I do room temp lunches. We have a microwave, but I’m really self conscious about food smells at work, plus I do t like microwaving plastic and glass containers make my work bag too heavy. I use divided lunch containers from amazon basics, and fill them with a sandwich or cheese/crackers, plus veggie sticks, and fruit.…

Chocolate and dairy are fairly common allergies. Dairy could also be lactose intolerance. Seafood could be an allergy - shellfish allergies are common, and it may be easier to just say no seafood for shared food situations.

They were on a school trip, so I assumed the teachers/organizers planned for a campus visit to add “diversity” to their itinerary. If that was the plan, then lunch in the cafeteria makes sense.

Ugh. The Alamo was so disappointing. I grew up going to colonial-era sites on the east coast. Most are managed by the national park service service, and they do a fantastic job. The privately operated sites are still pretty good. With expectations set by that experience, the Alamo was a fucking disaster of anachronism…

If it only takes five minutes to say goodbye in your social circle, you don’t need the Irish goodbye.

Durham is 60% Black and incredibly liberal. There’s a good chance a jury would fail to convict her.

Lee was a very good military strategist. He had a choice - fight for his country or his state. He chose the Confederacy over the Union. By all accounts, he agonized over the decision and regretted that choice immensely in his later years. I know don’t know that because of a statue. I know it because I read books every…

Oops... sorry. It’s like forgetting the order of operations. Still, six gave them a good natural cut point between “layers” of heirs.

Totally going to happen. Harry is under no obligation to invite heads of state. He isn’t even the spare anymore.

My guess - at the time the law was enacted, the first six in line took them through Charles, William, Harry, then the rest of Elizabeth’s children (Andrew, Edward, then Anne, in order of succession). It covered the most important players, and cuts off at a easy/natural point. If they went beyond six, they would have…

I went to UNC then stayed in Chapel Hill for an extra 10 years. Chapel Hill and Charlottesville are similar, both culturally and in terms of size. Chapel Hill has a massive unsanctioned Halloween block party every year, plush potential for 4+ sports riots during basketball season. The town brings in extra police as…

I just finished a PhD program and did a lot of teaching/grading over the past four years. My university has a turnitin license, but I don’t know anyone who used it. Most of the time, plagiarism was so blatantly obvious, there was no need for specialized software. Students would copy/paste from multiple journal…

I fully expect Kelly will quit by the end of the month.

From personal experience, do what you can to pack meals, but also keep an emergency granola bar in your bag - I’m partial to Kind bars that are just on the healthy sid of a snickers. The when you are OMG HUNGRY in the middle of class, you have a delicious and somewhat filling treat.

I’ve been rocking the adult lunchable this week - Breton crackers, smoked turkey, sharp provolone, and cucumber slices, plus dried clementines for dessert (thanks Trader Joe’s!). I have three-compartment lunch boxes from Amazon Basics - the crackers fit perfectly in one of the side compartments (clementines in the…

As far as I know, Ezekiel is nice enough. I don’t know him, but I’m within 3 degrees of separation professionally, and haven’t heard anything negative about him. It does make you wonder about their childhoods to have 2 out of 3 sons end up as notorious assholes.

Ari Gold is based on real life Ari Emmanuel, brother of Rahm (and Ezekiel). In order from worst to best behavior, I think it goes Ari > Rahm > Ezekiel.

But if they all have Russian accents, how will we tell the good guys from the bad guys?

I bought a 10-pack of American Paper Optics glasses from amazon a few weeks ago, sold by Sales Fever. They arrived today, and seem legit. Heavy/high quality paper frames, ISO information clearly printed along with ISO logo, no odd grammar or spelling errors, metallic coating, completely dark when I put them on.

Of course I see my autocorrect failure when it’s too late to edit. Professional capacity. Stupid iPad.