{"id":24569,"date":"2026-06-13T11:58:28","date_gmt":"2026-06-13T16:58:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/?p=24569"},"modified":"2026-06-13T11:59:29","modified_gmt":"2026-06-13T16:59:29","slug":"in-need-of-a-pseudonym","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/?p=24569","title":{"rendered":"In Need of a Pseudonym"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This week I started my first work project composed primarily of recycled material. It&#8217;s a big change, and not a good one. To be clear, I don&#8217;t entirely disagree with the premise of using old copy. Some parts of the projects are suited to that, and if I&#8217;d had my way we would have switched to recycled material for those sections <em>eons<\/em> ago. I wasn&#8217;t allowed to make that call because a certain someone always stood in the way. I believe his many bad decisions over the last three decades are part of why were are where we are now. This adds a dash of resentment to the stew of sadness, frustration, and worry roiling in my stomach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was an unpleasant week, and it doesn&#8217;t bode well for my long-term job satisfaction. I&#8217;m being severely restricted in what I&#8217;m allowed to edit, and the new rules are in many cases the opposite of the old. I&#8217;m not always sure when I&#8217;m allowed to intervene, so I&#8217;ve been running everything past my boss. I feel like I&#8217;m asking her, &#8220;Please, may I do my job?&#8221; It&#8217;s ridiculous. But all of my coworkers have done the same, so at least I&#8217;m in good company.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Another thing my coworkers have all done is to choose pseudonyms for themselves. I get it now. I&#8217;ll be choosing one, too. If I&#8217;m not allowed to edit the work to my standards then it isn&#8217;t worthy of my name.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week I started my first work project composed primarily of recycled material. It&#8217;s a big change, and not a good one. To be clear, I don&#8217;t entirely disagree with the premise of using old copy. Some parts of the &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/?p=24569\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24569"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=24569"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24569\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24571,"href":"http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24569\/revisions\/24571"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24569"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24569"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24569"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}