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There are a lot of old people in that trailer.

It's time to move on from my current gig and find something new. The business hasn't made money in years and, despite my efforts, the changes needed to reverse that aren't happening. At least not at the pace and with the leadership needed. I love the core job (Ops Director for a high-end sports training company) but I'm just burnt out on seeing the same mistakes ruin good people over and over. I've been doing the standard "apply to everything possible in the hope that something results in a face-to-face". So far, that approach has been nothing but a waste of my time. I'm considering approaching a recruitment agency. My hope is a professional will help me refine and focus my efforts to target opportunities where I will get the most likely bang for my buck. I haven't used a headhunter in the past and wanted to reach out to the group here to get any tips, advice, or experience. I would need an agency who gets paid by the employer instead of me laying out funds. There seems to be a ton of scammy-type people operating in this sector so avoiding that stuff would be a priority . It's funny, as I typed this post I was thinking that asking this sort of "life question" used to be something we take to elders in our family. But most of us at LCVG kind of grew up into real functioning adults together in a unique way. Both my parents have passed and I hit 48 years old this year so I should kind of have my shit together at this point. I consistently feel far from that but suspect a lot of us are in the same boaty McBoat-face. So, where do we go? Reddit (oh, hell no)...we have the benefit of going to LCVG where a small group has sustained over all these years. Pretty cool.

Fleabag is pretty much a perfect series. The only flaw is making the viewer want more.

They did. It's quite good.

Possibly cliche but Fade Into You by Mazzy Star. I'll second Ed's suggestion of Radiohead's Pyramid Song and add both Fake Plastic Trees (more for the performance than the subject matter) and the haunting version of True Love Waits from A Moon Shaped Pool.

Holy hell, what a fun read. That bottle collection from the place with 3 Fonteinen on tap is jaw dropping. It all sounds, and looks, like an amazing experience!

That trip sound amazing. Cheers and travel safe!

Aquaman is a waste of your precious time. Avoid at all cost (recognizing my warning is too late to save you all).

Chinese IEMs have really exploded. The new TIN Audio T3 are quite inexpensive yet very well regarded for their performance.

Bohemian Rhapsody is a mess of a movie. How to Train Your Dragon 3 isn't quite Pixar/Disney quality but it's a nice and fitting end to the series my daughter grew up loving. Free Solo is highly recommended. Not sure who is crazier, the guy climbing without equipment or the woman who wants to be with him.

I rented the most recent MI a couple weeks ago looking for some "turn off my brain" entertainment. Through perseverance and sheer hope that something fun/worthwhile/interesting would happen, I managed to sit through the entire mess of a film. Even with a brain in the off position it was work to watch.

It worked perfectly on my Amazon Fire. Perhaps only select (older?) Fire devices are not compatible?

The "people" also put Trump in office.

Bird Box was a waste of my time. Poorly constructed scene after scene that totally fail to address questions of doubt the viewer may have. One example is the grocery store run. Given their situation that should have been a slow scene filled with stress and worry to the viewer. It would have taken hours -if not longer to make that run safely given the intense limitations. Instead, the film glosses over the challenge with nothing more than a few 'speed bumps' and totally fails to even address how elements of the trip were accomplished. Black Mirror: Bandersnatch was neat for what it was. Clever but I'm not sure if it was interesting enough to propel this format.

I didn't realize this was even a thing. Season 2 was such a shit show I wouldn't have expected this to continue.