Holy shit, I was going to ask you if we went to the same high school, because nearly the exact same thing happened at mine. But as far as I know our chemistry teacher didn’t marry a former student years later (that turned out to be one of the drama teachers!). Our teacher looked like Freddie Prinze, Jr., and he got…

My impression was that the baked goods would be better than the substitutes, because they would be made with real wheat? But who knows.

My FIL was telling my husband and I about a gluten-free wheat that’s being developed. I had the same reaction as you.

Red Delicious apples fresh off the tree are, in fact, delicious, but that’s a very location specific thing. The ones in the store are crap.

I was a grad student at BU in a different department (but still STEM). We had a professor in our department who sexually assaulted two of his undergrads. BU quietly told him to resign, and there was no mention of why he left (the rumor mill is strong, though). The official story was that it turned out he wanted to…

Multiple people in your life are wrong. Sting says so, and he would know. He wrote it after the end of his relationship with his ex-wife and says it’s supposed to be about obsession with a former lover.

This reminds me that I forgot to pack the hot sauce for the leftover frittata in my lunch today. Damn it.

I was in Yellowstone for a week with no phone service and no internet. It was glorious.

Lucky always has a bunch of bootcut styles. Not as many flares, but definitely bootcut.

Haha, I knew what song that was before I even clicked the link.

They should have done that starting in the primaries. Not every piece of drivel that comes out of his mouth needed to be breathlessly covered.

My guess is that they mean the mantle, but Nature Astronomy appears to not have the article online, nor can I find it on the arxiv. Diamonds are more dense than any of the materials in the mantle, so it likely means that they sink towards the core. It’s not like rain falling from the sky. But again, this is my best…

I think metal bed frames on the whole tend to be less squeaky. I am currently sleeping on a non-Ikea wooden bed frame and every time someone moves it squeaks and it’s driving me crazy (our new mattress/frame are coming Saturday).

THANK YOU!!!! She will be THRILLED!

Do you remember where you read it? My friend LOVES super low-rise jeans, and dragged me on a fruitless multi-hour shopping trip last year in search of some. Even places that sold low-rise jeans were too high-rise for her. I’d love to tell her that her search is over!

Yes, he started showing symptoms. My dad is a neurologist who specializes in Alzheimer’s, and knew Reagan had it just by watching the reelection debates. He thinks Trump is just, and I quote, “a fucking asshole.”

But that’s a check box. I didn’t change my last name when I got married, but even if I did, my title is Dr. There’s no way to know my marital status from that, and I still get the tax benefits.

Truly lovely, thank you. This made my miss my grandfather, who died in February at 96. He was so proud that I got a PhD in astrophysics, and supported me in my dreams to do so.

Nothing, because it is hilarious.

Gorsuch, like many of Trump’s picks, has done his fair share of plagiarism. http://www.politico.com/story/2017/04/gorsuch-writings-supreme-court-236891