The Blog of Abulsme Noibatno Itramne
Since leaving Amazon last year, I built a thing. It s called RobinLetter. I launched it in invite-only mode back in February, but a little over a week ago I opened up registration to the world. So I thought it was time to announce it here too. The TL;DR: RobinLetter is a new way to [...]
So, it has been about two months since I made my post about being laid off. Back then I said: I’ve got some runway before things become critical, so I’m choosing to take the optimistic view and look at this as an opportunity. First to just take a little time and decompress and give [...]
I waited a little bit to post, but that big Amazon layoff last week Yeah, I was a part of that. It wasn t entirely unexpected. Recently I ve been in a spot that was clearly an uneasy fit at best. So I assumed when there was another round of layoffs coming, it would probably include [...]
We welcomed Miley into our family in 2015. A few hours ago we had to say goodbye. She was a rescue. We never knew exactly how old she was. But she was not a young dog when we got her. And she always had medical complications. The shelter said they thought she might have [...]
Once again, a vote for my wife. No matter how things go, she has done an incredible job and put everything she has into the race. I am so proud of her. Go Brandy! [...]
Hey, I rarely post here any more, but Brandy is running to be properly elected to the position she was appointed to last December. Please visit her website and donate to support the cause, and if you actually live in the 44th Legislative District in Washington State, please vote for her in both he [...]
Snohomish County Council voted 4-1 tonight to appoint my wife Brandy Donaghy to the vacant Washington State House seat for the 44th legislative district left by John Lovick moving to the State Senate. She was sworn in about an hour later by Judge Okoloko. Congratulations Brandy! I am so proud! [...]
If you are a person that has looked to the abulsme.com blog for announcements when the new episodes of the Curmudgeon s Corner podcast comes out, you may have, well, not seen any the last two weeks. Apologies for not putting an announcement here sooner, but well, CC has moved. For the longest time, the Curmudgeon s [...]
This week on Curmudgeon s Corner, Sam goes solo. Mostly. He discusses the big Texas abortion case at SCOTUS and the implications thereof. He discusses the pandemic, especially the latest on masks. Round it out with a bit on Afghanistan, a little on Hurricane Ida, a bit on a movie, and just a smidge about [...]
On this week s Curmudgeon s Corner, Sam and Ivan once again concentrate on Afghanistan and the pandemic. On Afghanistan, everything from the aftermath of the bombing at the airport, to the political implications for Joe Biden. On pandemic, a bit on horse dewormers, ventilation, and mask quality. But first, Sam reviews a book, and Ivan [...]
This week on Curmudgeon s Corner, Ivan and Sam s main topics are Afghanistan and the Pandemic. Would you expect anything else? But Ivan also talks about his car, Sam talks about a book, and, oh yeah, Ivan talks about prepping for a medical procedure and being sick with a virus that is not Covid! Enjoy [...]
This week on Curmudgeon s Corner, Sam and Ivan talk about the Pandemic, Afghanistan, Infrastructure, Voter Rights Legislation, and the Census/Redistricting for their serious topics. On the lighter side, they engage in some chatter about school drop offs and a movie. This was recorded before the fall of Kabul though, so you ll have to wait [...]
On this week s Curmudgeon s Corner, Sam and Ivan s main topics are the pandemic and Andrew Cuomo. But they also talk about Brandy s run, old wine, and the possibility of drinking emoluments. A nice little show. Tune in! Click below to listen and subscribe! 1-Click Subscribe in iTunes View Podcast in iTunes View Raw [...]
This week on Curmudgeon s Corner, two shows in one! Sort of! First off, since Ivan couldn t make it, Sam essentially does a full length solo show. He discusses Covid stuff, Trump stuff, and Congress stuff. All the usual sort of news stuff. But then, since when he found out there was an opening, Sam s [...]
On this week s Curmudgeon s corner the main topic, as it so often has been over the last year and a half, is the pandemic. Current trends, how to encourage more vaccination, all that sort of thing. But there are a lot of smaller topics too. Everything from nick names to infrastructure week (again) to [...]
This week on Curmudgeon s Corner, Sam and Ivan discuss the surge of Trump stories this week from the various new books coming out, and the Guardian reporting on leaked Kremlin documents. Then they discuss billionaires in space. Which of them are doing what and why? But before that, Ivan is involved in a rescue, [...]
On This week s Curmudgeon s Corner, Sam and Ivan s main topics are the pandemic, a brief dip into Afghanistan and Haiti, and a check in on a few politics issues. But first, they have a wide ranging segment on everything from how Facebook moderates groups, to electric car charging infrastructure, to Disney eliminating covid [...]
This week on Curmudgeon s Corner Sam and Ivan once again cover a huge variety of topics. Of course they cover the Trump Org indictment, Bill Cosby, and more about the building collapse in Florida. But they also talk about corporate documentation culture, the west coast heat wave, a delivery snafu, and even present [...]
On this week s Curmudgeon s Corner, Sam and Ivan discuss the Champlain Towers collapse, developments with the voting rights bills in congress, the potential infrastructure deal, some SCOTUS stuff, and even freeing Britney. Before all that, they also talk about a mouse, and Van Gogh exhibits. Once again a full, jam packed show! <p [...]
This week Sam and Ivan go into lightning round mode, with eight smaller topics rather than just two or three big ones. Everything from Biden s international meetings, to SCOTUS, to Ivan s broken phone, to Sam witnessing an egg theft. And lots of other stuff in between. What kind of stuff? You ll need to [...]
On this week s Curmudgeon s Corner, Ed joins Sam for some discussion of the whole thing with the Trump DoJ getting subpoenas of phone activity for some House Democrats and journalists, as well as the reactions to those revelations. Ed also provides some of his medical insight on the pandemic, as well as that [...]
This week on Curmudgeon s Corner, Sam and Ivan let the but first part of the show take over. They discuss some corrections and feedback, a marathon charity livestream Ivan was watching, morning routines, medications, surprising computer problems, and image hoarding. And then to round it out they do get to some Trump stuff, [...]
On this week s Curmudgeon s Corner Sam and Ivan talk about the continuing negotiations on an infrastructure spending plan, the Ryanair incident with Belarus, and of course the pandemic. But first a little about Sam being tired, and Ivan having an expensive parking experience. So lots of fun. Take a listen! Click below [...]
This week on Curmudgeon s Corner, Sam and Ivan talk about the pandemic, the back and forth surrounding having a January 6th commission, the Israel/Palestine situation, and the crypto crash. Somewhere along the way they talk about masks and a couple of movies too. Enjoy the show! Click below to listen and subscribe! [...]
On this week s Curmudgeon s Corner, the return of But First ! That is, before they talk about their main topics, Sam and Ivan just ramble for a bit about a few random things. I guess you could say the whole show is like that, but this is But First! so this is different! But [...]
This week on Curmudgeon s Corner, Sam and Ivan spend the most time on the pandemic, cause well, it is still here. They talk about the international curves, how there are both people trying to get back to normal too quickly, and people trying to do it too slowly, and about how so much [...]
On this week s Curmudgeon s Corner Sam and Ivan talk about the fake State of the Union, Rudy Giuliani s legal troubles, the Pandemic, and the Census. So all the usual sort of newsy things this week. Ivan also notes the passing of an old friend. And that s a show. Stay after the outro for [...]
This week on Curmudgeon s Corner Sam and Ivan go a little light and fluffy, mostly avoiding the serious topics, instead talking about the helicopter on mars, some other space stuff, a bit on internet scams and the effectiveness of paper junk mail, and even some talk about the new Apple stuff that was [...]
On this week s Curmudgeon s Corner Sam and Ivan talk about Police Violence and Infrastructure. And of course the pandemic. Can t forget the pandemic. It is not over yet. Really. So they talk about it again. Oh, and Sam talks about a book he read. And as usual, they go on a few tangents [...]
This week on Curmudgeon s Corner, Sam and Ivan s serious topics are recurring favorites the pandemic and voter suppression laws. But of course they start out with some lighter topics This time a discussion of things they had to read in high school many years ago, and how Sam s old iPhone came back from [...]
On this week s Curmudgeon s Corner, Sam and Ivan talk about the pandemic and Matt Gaetz. Because of course they do. But also an initial discussion on how lame April Fool s Day is goes far afield into a discussion of 1970s calculators. And feedback on the Atlanta killer s religious beliefs leads to a wider [...]
This week on Curmudgeon s Corner, Sam and Ivan s more serious topics are the Georgia voter law, chaos in Miami Beach, the most recent border crisis , and the Suez Canal blockage. But before all that, an extended discussion about destroying the moon, and the results of Ivan s personality tests. So all kinds of fun [...]
On this week s Curmudgeon s Corner, Sam and Ivan have two heavy topics: The Atlanta massage parlor killings, and worldwide covid trends heading upward again. But on the lighter side, Sam reviews a book, and the curmudgeons discuss the dynamics of video conferences versus audio conferences. Plus a couple of bonus mini-segments on Daylight [...]
This week on Curmudgeon s Corner, Sam and Ivan discuss the Biden stimulus bill that was just signed and the political implications of the bill. They also discuss the possible Manchin opening to reforming the filibuster rather than eliminating it, and what that might mean to Democratic policy options. And they discuss the one [...]
Alex turned 11 last September. Every other year he had done an interview with me on or around his birthday that I posted to YouTube, but in recent years he hadn t actually been very cooperative or answered any questions, so I decided to skip it. Of course as soon as he found out about that, [...]
On this week s Curmudgeon s Corner, Sam and Ivan do the six smaller topics thing again, although one of the topics is a multi-topic bundle, so you could perhaps say there were actually eight. In any case, they do talk a little bit about serious stuff like the Cuomo sexual harassment charges, Texas and [...]
This week on Curmudgeon s Corner, Ivan ditches Sam, so Sam s 11 year old son Alex cohosts! Well, sorta. First Sam does a solo show, talking about the Democrats and how they are dealing with the Covid bill and other priorities, then the Republicans and how they are continuing to prove themselves to be [...]
On this week s Curmudgeon s Corner Sam and Ivan once again do it lightning round style. Eight topics, averaging about 15 minutes each. This week we have the calming of the news cycle, the pandemic, impeachment, the crisis in Texas, Sam watching Back to the Future, the death of Rush Limbaugh, the Mars rover [...]
This week on Curmudgeon s Corner, Sam and Ivan of course talk about the impeachment trial. This was recorded before it was over though, so Sam from the Future breaks in a few times with updates. Cause that is how it goes when there are breaking news events and you don t publish instantly after [...]
On this week s Curmudgeon s Corner, now that the news is slowing down a bit, and things are not quite as crazy for now anyway Sam and Ivan do something they haven t done in a long time an all lightning round show! Of course, being who they are, the lightning isn t all that fast. [...]
This week on Curmudgeon s Corner, Sam and Ivan finally get to reviewing their 2020 predictions. Because of the multi-week delay, they don t spend the whole show on it and don t review every prediction, but they get to the important bits. Then they get to the actual news of the current week, with segments [...]
On this week s Curmudgeon s Corner, Sam and Ivan mark the Presidential transition with one segment wrapping up the end of Trump s presidency, and another on the beginnings of the Biden administration. Before that though, they share a few thoughts on YouTube, corporate annual review processes, family members getting the Covid vaccines, and even [...]
This week on Curmudgeon s Corner, Sam and Ivan continue blowing off the 2020 review in favor of discussing breaking news events. Trump is kicked off social media. The second impeachment. More on the insurrection at the Capitol. Security precautions for the upcoming inauguration. It has been another busy week. Maybe things will slow [...]
On this week s Curmudgeon s Corner, Sam and Ivan throw the previous plan out the window, and spend the entire show talking about the January 6th attack on the Capitol and all the ramifications of that attack. There really was no other possible topic this week. They ll circle back around and do the review [...]
This week on Curmudgeon s Corner, Sam and Ivan do their traditional annual predictions show, this time for 2021! They cover politics, international, economy, technology, and a hodgepodge of other things, which of course this year includes the pandemic. So tune in and hear what they think will happen in 2021! Then next week, [...]
On this week s Curmudgeon s Corner, Sam and Ivan once again encourage people to send in suggestions for next week s predictions show. But aside from that, they talk about movies and printers and cars. Oh yeah, and the continued chaos of the Trump to Biden transition, and of course an update on pandemic developments. [...]
This week on Curmudgeon s Corner, Sam and Ed cover the usual developments on the Presidential transition and the pandemic. On the transition, they discuss fake electors, the mischief opportunities on January 6th, random stuff the Trump folks are doing on the way out, and a bit about what the Biden folks may do [...]
On this week s Curmudgeon s Corner, Sam and Ivan talk presidential transition and pandemic, along with a bit about how Americans interact with death. On the transition, the main theme is the Texas SCOTUS case that altogether predictably failed, along with all the drama surrounding that effort. On the pandemic, along with the usual [...]
This week on Curmudgeon s Corner Sam and Ivan play the usual game. First segment random: A movie, the Arecibo telescope collapse, some minor election shenanigans. Second segment transition: Trump s failing legal strategy that may be just fine as a money-making strategy, pardons, corruption, 2020 vs 206 comparisons, and even a little on Biden. [...]
On this week s Curmudgeon s Corner, Sam and Ivan do what has become the new normal. A segment on random stuff including an Ivan pandemic travel report, Sam talking about a movie, and Ivan telling a sports story. Then a segment on the presidential transition, including how The Kraken is working out for Trump, [...]