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I'm in Ohio, USA. I've been working from home for a year now, and frankly don't want to go back to the office. I'm more productive when I can relax, play music without headphones, and talk to my two greyhounds when figuring things out (my version of rubber duck debugging). I go in once or twice a month when I have to bang on real equipment. Sometimes you just can't adequately simulate a 100 foot long printing press.
The past year has been a drag, and not just because of COVID. For me, dental surgery in June that was a bear plus I lost my right eye after a fall in October. Mrs. Wife has health issues that ebb and flow. Aging parents require ever-more attention to keep them safe. I had to ask a guy if he wanted money, drugs, or sex to get my mother an appointment for a COVID vaccination. That process has been a royal bitch so far.
Despite all that, I'm still here. I've had an article in process for months that I need to finish. It's for a desktop WPF app, so I'm a little hesitant about the interest.
Software Zen: delete this;
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Yeah, I am very much burned out on COVID and all that goes with it. Most of the community here feels the same way.
Believe it or not, most of the kids here want to go back to school full time again.
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The virus won't tire.
So, we can't.
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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Generally OK, but can't wait for this crap to be over and get back to the office.
Like Piebald I'm not suited for working from home, I'm a procrastinator at heart I'm afraid. So I have deliberately been cutting down on distractions (including CP I'm afraid) to get anything at all done.
I always thought of myself as an introvert, but I'm starting to rethink that now.
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I've been mostly WFH since 2012, so that's not made a huge difference to me.
On the other hand, last year I moved 260 miles up the country and got engaged, so my life is significantly different. 
Still working for the same company though - remote working doesn't care where I'm based.
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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I think things are getting more relaxed here down South. Maybe too much. After waiting a month from shot #2, I went to the gym yesterday. First time in a year. Fewer people and everyone wiping like crazy. I wore a mask (like everyone else), did my workout quickly and left.
Came home and pumped aluminum. 
If you can keep your head while those about you are losing theirs, perhaps you don't understand the situation.
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Yep. As a Scout Leader we're also seeing our scouts dealing with this fatigue. I take most of my "video" calls with my camera off. It seems to help me.
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Sounds like the beginning of the Industrial Age.
It was only in wine that he laid down no limit for himself, but he did not allow himself to be confused by it.
― Confucian Analects: Rules of Confucius about his food
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I'm clearing out some dud tags and in my review list I have
4744 tongue
4745 cheek
ahem.
cheers
Chris Maunder
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Are you talking about tags that have been created for articles?!
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Or Questions and Answers. Yes.
cheers
Chris Maunder
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I've edited the tags[^] a couple of times, mostly to merge them, fix typos, and delete some that were hardly used. But I didn't see tongue and cheek there when your post prompted me to look. Maybe I'll add buttocks and see how long it survives. 
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Maybe you should've waited 'til after 1st of April...
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Do foot and mouth appear, as well?
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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We name cats when they are kittens, and we have no idea what they are going to end up like.
So ours is called "Dij" as in "short for Digital" because as a kitten he was indeed digital: on (and doing a Wheel of Death round the room) or off (and you could have pulled his whiskers out without him moving). The "G" became a "J" in the spelling so vets wouldn't think his name was "Dig".
But now, I'd have gone for a political theme: "Mousie Tong" because he's so predatory ...
How do you name your pets?
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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OriginalGriff wrote: How do you name your pets?
Sunday dinner, Thanksgiving Feast, etc.
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I thought those were the names of the Lobsters in the waiting area tank at Red Lobster.
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You could have chosen a more strongly-typed name; perhaps "Boo" (for boolean) if he was indeed on or off. (Or "Boo!" if you're sure it will never be undecided...)
If it's an "outdoor" cat it helps to be a name you don't mind shouting at midnight at the top of your voice. If you think there's any chance the cat might take notice of you, a name that's easily identifiable (by a cat) - so something short and with a hissy sound can be good.
Ours have been Sunny, Misty (based on colour), Sula (Icelandic for Gannet, due to greed), Wizzy (Harry Potter was "in", and the kitten was faaaast), and now Dusty (colour again) and Skipper (he has a white mark on nose like a skipper butterfly).
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My last three feline companions were named after Greek gods, simply because I was reading a Greek mythology book at the time. I settled on Zeus, Athena, and Ares.
The ol' doggie was picked up from a shelter with the name "Jack" and I just left it that way.
The fish is just known as "Fishy." I was waiting on the kids to come up with a proper name, but my temporary name became permanent. He doesn't seem to mind. 
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When I acquired a couple of goldfish, we named them "Rover" and "Felix". Y'know, good old traditional pet names.
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OriginalGriff wrote: How do you name your pets?
By accident?
He would ignore me for days, unless praised. His name on the passport is "Diabolo", but he reacts to "well done"; the Dutch variant of it. He'll come running on "Goedzo".
Bastard Programmer from Hell
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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After many, many years as a musician, I name the dogs after musicians, bands, or songs. Our current hounds are named Angus Young, Whole Lotta Rosie (Rosie for short), Mustang Sally, and Jethro Tull. The previous hounds were Maxwell Silverhammer and Eleanor Rigby.
We usually get cats in groups of two or three and names usually come from movies and TV. The last batch were all males so they became Larry, Curly, and Moe. Prior to them were two females and they were Thelma and Louise. We got a lone female before them and as a kitten she had a face like an alien and was all white so we called her Roswell. The male prior to her looked like a rat when he was small so we call him Usel (from Dune.)
Our Dachshunds have had two litters of pups. The first were named Bob, Carol, Ted, and Alice. The second were named Fred, Wilma, Barney, and Betty. The Ridgebacks have had two litters and they were so big we didn't name them. That is, except for one female who was really, really smart. She could get and out of their pen and we didn't figure out how until later. We called her Houdini.
"They have a consciousness, they have a life, they have a soul! Damn you! Let the rabbits wear glasses! Save our brothers! Can I get an amen?"
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OriginalGriff wrote: How do you name your pets?
Heck, how do you name your kids? (asks the non-parent)
Now I'm wondering whether there's some sort of strategy/reason as you've described...
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<rhetorical>How many whippets have been named "DEVO"?</rhetorical>
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