In case you missed the inaugural edition of Friday Bitch & Brag, here’s the link with the back story.
Time to circle up, kids!
Bitch: LastPass blowing off their most recent security breaches. I used them for YEARS and often recommended their service. On Sunday, I found out from Staci*, my sewing group friend, that her boyfriend, who works in IT/tech and always has solid advice, said to ditch LastPass and use a new service. Within less than 2 hours I exported all my data from LastPass, set up a BitWarden account, and deleted my LastPass account. When asked why I was leaving, I commented: “These recent hacks were downplayed by LastPass and that concerns me a GREAT deal - I have recommended this service to many people and won't be doing that anymore. Have moved on to a service with a much better security track record. GET IT TOGETHER!” (Check out Wirecutter’s review of password managers if you’re looking for one, or want to switch services.)
Brag: My good friend Jodi Angel has her novel, Biggest Little Girl, coming out next month from Madville Press. I have yet to read it, but from what I know of Jodi’s work through reading her short story collections and being in a writers’ group with her, it is going to be astounding.
Bitch: I made some oatmeal chocolate chip cookies that were compliant with 21 Day Fix, my go-to eating plan since May 2020 to help me with weight reduction1. The cookies satisfied my sweet tooth - but they were more like a glob of oatmeal, chocolate, and pecans, loosely held together by applesauce. Meh.
Brag: I’ve been doing well on this round of 21 Day Fix, and between that and exercising regularly, I feel back on track to build up muscle and reduce fat. While the company that started this program has some practices I find disturbingly cult-like2, their weight management program works for me.
Bitch: Motherfucking Harris Teeter grocery store and their cashiers who want to give me the senior discount, which only applies to customers 60 years and over. The first time it happened, I was masked & casually dressed, and the cashier tried to play it off like she was doing me a favor when I said something. Then it happened again yesterday, this time with a different cashier; I was again masked. I braced myself for the possibility and then when I saw she’d applied the discount, I whipped off my mask and said DO NOT GIVE ME THAT DISCOUNT I AM NOT OLD ENOUGH3. That’s when the ageist twit said, “Oh, I saw your grey hair and thought you were a senior,” and that’s when I decided from now on I am calling that store Motherfucking Harris Teeter.
Brag: I met writer/artist Jerome Steuart through a couple astrology webinars hosted by Lindsey of Bad Pastor and I am thoroughly enchanted by his charming, whimsical artwork. He did a series of pieces around the concept of fairies adopting cats and it is so fun and playful. I also love his Bear Zodiac.
I don’t use the term “lose weight” because whenever I lose something, I tend to want to find it again.
I’m not tagging the company for this reason. You can search 21 Day Fix on your preferred search engine if you want to find out more.
All caps because in my head I was yelling at her.