everybody’s brain tingles when they think amiright?

til my mom (66yo) thought it was perfectly normal for your brain to tingle or “jiggle” or “pulse” when you think about anything more than just a surface thought

she can feel where in the brain different types of thoughts originate because that region of her brain tingles -- math / memories / reasoning / layered jokes / pain

it was a complete surprise for her to learn that no most people can’t literally feel their brain thinking and that it’s a side effect of her epilepsy and the neurons firing incorrectly

i suppose i should label this psa since maybe there are others out there who think everybody’s brain tingles when they think hard

31,408 boxes

That’s how many boxes of information my mom and I went through one-by-one to overhaul the POS system.

She would read off a box, I’d check it against the POS system info, fix it if incorrect, then we’d move on to the next box.

Saturday night WE FINISHED HAND-CONFIRMING 31,408 BOXES OF INFORMATION so that the online store and in-store POS system could talk with each other.

I didn’t realize it was that many boxes until we were finished and my dad was like hey so how much info was that?

His jaw dropped when I told him how many lines and columns there were. He whipped out his iPhone and asked Siri how much 2416 x 13 was and we all just sat there with our mouths agape when she told us the answer.

Now I move on to setting up the new computer with the updated POS system and connecting it with a remote PC program so I can work on it from home.

The last step is for my mom and I to overhaul the SEO on the online store.

Once we get that done, we’re ready to present the business to potential buyers.

And we made a pact that one of us will get upset if the new buyers don’t give a shit about the systems we’re fixing up. If they have their own system, oh well. At least we had a presentable system to show them :D

And if anyone ever asks why we need some sort of universal system that allows communication between proprietary programs, send them to me. This isn’t the first time I’ve hand-corrected thousands of lines of info.

use the memes from tumblr she says

My mom convinced me that since I use Tumblr and that’s the birthplace of so many memes I should use said memes for the business’ social media accounts. Entertain people and get closer to them and you’ll be ahead of the curve on memes because it takes a while for memes to hit other social media places.

So I was like YES that’s a great idea.

I shall make tattoo-themed memes.

It’ll entertain followers.

And they’ll enjoy following me instead of just seeing ads all the time.

It’ll be more personal, which is HUGE in the tattoo industry.

So I create my masterpiece.



I posted it to FB and immediately I was inundated with people asking if I’d been hacked, what the hell is that thing, what’s with the monster, what’s a LAAMP, and can you send me a link to your online store page for that lamp because I want to buy it.

So I guess when mememing on FB I need to treat it more like a funny advertisement for a particular product that I actually have rather than just entertainment.

FB is fun.