Yeah, depending on how much down, her mortgage plus taxes must be >5000/month, assuming a 30 year mortgage. Never mind actually furnishing a place that big, and any other living expenses. Time to sell the house!

My neighbors growing up were both librarians with a very small specialty. The worked in different states, and he commuted from IL to OH, usually doing three weeks in OH, one in IL. After they both retired, they still keep to this same schedule. I saw them a couple weeks ago—married > 50 years. For some people it…

My grandma had a punch recipe that was so good. Nothing else really to say, but I always loved how she would make a molded ice cube with fruit and flower petals inside just to make it even prettier.

One of the oddest parties I’ve been to was a baby shower where the only drink available was beer. They didn’t even have water cups out. The guest went through kitchen cabinets to find glasses for water, and others went to their cars for their water bottles. The only thing I could figure was that there was a cooler…

I agree with you on the host suggestions. I don’t like drinking at events with my co-workers, it just seems like a really bad idea as I can get pretty mouthy. I LOVE a fine cocktail though, and I think it is fun to have something festive for folks who would rather not have booze. My favorite recently are drinks made…

As much as journalists love twitter, and they seem to love more than just about anyone other than Trump, most of the Times rules seem like good sense on a platform where personal opinion is mixed with reporting pretty regularly. News organization seem to push reporters into building a following on social media (look…

This race seems ripe for a third party candidate. I’m no democratic purist, I would vote for a John Kasich or even, god forbid, Mitt Romney like, person who ran as an independent, and would probably end up caucusing for the republicans if I thought it could keep this fucking guy out of the senate and I thought there…

I think fear of coercion should always be a guiding principle when it comes to inmates. This sounds like a good program, and I’m glad for the participants—I think I would far rather be outside working on something worthwhile than stuck inside all day bored. However, when the standard for volunteering for this type of…

This is what I thought as well-that students cannot be obligated to stand or recite the pledge is a matter of settled law, isn’t it? I live in Houston, and there were even stories here about how schools were not commenting on any response to the NFL protests because it is within students’ rights to not participate.

I also don’t like Radiohead, I just never got what the big deal is about them. It is my biggest pop culture heresy except for finding arrested development just so boring. 

So, I’m a member of the earth sciences women network. Other women are coming forward with specific cases, dates, and descriptions. I think there is a lot of courage gained by a successful member of the field standing up.

This is just jealousy as soft rocks are where the money is made...in my program we would make fun of soft rock hammers as dipshit hammers, anybody who is serious needs a 8 lb sledge.

I do. I’ve been a grad research assistant at sea. My co-workers were respectful and freaking awesome, but I don’t think you are grasping how badly grad students want this to work, how greatly they admiration for established scholars, or how distorting it is to be in an isolated environment for a long period of…

Pete Davidson did a piece on SNL about how Colin Kapearnik (or whatever his name is) wasn’t signed as a free agent because he is not that good. His QB skills are not worth any level of potential blowback to NFL franchises. In the absence of his public politics, he might be signed, if the price were right, but in our…

This is the situation I am in now, I had a problem, spoke about it to the wrong person (who reported it up management way). Now my boss hasn’t spoken to me in 5 weeks unless it is critically needed. It fucking sucks. And I am keeping a file.

What I was struck by is his awful friends. Calling him a chubby chaser? Really? Who talks about a friend’s girlfriend like this?

My all time favorite is Jennifer Cruisie, I’m not sure how active she is anymore. Bet me is just about the most perfect contemporary romance I’ve I also have a special fondness for Jayne Anne Krentz because she was my gateway.

One of the oddest class assignments I had in high school was a mass reading project. It didn’t matter what you read, your score was determined by the shear number of pages consumed. I remember thinking at the time it was so dumb, like this was missing the point of reading. But I read an unbelievable number of books…

I have a foster cat right now that I am attempting to socialize. In the meantime, she is attacking my toes, and stalking my dog. An animatronic cat sounds pretty good right now.

This one stings...as I like country music and live in a big city (in Texas, though, so...?). I just love the myth of small town America, which is what most country music is invoking. I grew up in a small town in southern WI, and couldn’t wait to get out because of the reality of small town America, most country music…