Congrats to Bill Nye!!! I will never forget the amazing talk he gave at the National Science Teachers Association meeting back in 2013.

Initiation ritual complete! I'm now in @mostlybree.kitrocha.com's focaccia cult. 😁

The first student to come to Genetics Exam 1 review office hours yesterday just popped in to give me a high five in celebration of her perfect score. Over 24 hours later and I'm still riding that high.

"The genetics be genetic-ing." 😂😂😂

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I didn't need to be called out like this today.

This is @mostlybree.kitrocha.com's fault.

Truth.

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I don't remember exactly who posted about the Bonne Maman advent calendar being available to order last week (I do know it was more than one of y'all), but thank you! It's here and there's no way I'm waiting until December to start trying these out.

Exam 1 (in Genetics) is this week and office hours were hopping! Steady stream of students for 3 hours, in person and in Teams. Lost count of how many. Yay for student questions! This has never happened before. This is also the first semester in which I am the sole instructor for 350 students.

One full week past Villains & Vixens and not a hint of con-crud! 🎉

Back home after having a fabulous time at Villains & Vixens. I love the energy at fairly well run book cons so much!

Queen Ruby and her court at Villains & Vixens.

It's always entertaining (to me) being a morning person at a book con, cheerfully enjoying my breakfast and watching the non-morning people drag themselves to the coffee.

I'm at Villains & Vixens!

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I'm crying both happy and angry tears right now. I'm happy the student had good experiences in my lab course and is glad to be in another class I'm teaching. I'm angry that having a professor treat a student like a human being is considered remarkable.

My awesome "we've been here THE WHOLE TIME" and "It's Dr, Actually" pins (made by @canopyrobin.com) have been installed in my office.

Flu + COVID shots scheduled!

Chicken tinga tacos, a few pitchers of sangria, and some margarita cupcakes!

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😂 *adds joke into spring semester slides, with proper credit of course*

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Currently cursing all the ballet teachers who praised my "dancer's turnout" walk from 1986-1994 and marveling at the prescience of the tap company director who told me in 2002 that I'd regret it once I was in my forties. Retraining an out-toe gait (and stance) to normal at age 46 is hard work.

Sword bae!!!! 🗡️♥️ Seriously, read this. It's awesome.

Watching The Buccaneers because of @mostlybree.kitrocha.com and @chel-c-cam.bsky.social. Just finished S2-E1 and said to DH, "So much of these problems could be solved with a little polyamory and a lot of 'I can kill off Lord Seadown for you.'" #KitRochaTotallyWould

Me last semester (and the one before that and the one before that, ever since I became assistant department head in mid-2019): Next semester will be better. One of these semesters it's going to be true. Right?

@tuphlos.bsky.social I just finished reading Yield Under Great Persuasion and absolutely loved it. My notes say it ended up in my TBR because of your recommendation (not sure when or where). Thank you for bringing it to my attention!

Note to self: Check pantry

A close-up on the bottle of laudanum in season 3 = an addiction plotline in season 4.

Anyone interested in trying Louisa Darling's Dukes in Disguise series, the first two books are free here!

Today's lab playlist was Movie Songs. Me: *walking around singing along/lip syncing to No Me Diga* "They say he's got quite the big...taxi" Student: "Dr. Pickett! Are you a musical theater nerd?!?!" Me: Yes! Student: That's a amazing! Student's lab partner: *murmurs* "Well that explains a lot."

You don’t have to be competent to fuck up a society. You *do* have to be competent to elevate it.

I'm reading Scoundrel Take Me Away (Louisa Darling's latest Dukes In Disguise installment) and Thorne's internal monologue is soooo dramatic. I absolutely love it!

YES!!!!! Some good news for the day!

THAR 110: Intro to Acting 16 total students in the class. 2 monologues, 4 paired scenes. Absolutely loved it. Also, I met my theater bestie in that class.

So...when's the group therapy session fellow #GuildedAge fans?

Watched Sinners. It's as amazing as everyone said. The snake was the scariest part for me.

The Pike puppet hair keeps making me laugh. 😅

I love these!

I actually remembered to mix some Penzey's Dip mix (which I tossed into the cart to get free shipping last order) into the sour cream that was leftover after all the tacos were gone. Happy to report the dip is delicious on wavy lays potato chips and on baby carrots.

This is also a sexual education issue. Remember when tumblr banned “female presenting nipples”. It is our human right to learn about the human body through consensual art and entertainment. A lack of education makes it easy to prey on people.

CW: Food tracking My food tracking app has integrated an awful AI tool that I have no ability to turn off provide feedback about. Here's it's "helpful" hint for today. Don't reply with why food tracking is bad actually. It's a system that works FOR ME to make sure I'm eating enough (& balanced).

I really enjoyed this one! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Highly recommend!

When the (physical or verbal) sparring turns sexy.

I get a new Nalini Singh book tomorrow!!! #PsyChangelingFan

I think Dropout cast members would be awesome Renfest friends.

Cast your votes folks!