A Natural Scientist

Right now I am teaching a very intense lecture in my speciality, as in I would say "I am a surfboard design specialist" and the wh...

Hey Brain, Look, I know we've had a rough last.... well, about 50 days.  And I know that yes, historically speaking it has been Not Aw...

At the present moment I am full of blah (viruses), general woe (terrible yet mysterious food allergy reaction this week complete with throwi...

I'm going to have to confine my remarks to things NOT having to do with my multitudinous feelings. Item: I continue to loathe all pers...

Following Bunny's excellent example, I present to you: Reasons I Am Depressed.  If you don't want to hear a lot of whining, go read ...

The baby, it turns out, has a lip tie in addition to the tongue tie.  So I also have to deal with that (at the hospital complex 45 minutes a...

... I could fall asleep like a normal person at night, rather than staring at the insides of my eyelids, then I might occasionally feel huma...

You've been warned... 40 weeks!  ( 40-weeks-ish .   Being as, well, yeah .)  Here, let me summarize: MISERABLE. Still with the contr...

I started out this unexpected pregnancy by losing ten pounds.  Not on purpose; I was too sick to eat. Since then I've gained back the ...

Oh, Internets.  Working!  It's like someone expects me to show up somewhere else on time  and pay attention!  My students are hilarious ...

Sad.  Maybe lonely.  Also out of processing cycles due to scheduling and arranging and managing and making sure there's something for di...

1) It was our birthday.  (The spouse, my sister Pru, and I all share a birthday.) My family brought cake and the dog.  The next weekend we l...

OH GOD THE SOUTH. (Perhaps I should start every culture-shock post that way.) I went to college in Ohio.  Almost every college and unive...

We went up and spent a delightful morning with our family friend (I'll call her Lara), totting about at the park, feeding the ducks- it ...

So I'm sure you're all deeply curious about my FEELINGS.  Especially about suddenly being unable to eat anything, and therefore soun...

1) Thank all the deities we do not now, nor will we (probably) ever, live near my mother-in-law.  I just had this terrifying flash of ham di...

I need to remind myself sometimes that, although I am the primary caregiver for our children, that doesn't mean I get to be right all th...

My annoyance relating to Tater's birth is getting worse.  So I shall share it with you!  My memories are a little fuzzy on account of in...

Then I decided, I can summarize my whinyness in a few points: 1) WAAAAAAH. 2) I have fucking RINGWORM on my leg, and some weird itchy ra...

Maybe it's the weather: something to which I am violently allergic is blooming, so the outdoors is torture.  Maybe it's the two-we...