I feel like the mere mention of a Diamond Rio has unlocked something ancient and mysterious in my brain

lol is it bad that I can't even remember which jobs these were for?

Totally, blissfully forgot about the part of the higher ed application process where your soul jumps out of your body every time the phone rings for the next week (or two or three or

I had two very different job interviews in the span of 24 hours at the end of last week, so now we've entered the Very Normal Hellscape of every single email notification setting off waves of panic/anticipation. Super neat!

translucent green lego bricks will always have a special place in my nostolgia-fueled belief of what space travel should be like

I don't know if this is even close to the same, but looking at orchestra scores that I marked years ago is just an exceptional kind of torture.

Soggy flashbacks, also classic

jet fuel! classic wet dude movie trope

I cant remember how accurate this is, but I feel like Daniel Craig's first James Bond movie had some sopping wet dudes

screaming into the void has got to be top tier for me

This is why the USA guarantees paid maternity leave for new mothers *touches earpiece* … what??

I humbly submit my mom's breakout family fav recipe: chocolate jello pudding on top of a chocolate teddy graham crust (with teddy's artfully arranged stand up around the sides of the glass pie plate so it looks like they're trying to escape their fate)

Not enough, ecobee, not enough

So a tree fell on our house two months ago, and getting USAA to agree to cover the last $460 (of abou 5k) of the quoted repair cost has been the most agonizing, mind numbing experience I can remember (not inclusive of academia hiring processes)

When someone asks me why I didn't finish a task, I'm going to respond with the digressions of genius line

good ol' Red State University

ANYWAY make the book go viral and not the dumb story about SKEET CAMP

For the record, the author went to a HS with "Skeeters" as the mascot and they had summer camp shirts with SKEET CAMP printed on them, so I think she'd really fit in well on hellsite 2.0

anyway go here plz: www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0FZ...

Its pretty rare that I have/make time to read, but this was a great mystery to dive into! Go buy it and support real artists putting amazing things into the world.

I'm lucky to have a lot of awesome creative friends doing amazing things in the world, but only ONE has written a whole-ass book and put it out into the world! Everyone needs to go check out "If I'm Ever Murdered" by Betsy Hardi available on Amazon

Musk is paid $1tn. Nvidia’s worth $5tn. Yet America’s poor are struggling to eat | Steven Greenhouse We may be in a golden age for the super-rich – but it doesn’t feel that way for the 42 million Americans who use Snap

Musk is paid $1tn. Nvidia’s worth $5tn. Yet America’s poor are struggling to eat | Steven Greenhouse

"first time?" meme

me, seeing a bunch of outraged posts about politicians caving

Happy fall to everyone except search committees who request three letter of reference PDFs for a prescreen round

ugh, completely forgot how soul crushing the higher ed job application process is after several years away from it, 0/10 do not recommend

the musical equivalent of "reading the card explains the card" ppl from MTG 👎

the use of 5'11.6 really tells you all you need to know about this dude. Yikes.

"Napoleon seemed ok in Assassins Creed Unity!"

ohhhhhh suddenly the AI thing makes a lot more sense