Are You Working

The ending of 'In Naruto, I Became Konan’s Secret Lover While Working for Pain' is a rollercoaster of emotions and political intrigue. After Pain’s defeat, Konan’s loyalty to Akatsuki wavers as she questions her path. The protagonist, torn between duty and love, helps her escape the organization’s remnants. They flee to a hidden village, where Konan uses her paper techniques to create a sanctuary. Their relationship blossoms in secrecy, but the shadow of their past looms large. The final chapters reveal Konan’s sacrifice—she fakes her death to protect the protagonist from Akatsuki’s vengeance. In a poignant twist, the protagonist discovers her alive years later, living under a new identity. The story closes with them reuniting under cherry blossoms, symbolizing renewal and the fragile beauty of second chances. It’s a bittersweet ending that balances action with deep emotional resonance, leaving readers haunted by its quiet brilliance.

Quick heads-up: if you plan to read 'Secretary Working With The CEO', there are a number of content flags I'd personally warn friends about before they dive in. The big ones are sexual content and a pronounced power imbalance. There are explicit scenes and a lot of workplace romance that veers into coercive territory at times — forced or non-consensual kisses, pressure tied to job security, and situations where consent is murky. That ties into sexual harassment and manipulation, where someone's authority is used to influence romantic or sexual interactions. Beyond that, expect verbal abuse, emotional manipulation, jealousy-driven stalking, and public shaming moments that can be rough to sit through. Less headline-y but still important: there are recurring themes of anxiety, depression, and trauma reactions from characters; mentions of past abuse; and some scenes that imply or depict physical altercations. Language can be harsh and there’s occasional profanity and sexualized imagery. For anyone sensitive to these, skim first or look for content notes. I loved the drama overall, but I also found myself skipping bits that felt unnecessarily cruel — it’s compelling, but not gentle.

Man, this drove me nuts for a while, so I poked around until I figured out the usual suspects. First off, not every Kindle book or file supports being read aloud — publishers can disable Text-to-Speech, and lots of PDFs or scanned images don’t expose selectable text, so the app has nothing to feed to the voice engine. If the product page on the Kindle store doesn’t mention text-to-speech or narration, that’s a big red flag. Beyond that, on Android the voice actually comes from the system Text-to-Speech engine, not magic inside the app. So I check Settings → Accessibility → Text-to-speech output and make sure something sensible (like Google Text-to-Speech) is installed and set as default. Update the engine, then reboot the phone; strange problems vanish half the time after that. I’ve also had the Kindle app misbehave until I updated it, cleared its cache, or reinstalled it — especially after OS upgrades. If you’re still stuck, try the Android accessibility features: use 'Select to Speak' or TalkBack to read the page, or look for an Audible/Immersion Reading option if that book has narration. And if it’s a stubborn PDF/comic, I usually convert it or use a dedicated reader that supports OCR and TTS. If nothing works, Amazon support can check whether the book has read-aloud disabled by the publisher — that’s what tripped me up once and it was maddening, but at least now I know where to look when it happens.

On those hectic Monday mornings, a single phrase taped to my monitor pulls me back into focus: 'Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.' It sounds simple, but I hang onto lines like that because they translate to tiny, practical rituals—pair programming sessions, shared checklists, or even a ten-minute sync where everyone says one win. Those rituals are where teamwork actually lives. I collect a few of my favorites and rotate them: 'Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success.' and 'None of us is as smart as all of us.' I use them as conversation starters in meetings and as icebreakers for new folks. When morale dips, I ask the team to pick the next week's quote and share a short story about how it applies. Suddenly the quote isn't just decoration; it's a promise we all make to each other. If you want a practical tip, pick one line to center your week around and build one tiny habit from it—five-minute check-ins, shout-outs for help, or a quick retrospective. It turns words into shared momentum, and I swear it changes how people show up.

I still get a little giddy thinking about the way early Pixar films changed the way stories were told on screen, and one name that keeps popping up for me is Andrew Stanton. He started working at Pixar in 1990, joining when the company was still relatively small and very focused on pioneering computer animation and narrative techniques. From that moment he became one of the studio’s core storytellers — a guy who blended visual imagination with heartfelt characters and who later directed and co-wrote some of the studio’s biggest hits. When I say he joined in 1990, I mean he came on board as part of that crucial early wave of creatives who were shaping how animated features could work emotionally and structurally. Stanton was hired as a story artist/animator and quickly became deeply involved in the craft of storytelling at Pixar. You can see the imprint of that early involvement across a lot of their classic projects: he contributed to the story development on films like 'Toy Story' (which released in 1995) and 'A Bug's Life', and later he took the director’s chair for 'Finding Nemo' (2003) and 'WALL-E' (2008). Knowing he was there from 1990 helps make sense of how consistent Pixar’s narrative voice felt across those formative years — many of the storytelling tools and emotional beats that define their films grew out of teams that included people like him. I’m the sort of person who re-watches commentary tracks and interviews, so I’ve seen how his role evolved. In the early ’90s he was very much in the trenches helping shape the stories, sequences, and characters, and by the 2000s he was leading entire projects as a director and writer. That progression from story artist to director is part of what fascinates me: you can trace how his instincts for pacing, character-driven plot, and imaginative worldbuilding matured over time. He’s also one of those creators whose fingerprints you can spot in the little human details — the way relationships are framed, the rhythm of jokes landing alongside genuine emotional stakes. If you’re curious and want to dig deeper, a fun way to experience this is to watch some of those early films back to back while keeping the 1990 start date in mind. It’s like watching a studio and a storyteller grow together. I still find that knowing when someone like Stanton joined gives a different color to rewatching 'Toy Story' or 'Finding Nemo' — you catch more of those early-storyroom sparks. Honestly, it makes me want to queue up a Pixar marathon and pay closer attention to the storyboards and commentary next time.

Man, that frustration is so real — I’ve been there. First thing I do is check whether vim even thinks it should indent: open the file and run :set filetype? and :verbose set autoindent. If filetype is empty or wrong, indent scripts won’t run. If :verbose shows autoindent being turned off by some script, that points to the culprit. Next, consider obvious toggles that silently kill indentation: if you’ve got 'set paste' enabled (or you toggled paste mode earlier with a mapping), indentation won’t behave. Also check whether you disabled 'autoindent', 'smartindent', or 'cindent' by mistake. Use :set paste? and :set autoindent? to inspect current state. If those look fine, source your vimrc manually (:source ~/.vimrc) and watch :messages for errors — a syntax error early in the file can stop the rest of the config from loading, so later indent settings never get applied. Also run vim -u NONE (or nvim -u NORC) to see if a vanilla session indents correctly; if it does, a plugin or a line in your vimrc is to blame. Useful commands: :scriptnames (shows loaded scripts), :verbose set shiftwidth? tabstop? expandtab? and checking ~/.vim/indent or plugin ftplugin files for overrides. If you want, paste the problematic snippet and I’ll poke at it with you.

I ran into the same issue last week and after some digging, I realized it was because I had changed my password recently but forgot to update it on the Kobo app. The app doesn’t always sync automatically, so you might need to log out and log back in with your new credentials. Also, check if your device’s date and time settings are correct; incorrect settings can mess with the login process. If you’ve tried all that and it still doesn’t work, clearing the app’s cache or reinstalling it might help. Sometimes the app just needs a fresh start to function properly.

As someone who's followed Abbi Glines' career for years, I can confidently say she's always working on something new. Her latest Instagram posts hint at a potential series set in a coastal town, possibly a spin-off from her popular 'Sea Breeze' or 'Rosemary Beach' books. She often teases fans with snippets of manuscripts or mood boards, and right now, the vibe is giving small-town romance with a darker twist. Abbi has a pattern of releasing 1-2 books a year, and her last release was 'Until Friday Night' in the 'Field Party' series. Given her usual timeline, we might see announcements soon. Her publisher's website lists a '2024 TBA project,' which could be this new series. Fans on Goodreads are already theorizing about interconnected characters, especially since she loves Easter eggs from previous works.