Marc Benzakein - My snark is my own

I know a lot of you are hurting and questioning, well, everything right now. My DMs are open if you need to talk. Chances are, I've been there. Need to hop on a call? Let me know. If possible, I'll drop everything I'm doing. You guys have no idea how much you matter to me.

Gotta love how some companies spin things. Got an email from @PGE4Me: Great news! Your rate increase this year will be a lower rate increase than it has been in the past (paraphrased - but that's the gist).

Coffee machine at the office is not behaving right. When I selected my usual coffee, it did not stop filling my cup. I'm going to choose to believe it's a new feature.

Join us live next Thursday for our monthly roundtable show, where we will be discussing the month's best WordPress and tech stories with a great regular panel and this month's special guest, Katie Keith, CEO of Barn2 Plugins:f0k0.short.gy/L8KcgW @Barn2Plugins @KatieKeithBarn2…

ChatGPT Therapy is surprisingly . . . emotionally draining.

Healthcare in America sucks... we know this. But the treatment my dad is getting from the @aboutKP profit machine seems criminal to me.

Here's the thing: if I'm going to open and eat a bag of some sort of flavored chips, they BETTER have flavor. I am not going to waste those empty calories on bland chips.

It's official... you can call me "Pops"

I will always be a humanist first. You know... kinda like Jesus?

The older you get the more everyone you see looks familiar. Then... no one does.

I am turning another age tomorrow. I am calling it the, "What have I done to really make my life count?" Age. And what more can I do? Not in a melancholy way as much as a problem solving sort of way.

Be decent. It's this simple.

Management tip: "Can you?" or "Are you able to?" sounds so much better than "you need to" or "I need you to." Employees as collaborators lead to a positive workplace and longevity.

We had a great WP-Tonic monthly round-table show today with special guest, Devin Walker, SVP at StellarWP. We discussed "Who’s Behind FAIR" and an article from Sparktoro," In a Zero-Click World." @innerwebs @MarcBenzak @heathriel @SpencerForman @KurtvonAhnen @MananaNoMass…

What are your go-to's for stress management? Healthy or unhealthy, doesn't matter. Just curious.

One of the things I have noticed as we age is that we gradually lose our sense of humor. I hope that despite this, I never lose the ability to laugh at myself... often.

When everything is important, nothing is important.

We've got a great WP-Tonic round-table show coming up with special guest panelist Devin Walker, SVP at StellarWP, joining us next Thursday, 26th, at around 9 am PST. Why don't you join the discussion here:f0k0.short.gy/nOskj5 @innerwebs @MarcBenzak @heathriel @SpencerForman…

I am all for Federal holidays and everything but what does everyone have against August?

Join us this Thursday 29th at around 9am PST:f0k0.short.gy/Fnyo0n for this mon9 amth's WP-Tonic round-table show; we are going to be discussing @TheWPMinute recent article "What Do AI Site Builders Mean for Freelancers?" and "Authority Hacker Podcast" @GaelBreton @markwebster1…

This is an interesting email campaign. What do you think? Wonder if they're testing it on Father's Day to help them make a decision about bigger holidays.