May 2026, two farewells took place during the service at our St Concordia Church in Ruhla.
In a solemn ceremony, the cantor-catechist was first bid farewell. She had worked with children and families for 20 years and was also responsible for church music. However, after retiring 25 years ago, she continued to play the organ for another quarter of a century at church services, weddings, funerals and other occasions. The superintendent of the church district expressed his heartfelt thanks to her and paid tribute to her dedication.

The second farewell was for Pastor Reuther, who is retiring at the end of June 2026 after 22 years of service in Ruhla.
Even though his ministry in Ruhla is coming to an end, this does not mean the end of the education project in Rwanda! The Ecumenical One World Circle will continue to exist and will carry on the project in the usual way. What is more, Pastor Reuther will remain a member of the One World Circle and will continue to lead the project.

Both retirees had asked the visitors and guests at the farewell service to refrain from bringing gifts and instead to make a donation. They had specified two causes for this. One of these was our education project in Rwanda, and we are grateful for all the donations totalling around 800 euros that were made to our Rwanda project.

Translated with http://www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version)

Abschied aber kein Lebewohl – A farewell, but not goodbye forever

(English below)

Am Pfingstmontag, 25.5.2026, fanden in unserer St. Concordia-Kirche zu Ruhla zwei Verabschiedungen im Gottesdienst statt.
In einer feierlichen Zeremonie wurde zunächst die Kantorkatechetin verabschiedet. Sie hat 20 Jahre lang mit Kindern und Familien gearbeitet und war zudem für die Kirchenmusik verantwortlich. Doch nachdem sie vor 25 Jahren in den Ruhestand getreten war, hat sie noch ein Vierteljahrhundert die Orgel bei Gottesdiensten, Hochzeiten, Trauerfeiern etc. gespielt. Dafür wurde ihr vom Superintendent des Kirchenkreises herzlich gedankt und ihr Engagement gewürdigt.

Die zweite Verabschiedung galt Pfarrer Reuther, der nach 22 Jahren Dienst in Ruhla Ende Juni 2026 in den Ruhestand geht.
Auch wenn sein Dienst in Ruhla endet, bedeutet das nicht das Ende des Bildungsprojekts in Ruanda! Der Ökumenische Eine-Welt-Kreis bleibt weiterhin bestehen und wird das Projekt in der gewohnten Weise fortführen. Mehr noch, Pfarrer Reuther bleibt Mitglied des Eine-Welt-kreises und wird die Leitung des Projekts behalten.

Beide Ruheständler hatten sich von den Besuchern und Gästen des Verabschiedungsgottesdienstes gewünscht, daß sie auf Geschenke verzichten, dafür aber eine Spende zu geben. Dafür hatten sie zwei Zwecke vorgegeben. Ein Zweck davon war unser Bildungsprojekt in Ruanda und wir sind dankbar für alle Spenden in Höhe von rund 800 Euro, die für unser Ruanda-Projekt gespendet wurden.

On Whit Monday, 25 May 2026, two farewells took place during the service at our St Concordia Church in Ruhla.
In a solemn ceremony, the cantor-catechist was first bid farewell. She had worked with children and families for 20 years and was also responsible for church music. However, after retiring 25 years ago, she continued to play the organ for another quarter of a century at church services, weddings, funerals and other occasions. The superintendent of the church district expressed his heartfelt thanks to her and paid tribute to her dedication.

The second farewell was for Pastor Reuther, who is retiring at the end of June 2026 after 22 years of service in Ruhla.
Even though his ministry in Ruhla is coming to an end, this does not mean the end of the education project in Rwanda! The Ecumenical One World Circle will continue to exist and will carry on the project in the usual way. What is more, Pastor Reuther will remain a member of the One World Circle and will continue to lead the project.

Both retirees had asked the visitors and guests at the farewell service to refrain from bringing gifts and instead to make a donation. They had specified two causes for this. One of these was our education project in Rwanda, and we are grateful for all the donations totalling around 800 euros that were made to our Rwanda project.

Translated with http://www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version)

Abschied aber kein Lebewohl – A farewell, but not goodbye forever

(English below)

Am Pfingstmontag, 25.5.2026, fanden in unserer St. Concordia-Kirche zu Ruhla zwei Verabschiedungen im Gottesdienst statt.
In einer feierlichen Zeremonie wurde zunächst die Kantorkatechetin verabschiedet. Sie hat 20 Jahre lang mit Kindern und Familien gearbeitet und war zudem für die Kirchenmusik verantwortlich. Doch nachdem sie vor 25 Jahren in den Ruhestand getreten war, hat sie noch ein Vierteljahrhundert die Orgel bei Gottesdiensten, Hochzeiten, Trauerfeiern etc. gespielt. Dafür wurde ihr vom Superintendent des Kirchenkreises herzlich gedankt und ihr Engagement gewürdigt.

Die zweite Verabschiedung galt Pfarrer Reuther, der nach 22 Jahren Dienst in Ruhla Ende Juni 2026 in den Ruhestand geht.
Auch wenn sein Dienst in Ruhla endet, bedeutet das nicht das Ende des Bildungsprojekts in Ruanda! Der Ökumenische Eine-Welt-Kreis bleibt weiterhin bestehen und wird das Projekt in der gewohnten Weise fortführen. Mehr noch, Pfarrer Reuther bleibt Mitglied des Eine-Welt-kreises und wird die Leitung des Projekts behalten.

Beide Ruheständler hatten sich von den Besuchern und Gästen des Verabschiedungsgottesdienstes gewünscht, daß sie auf Geschenke verzichten, dafür aber eine Spende zu geben. Dafür hatten sie zwei Zwecke vorgegeben. Ein Zweck davon war unser Bildungsprojekt in Ruanda und wir sind dankbar für alle Spenden in Höhe von rund 800 Euro, die für unser Ruanda-Projekt gespendet wurden.

On Whit Monday, 25 May 2026, two farewells took place during the service at our St Concordia Church in Ruhla.
In a solemn ceremony, the cantor-catechist was first bid farewell. She had worked with children and families for 20 years and was also responsible for church music. However, after retiring 25 years ago, she continued to play the organ for another quarter of a century at church services, weddings, funerals and other occasions. The superintendent of the church district expressed his heartfelt thanks to her and paid tribute to her dedication.

The second farewell was for Pastor Reuther, who is retiring at the end of June 2026 after 22 years of service in Ruhla.
Even though his ministry in Ruhla is coming to an end, this does not mean the end of the education project in Rwanda! The Ecumenical One World Circle will continue to exist and will carry on the project in the usual way. What is more, Pastor Reuther will remain a member of the One World Circle and will continue to lead the project.

Both retirees had asked the visitors and guests at the farewell service to refrain from bringing gifts and instead to make a donation. They had specified two causes for this. One of these was our education project in Rwanda, and we are grateful for all the donations totalling around 800 euros that were made to our Rwanda project.

Translated with http://www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version)

Abschied aber kein Lebewohl – A farewell, but not goodbye forever

(English below)

Am Pfingstmontag, 25.5.2026, fanden in unserer St. Concordia-Kirche zu Ruhla zwei Verabschiedungen im Gottesdienst statt.
In einer feierlichen Zeremonie wurde zunächst die Kantorkatechetin verabschiedet. Sie hat 20 Jahre lang mit Kindern und Familien gearbeitet und war zudem für die Kirchenmusik verantwortlich. Doch nachdem sie vor 25 Jahren in den Ruhestand getreten war, hat sie noch ein Vierteljahrhundert die Orgel bei Gottesdiensten, Hochzeiten, Trauerfeiern etc. gespielt. Dafür wurde ihr vom Superintendent des Kirchenkreises herzlich gedankt und ihr Engagement gewürdigt.

Die zweite Verabschiedung galt Pfarrer Reuther, der nach 22 Jahren Dienst in Ruhla Ende Juni 2026 in den Ruhestand geht.
Auch wenn sein Dienst in Ruhla endet, bedeutet das nicht das Ende des Bildungsprojekts in Ruanda! Der Ökumenische Eine-Welt-Kreis bleibt weiterhin bestehen und wird das Projekt in der gewohnten Weise fortführen. Mehr noch, Pfarrer Reuther bleibt Mitglied des Eine-Welt-kreises und wird die Leitung des Projekts behalten.

Beide Ruheständler hatten sich von den Besuchern und Gästen des Verabschiedungsgottesdienstes gewünscht, daß sie auf Geschenke verzichten, dafür aber eine Spende zu geben. Dafür hatten sie zwei Zwecke vorgegeben. Ein Zweck davon war unser Bildungsprojekt in Ruanda und wir sind dankbar für alle Spenden in Höhe von rund 800 Euro, die für unser Ruanda-Projekt gespendet wurden.

On Whit Monday, 25 May 2026, two farewells took place during the service at our St Concordia Church in Ruhla.
In a solemn ceremony, the cantor-catechist was first bid farewell. She had worked with children and families for 20 years and was also responsible for church music. However, after retiring 25 years ago, she continued to play the organ for another quarter of a century at church services, weddings, funerals and other occasions. The superintendent of the church district expressed his heartfelt thanks to her and paid tribute to her dedication.

The second farewell was for Pastor Reuther, who is retiring at the end of June 2026 after 22 years of service in Ruhla.
Even though his ministry in Ruhla is coming to an end, this does not mean the end of the education project in Rwanda! The Ecumenical One World Circle will continue to exist and will carry on the project in the usual way. What is more, Pastor Reuther will remain a member of the One World Circle and will continue to lead the project.

Both retirees had asked the visitors and guests at the farewell service to refrain from bringing gifts and instead to make a donation. They had specified two causes for this. One of these was our education project in Rwanda, and we are grateful for all the donations totalling around 800 euros that were made to our Rwanda project.

Translated with http://www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version)

Take this job

Rojie’s prompt today, just 85 hours and 50 minutes (or so?) until the first of June, is:

What is your own pet peeve about yourself?

Many years ago, in an earlier life, I was spending my days happily working at a job that excelled at keeping my mind busy. One day I saw there was an internal job posting that I thought sounded interesting. It was a white-collar, entry level job in IT and I kind of liked the thought of going to work wearing smart-casual shoes, chinos and a button down shirt instead of sneakers, jeans and a Grateful dead t-shirt. I had many some a few a couple of the minimum job qualifications so I applied and surprisingly, I got notified that I was selected to be interviewed for the job. Wow, great! Now what? Interviews for all the jobs I’d held to this point had been simple: Why do you want the job? You don’t use drugs, do you? Will you remember to come to work everyday? Ok, see you Monday morning at 8:00.

Now I was going to interview for a real job, one that meant something, and I needed to get some insight into interviewing. I got a book from the library about job interviews, and I actually read it and I was as ready as I could be.

The interview was with two people, the direct supervisor and the branch manager. The direct supervisor asked me questions and the branch manager sat there and stared at me like she thought I might steal something if she blinked, and if the goal was to intimidate, it worked.

The supervisor was nice and the interview was going well and a quick glance at the clock told me we’d been at it almost 10 minutes and I thought we had to be near the end because all my earlier job interviews had lasted like a minute or two and then the Staring Branch Manager broke her silence and threw me a curveball and asked me to talk about my greatest weakness. Ok, let’s play. I had read the book, and I knew what to possibly expect so I was sitting, waiting on the curveball and when I saw it headed right at me at 80 miles per hour I leaned back and took a swing for the fences and framed what I believed was my greatest weakness was into an actual strength. Thank you interview book!

Swing and a miss. There was no joy in Mudville when Casey struck out and there was no joy in that hot interview room because the Staring Branch Manager said, “How about you give me an answer that didn’t come from a book?”

Strike three.

This part, the part about the interviewer knowing what was in the book, wasn’t in the book. Thanks a lot interview book! Was she a mind reader? Had to be. Maybe she wrote the book, or certainly a book? I had nothing else to do at that point but panic. I answered poorly and that was that. Thank you, nice seeing you, blah, blah, blah. I left, and like The Wizard of Oz movie Dorothy who realized she was very happy right there in her own backyard, I just wanted to put my sneakers, jeans and t-shirt back on and return to my comfortable little backyard.

“If I ever go looking for my heart’s desire again, I won’t look any further than my own back yard. Because if it isn’t there, I never really lost it to begin with.” – Dorothy Gale

This is a really long way of saying that today’s prompt, “What is your own pet peeve about yourself?” reminded me of a job interview question.

If you’ve made it this far and are sitting there thinking, like the Staring Branch Manager who was likely a telepath, that he didn’t answer the question, I’ll just say that like everyone, I have pet peeves about myself, and when life starts to spiral for any reason it’s incredibly easy to get lost in that spiral which can lead to emotional overload. I work hard to not get lost in that spiral, to avoid the overload, but I admit I don’t always recognize it as quickly as I could.

You can decide for yourself if any of that is true.

Take this job

Rojie’s prompt today, just 85 hours and 50 minutes (or so?) until the first of June, is:

What is your own pet peeve about yourself?

Many years ago, in an earlier life, I was spending my days happily working at a job that excelled at keeping my mind busy. One day I saw there was an internal job posting that I thought sounded interesting. It was a white-collar, entry level job in IT and I kind of liked the thought of going to work wearing smart-casual shoes, chinos and a button down shirt instead of sneakers, jeans and a Grateful dead t-shirt. I had many some a few a couple of the minimum job qualifications so I applied and surprisingly, I got notified that I was selected to be interviewed for the job. Wow, great! Now what? Interviews for all the jobs I’d held to this point had been simple: Why do you want the job? You don’t use drugs, do you? Will you remember to come to work everyday? Ok, see you Monday morning at 8:00.

Now I was going to interview for a real job, one that meant something, and I needed to get some insight into interviewing. I got a book from the library about job interviews, and I actually read it and I was as ready as I could be.

The interview was with two people, the direct supervisor and the branch manager. The direct supervisor asked me questions and the branch manager sat there and stared at me like she thought I might steal something if she blinked, and if the goal was to intimidate, it worked.

The supervisor was nice and the interview was going well and a quick glance at the clock told me we’d been at it almost 10 minutes and I thought we had to be near the end because all my earlier job interviews had lasted like a minute or two and then the Staring Branch Manager broke her silence and threw me a curveball and asked me to talk about my greatest weakness. Ok, let’s play. I had read the book, and I knew what to possibly expect so I was sitting, waiting on the curveball and when I saw it headed right at me at 80 miles per hour I leaned back and took a swing for the fences and framed what I believed was my greatest weakness was into an actual strength. Thank you interview book!

Swing and a miss. There was no joy in Mudville when Casey struck out and there was no joy in that hot interview room because the Staring Branch Manager said, “How about you give me an answer that didn’t come from a book?”

Strike three.

This part, the part about the interviewer knowing what was in the book, wasn’t in the book. Thanks a lot interview book! Was she a mind reader? Had to be. Maybe she wrote the book, or certainly a book? I had nothing else to do at that point but panic. I answered poorly and that was that. Thank you, nice seeing you, blah, blah, blah. I left, and like The Wizard of Oz movie Dorothy who realized she was very happy right there in her own backyard, I just wanted to put my sneakers, jeans and t-shirt back on and return to my comfortable little backyard.

“If I ever go looking for my heart’s desire again, I won’t look any further than my own back yard. Because if it isn’t there, I never really lost it to begin with.” – Dorothy Gale

This is a really long way of saying that today’s prompt, “What is your own pet peeve about yourself?” reminded me of a job interview question.

If you’ve made it this far and are sitting there thinking, like the Staring Branch Manager who was likely a telepath, that he didn’t answer the question, I’ll just say that like everyone, I have pet peeves about myself, and when life starts to spiral for any reason it’s incredibly easy to get lost in that spiral which can lead to emotional overload. I work hard to not get lost in that spiral, to avoid the overload, but I admit I don’t always recognize it as quickly as I could.

You can decide for yourself if any of that is true.

Take this job

Rojie’s prompt today, just 85 hours and 50 minutes (or so?) until the first of June, is:

What is your own pet peeve about yourself?

Many years ago, in an earlier life, I was spending my days happily working at a job that excelled at keeping my mind busy. One day I saw there was an internal job posting that I thought sounded interesting. It was a white-collar, entry level job in IT and I kind of liked the thought of going to work wearing smart-casual shoes, chinos and a button down shirt instead of sneakers, jeans and a Grateful dead t-shirt. I had many some a few a couple of the minimum job qualifications so I applied and surprisingly, I got notified that I was selected to be interviewed for the job. Wow, great! Now what? Interviews for all the jobs I’d held to this point had been simple: Why do you want the job? You don’t use drugs, do you? Will you remember to come to work everyday? Ok, see you Monday morning at 8:00.

Now I was going to interview for a real job, one that meant something, and I needed to get some insight into interviewing. I got a book from the library about job interviews, and I actually read it and I was as ready as I could be.

The interview was with two people, the direct supervisor and the branch manager. The direct supervisor asked me questions and the branch manager sat there and stared at me like she thought I might steal something if she blinked, and if the goal was to intimidate, it worked.

The supervisor was nice and the interview was going well and a quick glance at the clock told me we’d been at it almost 10 minutes and I thought we had to be near the end because all my earlier job interviews had lasted like a minute or two and then the Staring Branch Manager broke her silence and threw me a curveball and asked me to talk about my greatest weakness. Ok, let’s play. I had read the book, and I knew what to possibly expect so I was sitting, waiting on the curveball and when I saw it headed right at me at 80 miles per hour I leaned back and took a swing for the fences and framed what I believed was my greatest weakness was into an actual strength. Thank you interview book!

Swing and a miss. There was no joy in Mudville when Casey struck out and there was no joy in that hot interview room because the Staring Branch Manager said, “How about you give me an answer that didn’t come from a book?”

Strike three.

This part, the part about the interviewer knowing what was in the book, wasn’t in the book. Thanks a lot interview book! Was she a mind reader? Had to be. Maybe she wrote the book, or certainly a book? I had nothing else to do at that point but panic. I answered poorly and that was that. Thank you, nice seeing you, blah, blah, blah. I left, and like The Wizard of Oz movie Dorothy who realized she was very happy right there in her own backyard, I just wanted to put my sneakers, jeans and t-shirt back on and return to my comfortable little backyard.

“If I ever go looking for my heart’s desire again, I won’t look any further than my own back yard. Because if it isn’t there, I never really lost it to begin with.” – Dorothy Gale

This is a really long way of saying that today’s prompt, “What is your own pet peeve about yourself?” reminded me of a job interview question.

If you’ve made it this far and are sitting there thinking, like the Staring Branch Manager who was likely a telepath, that he didn’t answer the question, I’ll just say that like everyone, I have pet peeves about myself, and when life starts to spiral for any reason it’s incredibly easy to get lost in that spiral which can lead to emotional overload. I work hard to not get lost in that spiral, to avoid the overload, but I admit I don’t always recognize it as quickly as I could.

You can decide for yourself if any of that is true.

Take this job

Rojie’s prompt today, just 85 hours and 50 minutes (or so?) until the first of June, is:

What is your own pet peeve about yourself?

Many years ago, in an earlier life, I was spending my days happily working at a job that excelled at keeping my mind busy. One day I saw there was an internal job posting that I thought sounded interesting. It was a white-collar, entry level job in IT and I kind of liked the thought of going to work wearing smart-casual shoes, chinos and a button down shirt instead of sneakers, jeans and a Grateful dead t-shirt. I had many some a few a couple of the minimum job qualifications so I applied and surprisingly, I got notified that I was selected to be interviewed for the job. Wow, great! Now what? Interviews for all the jobs I’d held to this point had been simple: Why do you want the job? You don’t use drugs, do you? Will you remember to come to work everyday? Ok, see you Monday morning at 8:00.

Now I was going to interview for a real job, one that meant something, and I needed to get some insight into interviewing. I got a book from the library about job interviews, and I actually read it and I was as ready as I could be.

The interview was with two people, the direct supervisor and the branch manager. The direct supervisor asked me questions and the branch manager sat there and stared at me like she thought I might steal something if she blinked, and if the goal was to intimidate, it worked.

The supervisor was nice and the interview was going well and a quick glance at the clock told me we’d been at it almost 10 minutes and I thought we had to be near the end because all my earlier job interviews had lasted like a minute or two and then the Staring Branch Manager broke her silence and threw me a curveball and asked me to talk about my greatest weakness. Ok, let’s play. I had read the book, and I knew what to possibly expect so I was sitting, waiting on the curveball and when I saw it headed right at me at 80 miles per hour I leaned back and took a swing for the fences and framed what I believed was my greatest weakness was into an actual strength. Thank you interview book!

Swing and a miss. There was no joy in Mudville when Casey struck out and there was no joy in that hot interview room because the Staring Branch Manager said, “How about you give me an answer that didn’t come from a book?”

Strike three.

This part, the part about the interviewer knowing what was in the book, wasn’t in the book. Thanks a lot interview book! Was she a mind reader? Had to be. Maybe she wrote the book, or certainly a book? I had nothing else to do at that point but panic. I answered poorly and that was that. Thank you, nice seeing you, blah, blah, blah. I left, and like The Wizard of Oz movie Dorothy who realized she was very happy right there in her own backyard, I just wanted to put my sneakers, jeans and t-shirt back on and return to my comfortable little backyard.

“If I ever go looking for my heart’s desire again, I won’t look any further than my own back yard. Because if it isn’t there, I never really lost it to begin with.” – Dorothy Gale

This is a really long way of saying that today’s prompt, “What is your own pet peeve about yourself?” reminded me of a job interview question.

If you’ve made it this far and are sitting there thinking, like the Staring Branch Manager who was likely a telepath, that he didn’t answer the question, I’ll just say that like everyone, I have pet peeves about myself, and when life starts to spiral for any reason it’s incredibly easy to get lost in that spiral which can lead to emotional overload. I work hard to not get lost in that spiral, to avoid the overload, but I admit I don’t always recognize it as quickly as I could.

You can decide for yourself if any of that is true.

Take this job

Rojie’s prompt today, just 85 hours and 50 minutes (or so?) until the first of June, is:

What is your own pet peeve about yourself?

Many years ago, in an earlier life, I was spending my days happily working at a job that excelled at keeping my mind busy. One day I saw there was an internal job posting that I thought sounded interesting. It was a white-collar, entry level job in IT and I kind of liked the thought of going to work wearing smart-casual shoes, chinos and a button down shirt instead of sneakers, jeans and a Grateful dead t-shirt. I had many some a few a couple of the minimum job qualifications so I applied and surprisingly, I got notified that I was selected to be interviewed for the job. Wow, great! Now what? Interviews for all the jobs I’d held to this point had been simple: Why do you want the job? You don’t use drugs, do you? Will you remember to come to work everyday? Ok, see you Monday morning at 8:00.

Now I was going to interview for a real job, one that meant something, and I needed to get some insight into interviewing. I got a book from the library about job interviews, and I actually read it and I was as ready as I could be.

The interview was with two people, the direct supervisor and the branch manager. The direct supervisor asked me questions and the branch manager sat there and stared at me like she thought I might steal something if she blinked, and if the goal was to intimidate, it worked.

The supervisor was nice and the interview was going well and a quick glance at the clock told me we’d been at it almost 10 minutes and I thought we had to be near the end because all my earlier job interviews had lasted like a minute or two and then the Staring Branch Manager broke her silence and threw me a curveball and asked me to talk about my greatest weakness. Ok, let’s play. I had read the book, and I knew what to possibly expect so I was sitting, waiting on the curveball and when I saw it headed right at me at 80 miles per hour I leaned back and took a swing for the fences and framed what I believed was my greatest weakness was into an actual strength. Thank you interview book!

Swing and a miss. There was no joy in Mudville when Casey struck out and there was no joy in that hot interview room because the Staring Branch Manager said, “How about you give me an answer that didn’t come from a book?”

Strike three.

This part, the part about the interviewer knowing what was in the book, wasn’t in the book. Thanks a lot interview book! Was she a mind reader? Had to be. Maybe she wrote the book, or certainly a book? I had nothing else to do at that point but panic. I answered poorly and that was that. Thank you, nice seeing you, blah, blah, blah. I left, and like The Wizard of Oz movie Dorothy who realized she was very happy right there in her own backyard, I just wanted to put my sneakers, jeans and t-shirt back on and return to my comfortable little backyard.

“If I ever go looking for my heart’s desire again, I won’t look any further than my own back yard. Because if it isn’t there, I never really lost it to begin with.” – Dorothy Gale

This is a really long way of saying that today’s prompt, “What is your own pet peeve about yourself?” reminded me of a job interview question.

If you’ve made it this far and are sitting there thinking, like the Staring Branch Manager who was likely a telepath, that he didn’t answer the question, I’ll just say that like everyone, I have pet peeves about myself, and when life starts to spiral for any reason it’s incredibly easy to get lost in that spiral which can lead to emotional overload. I work hard to not get lost in that spiral, to avoid the overload, but I admit I don’t always recognize it as quickly as I could.

You can decide for yourself if any of that is true.

#schweiz #israel #palästina : #gaza / #genozid / #globalsumudflotilla / #haftbedingungen / #augenzeugenbericht / #interview / #außenpolitik

„Ein Schweizer beschreibt im Gespräch … , wie er von israelischen Militärs gefoltert wurde. Das EDA weicht aus.“

https://www.infosperber.ch/freiheit-recht/menschenrechte/sie-haben-mich-geboxt-getasert-mir-in-den-hals-getreten/

Our Interview with Author Linda C Wright along with some clips from the Show.

https://midnight-publishing.org/2026/05/28/our-interview-with-author-linda-c-wright-along-with-some-clips-from-the-show/

YouTube Tipp ▶️
The Next #INVINCIBLE?! - #RobertKirkman, #JoeCasey and #AndyKubert Talk #Terminal #Interview
https://youtu.be/RcEQ3qENhrU?is=WVh2kjmwN7AbsYLm

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The Next #INVINCIBLE?! - #RobertKirkman, #JoeCasey and #AndyKubert Talk #Terminal #Interview
https://youtu.be/RcEQ3qENhrU?is=WVh2kjmwN7AbsYLm

Romania Enters the Battery Era

Romanian Ministry of Energy has launched a €150 million scheme for investments in stand-alone batteries, and previously, the…
#Romania #RO #Europe #Europa #EU #analysis #electric #Energy #event #gas #industry #Interview #magazine #media #metals #mining #oil #opinion #power #print #Renewables #review #romania #stiri #tech
https://www.europesays.com/3022842/

Largest BESS Optimisation Deal in Central and Eastern Europe

Pan European Independent Power Producer (IPP), R.Power and Axpo have signed another multi-year contract to optimise operation of…
#Europe #EU #analysis #electric #Energy #event #gas #Industry #Interview #magazine #Media #Metals #Mining #Oil #Opinion #power #print #renewables #review #tech
https://www.europesays.com/europe/54598/

https://www.europesays.com/uk/990059/ Largest BESS Optimisation Deal in Central and Eastern Europe #analysis #electric #Energy #EU #Europe #European #Event #gas #Industry #Interview #Magazine #Media #Metals #Mining #Oil #Opinion #power #print #renewables #Review #Tech

France, the Land of Strikes: Is a Nationwide Game Industry Walkout on the Horizon?

The Syndicat des Travailleurs et Travailleuses du Jeu Vidéo (STJV), a labor union for the French gaming industry,…
#France #FR #Europe #EU #discussions #Entertainments #Esports #Guides #interview #Leagueoflegends #Lol #Mobile #News #Overwatch #PC #Previews #PS4 #Reviews #Stratégies #Trailers #Videos #Walkthroughs #XboxOne
https://www.europesays.com/france/26147/

Heute erscheint der historische Urban Fantasy Roman "Geisterfall" von @seitenweiser im @weltenruder und ich habe mit Saskia ein Interview gemacht.

Das könnt ihr hier lesen:
https://amalia-zeichnerin.net/interview-mit-saskia-dressler/

#lesen #buch #neuerscheinung #WeltenruderVerlag #SaskiaDressler #Interview

#popmusic #interview #music #musik https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FS_J6BIluKQ zweisprachig, deutsch und englisch

#popmusic #interview #music #musik https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FS_J6BIluKQ zweisprachig, deutsch und englisch

#popmusic #interview #music #musik https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FS_J6BIluKQ zweisprachig, deutsch und englisch

#popmusic #interview #music #musik https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FS_J6BIluKQ zweisprachig, deutsch und englisch

https://www.europesays.com/ie/506508/ Marc Benioff Said Salesforce Is Still Hiring More in One Department #agent #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #ArtificialIntelligence #comment #Company #Department #Éire #IE #Interview #Ireland #job #MarcBenioff #month #president #QuarterlyEarningCall #sale #salesforce #Technology #Workforce #year

China Speed und die Krise des klassischen Systems Engineerings
Yuchao Luo gibt Einblicke in die chinesische Automobilentwicklung, wo Wertedenken, Wettbewerb und Policy zu erfolgreichen Produkten führen.
https://www.se-trends.de/interview-yuchao-luo/
#Automotive #Deutschland #Interview #Menschen #China #Geschwindigkeit #Innovation #SoftwareDefinedVehicle #YuchaoLuo

China Speed und die Krise des klassischen Systems Engineerings
Yuchao Luo gibt Einblicke in die chinesische Automobilentwicklung, wo Wertedenken, Wettbewerb und Policy zu erfolgreichen Produkten führen.
https://www.se-trends.de/interview-yuchao-luo/
#Automotive #Deutschland #Interview #Menschen #China #Geschwindigkeit #Innovation #SoftwareDefinedVehicle #YuchaoLuo

China Speed und die Krise des klassischen Systems Engineerings
Yuchao Luo gibt Einblicke in die chinesische Automobilentwicklung, wo Wertedenken, Wettbewerb und Policy zu erfolgreichen Produkten führen.
https://www.se-trends.de/interview-yuchao-luo/
#Automotive #Deutschland #Interview #Menschen #China #Geschwindigkeit #Innovation #SoftwareDefinedVehicle #YuchaoLuo

On Horseback From His Estate in Medellín, Maluma Talks Mental Health, Yeison Jiménez, Family & More: Watch

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.billboard.com/music/latin/maluma-interview-medellin-estate-horseback-video-1236258499/

https://www.europesays.com/nl/222090/ Emma Wortelboer presenteert Daten in het Dorp: op Texel: ‘Ik zeg wat ik denk en vind’ #Amusement #BNNVARA #DatenInHetDorp #DatenInHetDorp:OpTexel #datingprogramma #Dutch #EersteAflevering #EmmaWortelboer #Entertainment #Interview #Nederland #Nederlanden #Nederlands #Netherlands #NL #NPOStart #NPO3 #romantiek #TV

Warm up the fire! We're LIVE!

People First Protocol: The ActivityPub Architect - Evan Prodromou - E90

#owncast #streaming #interview #fediverse #fedi #people #show #firesidefedi #FsF

https://stream.firesidefedi.live

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People First Protocol: The ActivityPub Architect - Evan Prodromou - E90

#owncast #streaming #interview #fediverse #fedi #people #show #firesidefedi #FsF

https://stream.firesidefedi.live

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People First Protocol: The ActivityPub Architect - Evan Prodromou - E90

#owncast #streaming #interview #fediverse #fedi #people #show #firesidefedi #FsF

https://stream.firesidefedi.live

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People First Protocol: The ActivityPub Architect - Evan Prodromou - E90

#owncast #streaming #interview #fediverse #fedi #people #show #firesidefedi #FsF

https://stream.firesidefedi.live

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People First Protocol: The ActivityPub Architect - Evan Prodromou - E90

#owncast #streaming #interview #fediverse #fedi #people #show #firesidefedi #FsF

https://stream.firesidefedi.live

https://www.europesays.com/at/182577/ Warum Audio88 & Yassin große Summer Cem-Fans sind #Album #AriaNejati #AT #Audio88 #Audio88&Yassin #Austria #Deutschrap #Entertainment #Goats #Interview #Liste #Music #Musik #News #Österreich #Rap #SummerCem #Top5 #Unterhaltung #Yassin #ZeitZuSterben

The worst job interview I ever had (oliverio.dev)

https://www.oliverio.dev/blog/the-worst-job-interview-i-had

#programming #jobs #interview

Here's Mastodon's Executive Director @mellifluousbox and Flipboard CEO @mike on Mastodon’s first decade, and what's ahead.

"So what I'm most excited right now is [...] we are celebrating our 10 years this year, and basically to think of what would it take for Mastodon, not only to still exist in 10 years [but also to become] a much better version of what Mastodon is right now[.]"

https://dot-social.simplecast.com/episodes/felix-hlatky

via @Flipboard

#mastodon #fediverse #interview #podcast

TODAY!

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He/him. Board member at CoSocial.ca. Research Director, Social Web Foundation. Author of 'ActivityPub: Programming for the Social Web' from O'Reilly Media. Founder of Wikitravel, StatusNet, identi.ca, Fuzzy.ai. Creator of pump.io. Co-creator of GNU social. Former co-chair of the Social Web Working Group at W3C. Co-author of Activity Streams 2.0. Co-author of ActivityPub. Co-author of OStatus. Grad student in CS at Georgia Tech. Greek, Arab, Palestinian, American, Canadian, Montréalais.

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🧵 Proud to present my interview with Blag Dahlia of The Dwarves, and possibly the first episode of something new: a video series called ISKonversations.

We talked about The Dwarves' new album Jenkem (out June 5), singing in hardcore punk, a potential rap career, the biggest lies punks believe in, cancel culture, his books, and, of course, SpongeBob SquarePants.

🔗 https://youtu.be/fh4VY7qGAPo?si=S3TBgbhtlGsuhGOt

#blagdahlia #dwarves #punk #hardcorepunk #notapodcast #interview

🧵 Proud to present my interview with Blag Dahlia of The Dwarves, and possibly the first episode of something new: a video series called ISKonversations.

We talked about The Dwarves' new album Jenkem (out June 5), singing in hardcore punk, a potential rap career, the biggest lies punks believe in, cancel culture, his books, and, of course, SpongeBob SquarePants.

🔗 https://youtu.be/fh4VY7qGAPo?si=S3TBgbhtlGsuhGOt

#blagdahlia #dwarves #punk #hardcorepunk #notapodcast #interview

🧵 Proud to present my interview with Blag Dahlia of The Dwarves, and possibly the first episode of something new: a video series called ISKonversations.

We talked about The Dwarves' new album Jenkem (out June 5), singing in hardcore punk, a potential rap career, the biggest lies punks believe in, cancel culture, his books, and, of course, SpongeBob SquarePants.

🔗 https://youtu.be/fh4VY7qGAPo?si=S3TBgbhtlGsuhGOt

#blagdahlia #dwarves #punk #hardcorepunk #notapodcast #interview