Notices by pzmyers 🦑 (pzmyers@octodon.social), page 142

I'm back. Decided to take a cat break. We have a weird little rescue cat who is a raging, vicious ball of fury with strangers, but is all stressed out now that my wife is away & I'm rarely home.

She just wants to sit in my lap all the time.

I had classes & meetings all day. They resume again in one hour, until 8pm.

What should I do in this open window of time?

Thinking about curling up in a ball on the floor & weeping. It's gotta be done sometime.

My wife is gone for two days, and now I'm feeling sick. Who is going to coddle me? This is bad timing.

Imaginary castles are not an argument for creationism.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2017/11/30/creationist-castle/ https://octodon.social/media/6sLWCtZgrydFqBcBojI

Maybe Matt Lauer could go eat a bag of dicks right now.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2017/11/30/oh-gosh-what-can-matt-lauer-do-to-redeem-himself-in-our-eyes/

Just finished one set of interviews for our position. Biologists on the market, be worried: the competition out there is really, really strong.

I wanted to hire all of them, but we've got one slot.

@gargron I think that cat might terrify our job candidates too much.

Oh, man, the cat is going to be so peeved at me. Mary's gone, and I'm going to be doing phone interviews until after 8.

@starbreaker They don't need to be punished. They need their excess wealth confiscated & redistributed.

Gross wealth inequity is a crime against humanity.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2017/11/29/gilded-ages-are-not-times-of-human-flourishing/

@generica Oh, is that what bachelors do?

The start of my 3 weeks of solitary begins tonight. I'm home alone, I'm all caught up on my grading, and I don't know what to do with myself.

The D'Arcy Thompson memorial issue of Development is out, guess I'll be reading.

National Geographic continues the venerable tradition of pandering to gullible Christians.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2017/11/28/only-a-fool-would-think-they-found-the-tomb-of-jesus/

@inmysocks Tiny bit.

I'm starting to feel jealous of a 3-day old ex-fetus.

My wife is bustling about, getting ready to ABANDON me for 3 weeks. I'm just trying to stay out of the way. All because a little grandbaby is a little bit cuter than I am.

You never have to pay for failure if you're a Republican.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2017/11/28/project-veritas-wins-the-prize-for-greatest-misnomer/

The New York Times, a rag used to polish the status quo.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2017/11/27/support-professional-journalism-they-said/

You can get lost in the lunacy.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2017/11/27/our-president-is-a-certifiable-madman/ https://octodon.social/media/ZUy_1mHnDXcSJa_JTOY

His name is Knut.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2017/11/26/good-day-grandson/ https://octodon.social/media/DrcSVnmQtQ2FFjw5WHE

@masklayer Because he really wants to wreck the optical alignment of the scope?

Makes me think of how I shudder when students grab the microscope objective to rotate the turret. No! Don't do that!