This is fiction. Yes, even the pheromones bit. It has to do with the fact that periods compromise 1/6-1/5 (roughly) of every woman's month. Mathematically, all you need is 5 to 6 women around and mathematically, at least 2 of them will be on the rag at the same time every month. People think women sync up because…

As a resident of New Haven, New Haven pizza is where it's at. Ultra thin crust and toppings that don't suck. Who knew that's what makes a successful pizza? [/sarcasm]

Glad Pittsburgh cut him. Lynch had 100+ yards. Wilson had 39. Blount had 40. Dude, you were 1 yard away from getting outrun by a QB.

I had my friend tell me this. No, I really am a C cup please stop telling me I need a bigger bra my boobs are thoroughly average.

I loved the beat down they delivered to the over-hyped group D, but they're playing the Dutch, who are going to win their side of the bracket.

...where they will promptly be eliminated. There, fixed that last sentence for you.

This makes me laugh. A lot. I had a formal IQ test administered when I transferred from home schooling to public school; I've thought about using it to join MENSA, but figure I could put that $70 annual membership towards rock climbing and beer instead.

The UK is home to some great cidar. I think it's more socially acceptable there, too, and is on tap more often. It's where I really acquired a taste for it, too.

Cidar doesn't seem to be as 'hard' on my stomach as beer. If I have to choose between a cidar and a 'meh' beer, I'll pick the cidar.

I like the people I work with and where I work, but the state itself is a pit of nothingness. It's tepidly pleasant in parts, that's all, and not too terribly inconvenient to get places.

I did a research study that put me in a calorimeter pod and calculated all kinds of things about my body, including a scarily precise number of calories and the multipliers used for low, moderate, and high activity days. If you're really curious about things like your oxygen mass, body fat composition, and your body's…

Bf's mom from NC did the same thing. She was telling me she consciously developed a 'standard' Midwestern accent based upon a teacher she had in school.

I'm from Appalachia and don't have nearly the accent that Southerns do, but I feel you. Oh boy, do I. I love to meet people who haven't tried to cover up their accents, too, because I've given up on the battle of losing mine.

I want an app or program or something that removes the laugh track from shows that have it, so I can watch them and judge them on their jokes without getting annoyed that someone is telling me it's funny. Laugh tracks are like when someone tries to explain a joke to you. It doesn't matter if the joke was bad or good,…

Babies are at the center of a lot the sexist bullshit in labs. Not all of it, but there's really so much judgement (maybe not from the PI but sometimes other researchers) about choosing to start a family if you're a woman. *sigh* I did want to mention the difficulty working for a woman PI because I was told, as a…

STEM woman here. Neither of my parents are scientists and have hilariously minimal knowledge on how academia works. Part of making it in this field is just refusing to get intimidated. It's a skill I learned mountain climbing. People are going to question your competence, but you're part of this equation, too. For me,…

Focus on the challenge. That's what successful people in STEM do. And use your personality to your advantage. I can't stress that enough. White guys get an entire personality spectrum on which to define themselves. Life in STEM is much better in lab when you're not trying or letting other people push you into defining…

Did the same thing, but I was successful.

YES. These were my thoughts. She might have been overreaching with the pay, but if that was ALL she asked for, I can't see her getting turned down. The way you negotiate academia jobs is much different, too. #4 is the big red flag. #3 (the sabbatical) could've been as well, but the request for an ENTIRE semester of…

I work at a research university. She asked for something that's very common in provisions at research universities. She should've known the culture where she was attempting to negotiate. I think if she would've picked her battles and asked for some combination of these five points (depending on what was MOST important…