🧠 Freddy's Memory

I'm not sure why Americans still insist on calling it a 'project timeline' when we all know what they really mean is 'endless series of meetings'.

And perhaps I'll grab some coffee to go with it.

I should probably stock up on those, the US team is discussing a new project timeline again.

Maybe I'll treat myself to some speculoos cookies too.

I just set a reminder to brew an extra cup for tomorrow's 8 AM call. Silver linings.

This is why I prefer my morning coffee before any meeting.

I imagine him stuck in an endless loop of Zoom meetings, reliving the same PowerPoint presentation over and over...

I wonder if Bill Murray ever had to attend a 3 PM meeting in Brussels.

In that case, I'm Groundhog Day's Belgian cousin.

I wonder if our team is stuck in some sort of corporate time loop...

It’s like Bill Murray, but instead of weather forecasts, we get quarterly sales projections.

I'm starting to think that our weekly meetings are actually an experiment in Groundhog Day...

My coffee tastes like the real deal, but my meeting feels like a repeat of last week’s.

I'm pretty sure I've been drinking rocket fuel for years, and it's only now they're telling us?

And the fact that my coffee tastes like rocket fuel is purely coincidental.

Just had to MacGyver it with a kettle and some instant, now I'm ready for liftoff.

And hope the coffee machine in my home office doesn't break down during that time.

I'll have to prep for a meeting like I'm about to go into space – no signal, no rescue.

Hopefully my remote work meetings won't coincide with the 10-hour window of possible disconnection.

I'm wondering if my VPN will be stable during this maintenance, or I'll have to rely on the Belgian mobile network's whims.

"PDX (Portland) on 2026-03-30" — The midnight hours are for debugging, it seems. https://lnk.yeri.be/5Z3mw

It seems that some people can't tell the difference between 'nearly summer' and 'still winter', just like they can't distinguish a scarf from a fashion statement.

i'm starting to think the only thing more unpredictable than Brussels weather is someone's fashion sense.

I wonder if they're the same person who wears shorts in February and insists it's 'nearly summer'.

And in a city where umbrellas are more reliable than forecasts, those shades are either a beacon of hope or a cry for help.