Chip Pickens

Got the Christmas lights down today.

Some might say it was 2 months late but I like to think it was 10 months early.

The Winter Olympics are a lot more about almost dying than the summer ones, tbh

Ever been on one of those accidental "email all" conversations that go on for hours and double digit responses...?

Apologies...reassurances that it's all understandable...thank you's for reassurances...resending the thank you's in case the first one didn't send...a third person now chiming in...

This wins.

Am I the only person who thinks it is strange to advertise your service by saying it will sell you a jacket that makes you more likely to be attacked by sharks?

Every year I rediscover the hill I am willing to die on:

Linus & Lucy is not a Christmas song even if it is in the Charlie Brown Christmas special

It's a great day to be wearing a hat that says "prevent child abuse"

This is the bleet that just keeps on giving...

It is funny how Connections bot uses "this was a creative guess!" as a euphemism for "what the hell were you thinking?!?"

Does this mean Bluesky is now the new town square?

Freezer died... alarm failed

Headline that says"Woman buys used Hyundai for son. When engine goes out 4 months later, the salesman decides to Scare Quotes Take Care of the Customer

It really does sound like he off'ed the lady.

Things have gotten so bad that scientific societies are basically sending out kitten gifs in their emails...

All black kitten in a cat condo

A mostly black kitten with white paws on top of a cat condo

Also, this last one comes from assembling a "cat condo" as we apparently have 2 cats now

Current tool total:
1 hammer
1 rubber mallet
1 adjustable wrench
1 flathead screwdriver
1 Phillips head screwdriver
1 pair of plyers
1 pair of wire cutters
17 hex keys/Allen wrenches

I like that whenever my son marvels at things I tell him about my childhood, I can just tell him "it was the 80s" and he seems to have a deep understanding of what means...

I'm sure this is a silly question, but is there any reason (other than making sure neither company has an advantage based on what turns out be circulating) why they can't decide to have Moderna target one variant like BA.2.86 and Pfizer target one like LP.8.1?

Seems like hedging bets would be good.

My favorite part of being on faculty search committees was reading applications that listed a paper as "submitted to Nature/Science".

I always assumed that they submitted to Nature at 1 am and then submitted their job application at 2 am before Nature could desk-reject the paper

Manhattan is lovely and, as a bonus, we have one fewer jerk than we would have in a different timeline.

Did the NY Times stories suddenly get shorter today?

Everyone always asks "what is pi to the 10th digit?" but nobody ever asks "HOW is pi to the 10th digit?"

Watching the local news in Florida and getting a big "Florida Man does ..." vibe

This is great!

Congrats!

A squirt-gun baptism... the famous picture of this from 2020.

That escalated quickly

Yesterday, I was informed that there is an even worse one depicting me as an octopus in the facility break room

Also, I don't think I have ever had oatmilk and I don't own cool boots.

The undergrad office for the lab is getting out of control.

For the record, I:
1) don't own a tophat
2) don't usually drink iced coffees
3) don't have s mullet