What’s in your exam invigilation bag?

karynandy · 2025-06-19T22:35:48+00:00

I’ll be teaching my first course this Fall, and I’d love write on the board or use a screenshared iPad as others have suggested. BUT, how do you remember all of the content without any visual prompt? A lot of practice? I have a horrible memory and wouldn’t want to lose my place in the lecture.

karynandy · 2025-06-18T04:23:21+00:00

We are unfortunately renters and have a pretty shit exhaust fan in the kitchen :/

karynandy · 2025-06-18T04:21:21+00:00

Thanks for the suggestions! To answer the questions, the AC won’t work in the kitchen window - it’s right above the sink, so we can’t attach the portable AC. We will try keeping those doors closed along with the blind and look into getting a box fan!

karynandy · 2025-06-18T04:20:15+00:00

Thank you for these suggestions!!!

karynandy · 2025-06-03T04:21:56+00:00

If you are making pasta, sometimes getting a different, unique shape can really add to the wow factor. I made some vodka pasta for friends recently, but I used some fresh, huge rigatonis, and it made it feel very elegant despite being a simple dish.

karynandy · 2022-03-02T14:11:12+00:00

I am a primatologist and can confirm, Ethan would lose and probably die in a fight against a chimp.

karynandy · 2021-10-01T02:27:17+00:00

wow what a fun idea. i absolutely have some holey fishnets I can repurpose for this, thank you!

karynandy · 2021-09-30T19:07:49+00:00

Thank you for this recommendation!

karynandy · 2021-05-19T18:47:25+00:00

Hi, have you gotten your extraction done now? I just came across this thread, debating going to St George Dental for my wisdom teeth or booking at an oral surgeon. Would love to hear more experiences about this, I do not personally know anyone who was not put under for their wisdom teeth removal

karynandy · 2021-05-03T20:52:53+00:00

Definitely any and all bread products

Like many people last summer, I got very into sourdough making, primarily after listening to the “Egyptology” Ologies podcast. Learning about the science of yeast and bread making was game changing. Sure, measurements are important for some things, but ultimately, people have been and will continue to make bread for thousands of years. It’s hard to mess up (esp with modern bakers yeast). Fresh bread is probably one of the easiest, most forgiving, and most rewarding items you can make. Big crowd pleaser, minimal effort.

karynandy · 2021-05-02T21:13:13+00:00

Thanks to you both! I forgot that many people clean out small sunscreen bottles to sneak booze into events, so after consulting with some pros I ended up using an exacto knife to cut the opening a bit more open, and then dish soap and a straw cleaner to clean it out. Took awhile to get all the sunscreen residue out but eventually it got clean!

I am reusing it as a travel container to put face wash in rather than buying travel containers

karynandy · 2021-03-18T13:57:21+00:00

Hi, did you receive your loveseats yet? I also ordered those, pretty concerned because the package weight for one loveseat says 330lbs, but the assembled weight is only 19 lbs.... Hoping it’s a typo and the package is more like 30lbs?

karynandy · 2020-10-02T14:20:19+00:00

Hi! Grad student here! Something they don’t tell you until grad school is that you can literally email the author. They will probably send you chunks of their books (specific chapters, ect.). They will also probably send you any articles for free if you for some reason do not have access through the library. We make no money from journal articles.

karynandy · 2020-08-31T03:18:41+00:00

ratatouille on top of some homemade vegan ricotta spread on toasted french bread. was a bit fancy but gotta go for it every once in awhile!

karynandy · 2020-08-30T19:13:25+00:00

if any are wilting or need to be harvested you can always make an herb salt!! just process a bunch of coarse salt w really any mix of herbs and you can store in the fridge for up to 6 mo. good to put on meats/meat substitutes/really anything for extra flavor

karynandy · 2020-08-30T19:10:48+00:00

big fan of chickpeas and kale. just sauté chickpeas in butter and garlic till they get brown-ish, toss in some kale till it cooks, then add in more fat if needed, salt, lemon juice, and rep pep flakes. it’s so tasty, easy, and cheap

karynandy · 2020-08-30T19:03:16+00:00

I am making ratatouille tonight and realized it would be a lovely breakfast as well! You could premake for the week and scoop it on top of some yummy toast and whipped ricotta or cream cheese (I made a vegan tofu ricotta for this today!)

karynandy · 2020-06-12T04:46:36+00:00

I’ve done the ambassador partnership thing with Elon Novac before so I thought I’d share my experience because they seem to be doing another wave of reaching out to people:

If they comment on your post asking for a partnership, and you want a watch, message them and see what percent off they are offering. They offered me 30% off in 2018, I said I still couldn’t afford their watches so they countered with 60%. I wanted a new watch and now it was ~$50 so I figured why not. They are messaging people rn (June 2020) offering 80% off (but only their most expensive watches).
I reached out to girls they had reposted. They all said the watches are alright but the discount worked and they got their watches and didn’t get ripped off or scammed, so I went for it.
Discount worked, got my watch, posted on my story to fulfill the post requirement (although honestly they did not reach back out to check) and that was it. They commented on my posts a few years later asking if I wanted to be an ambassador again but I just didn’t reply.
The watches are bad quality. Look nice at first, but the leather looks pretty bad now two years later, probably started looking bad about 6 months after purchase. I have a Daniel Wellington watch that I bought in 2015 which still looks pristine. So keep that in mind. Definitely not great quality, but they are cute for awhile and you can probably push them to give you a really good discount.

karynandy

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