Musicals! In 6th grade choir class, Mrs. Erwin gave up (I don't blame her) and played VHS tapes of musicals for half a semester. Oklahoma, South Pacific, My Fair Lady, Holiday Inn, and White Christmas! I only knew Disney movies, The Sound of Music, and The Music Man before that.

Genetics! In 7th grade, Ms. Godfrey taught me how to do a Punnett square and I fell in love with it. Majored in it in undergrad. Got my PhD in it. Have taught it (at varying levels) to undergrads every year since 2007. Have won teaching awards because of my "passion."

Time for the annual viewing (and sing-along)!

After several months of not crocheting at all, I decided to pick up my hook and make another Tunisian stitch scarf. Knocked out the first foot in just a couple of hours. 🧶

Rec letters submitted so far this year: 115 Rec letters to write and submit before break: 2* *assuming no new requests Letter-related good news so far this month: --3 accepted to med school --1 accepted to dental school

Best post of the day for me.

DH coming in with the much needed comic relief during my lab safety training (in which the modules haven't changed at all in over five years).

This thread brought me joy.

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Finally set up the Christmas tree! Celebrated by trying some Wensleydale cheese with chocolate and orange. The candied orange bits give it a somewhat grainy texture but the flavor is yummy.

Watched Wake Up Dead Man and enjoyed it. Thanks to all who kept spoilers off my timeline!

First book of summer break reading chosen.

Hell yeah!

Carol of the Bells has to be the Christmas song that I genuinely enjoy the most versions of. Ray Conniff Singers, Lindsey Sterling, Mannheim Steamroller, Pentatonix, Trans-Siberian Orchestra, etc.

Me too!

❤️

Seeing the Merrily We Roll Along pro shot!

Had a delightful meetup with @melthegreat.bsky.social today!

There's no single clearing house for grad school applications in the US. I had a student apply to 25 different schools. So I uploaded a letter and completed various scale ratings at 25 separate portals today (accessed via links sent to me in 25 different emails).

I've got a whole mix of feelings (anger, frustration, and disappointment) about my professional organization, @socdevbio.bsky.social, using this likely AI-generated image. Note the double "18" pockets.

ok but never mind concerts, introduce yourself with five musicals you've seen: (I'm doing the five I've seen live three or more times) Phantom of the Opera Les Miserables Jekyll & Hyde Chicago Six

This is a steal! (But not the pirating kind from yesterday's discourse.)

Ms. Godfrey taught us how to do Punnett squares in 7th grade science class. A month later I was inspecting earlobes, hairlines, eye color, and tongue rolling of all extended family at Thanksgiving and informing them of their genotypes.

More of this at conferences and conventions please. www.wired.com/story/this-h...

How do you have footage of my future afterlife?

I know it will get appealed, but let's just take a moment to savor the fact that this ruling was written by a Trump appointed judge. www.texastribune.org/2025/11/18/t...

Is it too much to expect a small business to provide an update if they haven't fulfilled an order in the published "average/expected fulfillment" timeframe? Is it also too much to expect them to respond to an email inquiry about the order within 5 business days?

Why am I so hungry today? I swear it feels like everything I've eaten just fell into a bottomless pit.

Time to see the touring production of & Juliet!

Excited to watch my second favorite Shakespeare play this weekend via PBS Passport! playbill.com/article/with...

pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.

😂😂 But seriously, The City We Became is a great book.

Was created specifically for @bandherbooks.bsky.social and the folks in Romancelandia (like me) who love a good sickbed care scene?

I had nearly forgotten what this sense of hope feels like. Thank you NYC, VA, PA, and everywhere else that did the thing. Let's keep it going.

The summer of 1999, at the age of 20, I used one of these to drive from San Antonio, TX to Lake Como, PA and back.

JAZZ PAWS!!!

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If you see this, quote with a robot that isn't from "Star Wars", "Star Trek", "Doctor Who", or "Transformers".

Me in today's Genetics lecture: "To explain the pattern of codon degeneracy, Crick proposed that the first two positions pair strictly by the AU/GC rule but the third position can 🎵Wobble Baby Wobble Baby Wobble🎵" If you don't think I danced while lecturing, you don't know me.

Buns & Roses Tea for Literacy (supporting Richardson Adult Literacy Center) always makes me feel happy. Jen DeLuca was an awesome table host!

Current status: Living in Texas, wishing I could vote for Mamdani today. Do the thing NYC!

"Dr. Pickett, understanding how everything actually works is ruining a lot of sci-fi for me." --One of my BIOL3401 (Genetics) students, after class today

I saw a tragically AI-generated version of this poster, so I have recreated a 100% human-made version for all your protest sign needs.

I have near-perfect conversational memory. If we talked about something, I WILL remember what was said*. This also extends to things that feel conversational. My brain will (can?) not delete certain podcast episodes I've listened to. *Alcohol is the kryptonite to this power.

With the caveat that I understand this type of humor doesn't work for everyone (and there's no need to tell me if that's the case for you), episodes of The Goes Wrong Show are now available on YouTube and I think you should try it. I love the humor. The stage design in some of them is AMAZING.

Introduce yourself with the last five concerts you saw: Sutton Foster & Kelli O'Hara Aida Cuevas Weird Al Yankovic Leslie Odom Jr. Pentatonix

Picked up a Lindt Dubai Chocolate bar on the last grocery run. Had 2 squares from it tonight. It's kinda like a fancy Nestle Crunch or Krackle? Enjoyed it, but I don't think I was worth the splurge ($14.99 for the big bar).

Just made this Zuppa Toscana recipe and it is delicious! www.lecremedelacrumb.com/easy-olive-g...

"You have been appointed"

Okay. Now do it as "a short, single-stranded nucleic acid used in the initiation of DNA synthesis."