Notices by pzmyers 🦑 (pzmyers@octodon.social), page 126

@lilithsaintcrow @TristinaWright @kacealexander @GeekElite I don't have kids at home. Apparently, you are now my substitute child.

@lilithsaintcrow @TristinaWright @kacealexander @GeekElite Cruel. I have work to do!

Quality journalism helped me decide what paper I should subscribe to.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2018/01/18/i-finally-broke-down-and-got-a-digital-subscription-to-a-newspaper/

We're being sued for a million dollars! Anyone able to help us out? (Lawyers do usually cost less than a million)

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2018/01/18/yet-more-legal-expenses-arising/

@kacealexander @lilithsaintcrow AAAAAARGH. That does it. I figure a half pint of whisky will scrub my brain enough for now.

@lilithsaintcrow @kacealexander Don't you make me shut down Mastodon on my machine. Don't you dare.

@kacealexander @lilithsaintcrow I know. I had to leave the room to compose myself. Then I came back with my eyes shut and closed the tab before I got exposed again.

There were a few snirks, but I think I'm back in control again.

DON'T YOU DARE SAY SM*CKERS AGAIN.

I might still be going to church if holy communion was managed this way.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2018/01/17/the-best-communion-story-ever/

Why would someone admit to being a Trumpster? Doesn't it undermine all your arguments?

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2018/01/17/i-get-email-92/

My thread reserved for discussions of the political madness gripping America is never, ever going to end.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2018/01/17/discuss-political-madness-all-the-time-5/

@craigmaloney @saganfan @gargron Nope. 65 minute lectures, with a 10 minute gap between for getting to your next class. I guess an "hour" is actually 75 minutes long here.

@gargron We switched from quarters to semesters many years ago, and when we did, we also switched to this odd 65 minute hour to keep workloads about the same. It means that starting times for classes precess through the day, which I can testify, can be kind of confusing.

I was actually disappointed when I was told that no, we still had plenty of time.

The weirdest thing was that my students were sitting attentively as the clock ticked on, and I rushed through the end of my lecture, feeling guilty that I was keeping them late, but also thinking "wow, I must be giving a riveting talk that no one is complaining."

I'm cruising along, I glance at the clock, it's 5 after. I panic, briefly. I hadn't absorbed the idea that my class this term is 2:15-3:20. I wondered where all the time had gone, not realizing I still had 15 minutes left.

OK. First day of my evolution class, and I was unclear on the timing. Last semester I taught a course in the 1:00-2:05 time block. My brain was conditioned to come to a stop at 5 after the hour.

History will look back on 21st century America and wonder what the fuck happened. Ergot poisoning? Lead paint? Someone spiked the chicken nuggets with shrooms?

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2018/01/17/ooooookaaaaay/

@lilithsaintcrow Me, too. The subs going up against Coca-Cola's carrier fleet.

@lilithsaintcrow Pepsi has a navy now?

At least, I didn't spot any werewolves around Hebden Bridge.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2018/01/17/moors-are-lovely-places-no-werewolves-at-all/ https://octodon.social/media/uq6al7h2Us9CiB07ViA