Busy at Work. Is Tomorrow Really a Day Off?

I've been busy at work this week. Partly that's because I've been trying to protect tomorrow as a day off. That's pushed a lot of things I might otherwise do Friday into Wednesday and Thursday. Already by EOD Thursday I've worked more than 40 hours this week. That's frustrating because it's not really a day off if you still have to do all the work, just at some other time. That's not taking a day off, it's just rearranging the workweek. And this week wasn't even supposed to be about compressing 5 days of work into 4 days. That day off tomorrow is supposed to be compensation for burning part of my weekend on work travel two weeks ago. Well, at least after working hard this week I do have tomorrow off. Mostly. 😥

Some Tesla Owners Have Regrets

I've seen an increasing number of news articles over the past few months about Tesla owners having regrets. In addition to the concerns about build quality, safety, and full-auto driving that have always been there— though curiously not if you get your news from X/Twitter— owners are selling or disavowing their purchases due to Elon Musk's politics. "I bought this before I knew how awful Elon is," bumper stickers were reported. I'd never seen one myself, though.... Until tonight.



This car was parked next to us at a local Costco.

There are a lot of Teslas out here. Drive down a residential avenue in Palo Alto and you'll see one parked in front of every second house.

Some people ask why there'd be so many Teslas in the left-leaning Bay Area. For one, Tesla is a hometown company. Its design HQ is/was in Palo Alto, and its first manufacturing plant is across the bay in Fremont. Two, Tesla wasn't always tied up with politics. Musk only started becoming a MAGA advocate, out loud anyway, 5 years ago.