ARGH. I'm currently flying for a business trip to a conference. When I fly, my work will only cover costs for economy (natch), so I pay out of my pocket to upgrade to Economy Plus because I like the extra space so I can spread out a little more, especially if I'm going to have to work on the flight. This time, I…

... splits of wine.

I haven't really seen any posts about this, so maybe we don't have any Burners (as in attendees of Burning Man, not the kinjaverse type burners) in this group, or maybe they're all lurkers. In the event you are out there and lurking ... and now trying to kill time as the gates have been closed due to weather, as…

Insomnia got me tonight. Got me hard - if I were to list everything I took trying to go to sleep, you'd be amazed I could still put two words together to piece together a coherent thought, much less post. It's 5:30 my time and my husband will be awake in roughly 45 minutes. Luckily, I don't have to be "up" for my day…

I have migraines myself and I know there are several of us here that have discussed the treatments we use. I am wondering if, of the chronic migraineurs here, anyone started getting treatment while in their teens?

Update on the research ethics of that Facebook study discussed last week: the editors of PNAS have now written an "Editorial Expression of Concern" regarding the study. Gee, guys and gals, don't you think the time to give pause and consider the Common Rule would have been PRIOR to publication? Seems like the very…

There's a million and one ways for the world to die. Some seem to be more gruesome than others. I'm not a real fan of the gorier ways for us to shuffle off this mortal coil, but I'm okay with realism.

Many years ago, back in the 90s, I worked in a center for adolescent males who were adjudicated as repeat offenders. Our center was operated by a non-profit agency, rather than a state or local agency, and we had a contract with the city and county and also received grant funds. Also, as the Director of Education,…

... we're off-contract during the summer. Most of us. That means, strictly speaking, we're not getting paid to work. You may come across a faculty member in a campus office during the summer for a variety of reasons: 1) they may be teaching a summer course, in which case they are getting paid just to teach that…

I'm a sucker for documentaries on tv, especially on historical events, like they show on PBS. I tell my husband, the reason I kick ass at trivia games is that I have watched more documentary programs on just about every topic imaginable just ... because. For some reason, I get sucked into them, especially if the…

Absolutely priceless and wonderful at the same time. Sometimes life is spectacular in its irony.