I have been selected

[halfshellvenus]

...to get AI features in Gmail, Docs, and more

This is according to Google, as of last week. Am I wrong to view that as more of a threat than a benefit?

Speaking of benefits, it's Open Enrollment time at the office. Ugh. The main issue there is estimating medical expenses for the coming year. That always takes time. But I will be sticking with Kaiser, as always, and whatever this year's version of the dental plan is. And the same values for additional life insurance, AD & D, etc. as before.

I would probably mind less if this weren't also the same time window as having to write my annual Performance Evaluation. And this year? Also finishing up house stuff and having to buy basic things (mattresses, at least 1 rug, window treatments for the bedroom and one of the bathrooms, and stools or table/chairs for the kitchen). Plus, move back into the house.

And of course, major work deadlines before the end of the month. I mean, kill me now before the stress does it anyway. \o?

I hope those of you in the Milton regions survived the onslaught. Tampa looks to have been very hard hit, and I know Helene caused problems all the way up into North Carolina. :(

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[erulissedances]

I'm right there with you in thinking the AI options are the very LAST thing I want at this point in time. AI right now isn't very good, and I hate interacting with programs that are AI when all I want to do is speak to a human being who would have the issue I was phoning about resolved in five minutes.

- Erulisse (one L)

[halfshellvenus]

Yes. And I don't want AI reading my emails and what-not, and making suggestions! I mean, privacy, what AM it? :(

[(Anonymous)]

AI seems creepy to me, altho tomorrow at our professional day, they are going to be discussing this more. Yes, Helene hit all the way up to Cincinnati and Dayton! It was wild for 24 hours here. Lots of tree damage. Our school lost one.

[halfshellvenus]

Oh, boy. That's MUCH farther north than I would have expected.

We have that kind of weather in Sacramento sometimes, in the winter. And the weather service just refers to it as a "wind storm," though with the rain and the gust 50-75mph, how is that not a hurricane?

[astrothsknot]

I'm having such a fun time i wanna get drunk. wanna join me?

[halfshellvenus]

Hahahaha! So tempting!

Especially this time of year. It's my birthday month, and I so rarely get to enjoy it. One year, I was online until 9pm on my birthday, finishing up the Performance Eval before the deadline. Ugh.

[muchtooarrogant]

Not laughing at your stress level, but it amuses me just how much corporations mirror each other. For me also it's performance review and open enrollment time. We opted for Aetna insurance last time along with Delta Dental, and those were "OK," but Liz is now building a spreadsheet and considering options! LOL All I can say is "Yikes!" and better her than me.

Dan

[halfshellvenus]

Yes, I wish I could foist some of this onto someone else! And the decision-making for the house. But NOOOOoooo...

How was the birthday last week?

[muchtooarrogant]

Trust me, I consider myself "very" fortunate that Lizbeth and I are usually able to divide up the drudgery pretty effectively. It took a bit of trial and error, and of course there are always those times when one of us has to pinch hit, but ...

The birthday was awesome, thank you! Lizbeth and I made a Mexican meatball soup called albondigas that I'm quite fond of, and my sister and brother-in-law came over to help the rest of us consume it. There were cool gifts like a $50.00 Amazon gift card (which I will naturally spend all on books), another gift card for the Texas Roadhouse restaurant, and so on. :) I used to characterize myself as a person that didn't care much about food, but you wouldn't know it reading that list, huh? LOL

October 8 is also Lizbeth's and my wedding anniversary, and I agreed that she could upgrade our living room ceiling fan to a very fancy light fixture. We celebrated the birthday/anniversary over the previous weekend, but the "wagon wheel"--my name for the light fixture thingy--was actually installed on October 8. LOL

Dan

[halfshellvenus]

Is the "wagon wheel" thingy like a chandelier, with lights mounted on the ends of the spokes?

Or is it a "fandolier", a combination of a fan and a lighting fixture designed to keep it from looking like a fan? Because I considered some of those for the living room until the designer vetoed them as "too modern."

[muchtooarrogant]

:) Lizbeth briefly considered some fandoliers as well, but the sales rep we dealt with also steered us away from those. He said the fans didn't typically work particularly well, especially since it was a large living room space.

This is what we got: Wagon Wheel Thingy!

Her complaint was that the living room was never well lit, but now she says the wagon wheel needs a dimmer. LOL It's always something.

Dan

[halfshellvenus]

now she says the wagon wheel needs a dimmer.
Hahahaha!

I can see why you call it a wagon-wheel thingy. It looks nice, though, and it is a form of chandelier. :D

[muchtooarrogant]

Yeppers. Our poor electrician needed scaffolding to install it, and on his invoice referred to it as the Wagon Wheel Extravaganza. LOL We're having some other work done as well, so he'll be back Friday to install dimmers.

Dan