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Playing Co-op

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  I very fondly remember solving crossword puzzles with my mother and aunt, at about nine years of age. Even as I mention it now, it brings a warm feeling as the nostalgia takes effect. There was a sort of ritual to the way we went about doing crosswords. One could never attempt to solve the puzzle alone, the first round of answers would be written in pencil then after solving a significant amount of the puzzle ink would be used. At that time, we had very limited access to the internet, so there were no search engines to help in finding answers. This made the task incredibly stimulating, when you find yourself pondering what the answer to the clue, five words down for a city in Australia with an R in the middle.  Reflecting on who I am as a person, I would say I dearly enjoy the company of loved ones. One particular form in which I enjoy their company is when, we are both participating in a task, or chore, or project, or a game, or we are trying to overcome a chall...

The start of nothing

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Last year, at about this time, I was in a much much more excited state. I had gotten through to a second round of interviews with a company that I fancied. I had already pictured myself rocking the company branded sweatshirt and the rest of the offered merchandise. Perhaps I was too naïve and optimistic, to assume that such a reality was possible for me at the time.  After I did a technical task for the company, I didn't hear from them for a few days, then a few weeks, by the time a month went by I knew that I had been ghosted. A side note for the demographic reading this that do not understand the term ghosting. This is when someone acts in a similar manner to a phantom, in a manner that at some point you see them and are actively engaging them. In the midst of your activity they suddenly stop responding and vanish.  I'm sure many of us have a tale or too about such ghastly occurrences in our lives. There's a sour taste that remains when something s...