I have a very specific skill set so my experience may not apply, but I’ve had the best results going through technical head hunters.

Tempt to perm positions lasting six months to a year, then they decide if they want to hire you.

Yes spam away, it’s not like your credit score is getting dinged each time you send one.

My only caution to this approach is that you want to be sure to research the company before any interview, don’t show up and be like “Well, ya’ll were the only one of the 500 I sent out to reply, what do you do?”

Insanity by Oingo Boingo

Echos, Live at Pompeii by Pink Floyd

I started playing bass guitar on Rocksmith about 5 years ago. I’m in the top ten on most songs on the medium difficulty, and have almost 1000 hours in the game.

I’ve never actually played bass in front of anyone other than my ex, and I’ve never really tried to play without the game.

At first I thought I wanted to get good enough to join a band, or at least play along with my family, all musicians, when they get together, but it turns out I just really enjoy spending a Friday night with a half pint of whiskey and jamming alone with headphones.

This was used to great effect in UHF with Weird Al.

You obviously didn’t read my earlier response, stating that all this is the reason I bought a second, quiet motorcycle for early morning rides to work etc.

The beast only comes out for long trips, and for that I prep it the day before and park it in the street.

I’m not an asshole, I’m just a guy who has a loud bike.

As far as why not rev while riding, the RPM required for slow technical control, me getting off the patio, across the yard, and through the fence, on the Harley is way too precise to try and also manage blipping the engine to keep it running.

As far as oil and tuning, it has the right oil, and it has a custom ECU that handles all the tuning automatically based on how I ride.

One of the mufflers did fall off a few years ago, and to maintain symmetry I removed the other one.

Maybe that’s why the bike is loud as fuck

When YouTube flips to a loud ad and I’m too slow to the mute button, I for sure tell the TV to fuck off and give it the finger.

For sure a few times a week.

Depending on the bike, you may need to rev it a bit to warm it up and keep from stalling.

My monster Harley is loud as hell, which is why I bought the Suzuki. Harley is for long trips, and the Suzuki, which is far quieter than the neighbors kids, is for riding to work or the corner store.

Being out of reach is a joy I don’t think the current generation understands.

Thinking about it now, some of my favorite hobbies, playing bass, snowboarding, skateboarding, riding motorcycles, all require that I be out of reach.

Nothing unusual about it. As others suggested, take time to make the place feel yours, through decorating, routine, etc.

This is just something that takes a bit of time, especially since it is your first time in a new home without your family.

My first living away from home was a college dorm, and it did take a few weeks for it to feel like mine.

Even now at 50 moving into a new place feels odd for a bit.

As a 50 year old skater with a broken wrist, you will for sure break something.

Still skate a few times a week, though far more mellow than in my teens and twenties. Mostly just carving the park or some mini ramp.

I always wanted to get into wake boarding, but there was never a boat around etc.

Now with my knee injuries it’s too late to learn something new.

However, I’m pretty sure I could handle surfing.

The electric one wheel boards are a lot of fun, and are easier than a skateboard, but pad up and helmet for sure.

If you are going to limit yourself to what your romantic partner is interested in, I suppose it could work, but feels very confined.

I have many hobbies and interests not shared in full by any romantic partner I’ve ever had, though there have been some notable exceptions.

One woman I dated for many years rode motorcycles and snowboards.

Another shared my interest in Fromsoft video games.

I doubt anyone I would seriously date at 50 is going to share my passion for skateboarding, though I’d love to be proven wrong on that one.

I don’t have many close friends, and only two live within visiting distance. Most have spread across the country. We stay in touch with a phone call every month or two, catching up, sharing stories, discussing common interests. The ones in town I’ll see maybe once a month as well, for dinner, drinks, or a motorcycle ride.

They all bring ideas and experiences into my life I wouldn’t otherwise have, and by maintaining friendships with a wide variety in background and education, it keeps me from becoming too narrow minded or stunted.

Could I live my life without my friends? Sure. Would I want to? Absolutely not.

I’ve been skateboarding since '85 and snowboarding since about '90.

Now that I’m old and broken, I love nothing more than a mellow day at the park teaching people new tricks or helping them improve the ones they know.

My bag of tricks gets smaller with age, but seeing someone land a trick for the first time never gets old.

It was two occasions about eight years apart. One was Mom calling to tell me Dad died, the other was my brother calling me about Mom.

The thing about “The Thing” for me, is that it’s one of the only monster horror movies where the cast pretty much makes the smart, rational decisions the whole time, and still get their asses handed to them.

I don’t think it’s a can’t, it’s more of a “Ok, I’ve seen the game, this is a slog, I’m moving on to something else.”

Just got a PS5 so I’m absolutely loving Demons Souls, been like 10 years or more since I played it. First time playing magic in a souls game and it feels down right broken. Will likely work my way back through the series on the new hardware.

With all the bingo brawlers seasons I’ve seen all the end bosses, so doing it myself just hasn’t felt like a priority.

Haven’t beat the dual boss at the end of Elden ring, or the final DLC boss.

Think i’ve done most the rest of Soulsborn bosses.

In terms of time, some Demons souls boss I got stuck on, put the game aside for years, then went back to.

In terms of number of tries, I think O&S in Dark Souls one still holds the title. I ran into that brick wall for a long time before getting good.

Can’t think of any game series I had as much difficulty in and didn’t just give up, unless you count the Mun in Kerbal Space Program as a boss, cause that took a long time.

For sure the one with the pickaxe

And the one with the parachute

Saw Emo Philips open for Weird Al in a rather small venue.

I don’t think you really appreciate his talent till you see him live.

The level of knowledge considered “expert” is variable, and is relative to the knowledge possessed by the people they already employ or at least have access to.

20 years of experience in C++ is very much expert if they don’t have anyone with more than 5 years on staff.

I have 20+ years in the primary language I program and I damn well tell an interviewer I’m an expert.