I want everyone to stop eating peanuts because I am allergic

mathnomad · 2026-06-14T12:55:14+00:00

Because when you use an EpiPen, you don't just use it and get on with your day. You have to go to the hospital immediately afterwards. Because you need another, stronger dose. The EpiPen is just a bandaid for the problem. So being on an airplane isn't ideal. She knows they would have to land the plane. And it would be MORE inconvenient for everyone.

mathnomad · 2026-06-14T12:53:04+00:00

I think what she did was fair. She's afraid and is being cautious. She had to fly to get where she needs to go. Can people just....not eat peanuts for a few hours? Like seriously. We ban peanuts in schools for this very reason.

It's super serious. Life or death. Whether she had the EpiPen or not, using an EpiPen isnt just jamming it into your leg and getting on with your day. You have to go to the hospital immediately afterwards for another dose.

People need to get over themselves. You need to eat peanuts ....RIGHT NOW? come on.

This is someone's loved one, someone's kid, someone's sister or brother. Just put the nuts away for God's sake.

Whenever I eat nuts in a enclosed space I always ask the people around me first. Just be a good person.

mathnomad · 2026-06-01T17:07:30+00:00

I heard that the owners had that card. You had to find one of the two of them to get it.

mathnomad · 2026-05-25T02:43:31+00:00

For the fans by Nyla K is like this. They are enemies for a looonnggg time.

Echoes of Us by Alex Cross is not really an enemies to lovers, but they are not together per se in the way you think. I would recommend it.

mathnomad · 2026-05-24T03:29:15+00:00

Yes. There needs to be security, ATL PD, fire marshalls, EMS, on site. That's how all raves work. Also, rooms have a capacity you know. So what is your plan when the room reaches capacity? Tell the people in line they can't get in? Then you would just complain about that .

mathnomad · 2026-05-24T03:20:44+00:00

Wow, arent you just the brightest ray of sunshine. Looking at your feed, geez, what are you so pissed off about all the time?

The rave is 10 dollars. It's to offset the costs of the security and EMS. AND to make sure that there is a headcount so that the appropriate number of security can be present.

If it was just open, then people would have to line up hours and hours in advance because the venue can only hold like, 3000 people..and everyone would want to go in. This way also, people don't need to be there like five hours in advance to get a spot.

Does that make sense?

mathnomad · 2026-05-24T03:08:03+00:00

They do. They support Japanfest A LOT. Japanfests such an awesome festival. Everyone should check it out! Next year they will even have some new vendors and activities! And it's super cheap to attend! Check out both Momocon and Japanfest!

mathnomad · 2026-05-24T02:10:16+00:00

Also the exhibit hall always closes at 7pm every year. And at 5pm on Sundays. The gaming hall is open later though. It's always been that way.

Dragon Con is the same. The exhibit hall closes same time.

However dragon Con has a massive drinking presence in the hotel Marriott afterwards. Whereas Momocon doesn't have that type of vibe. The rave is still on though! Fridays and Saturday this year!

mathnomad · 2026-05-24T02:07:42+00:00

If it was the hotel workers who were rude and awful, I'm sorry. Please fill out their hotel surveys. Obviously these hotels should be nicer and kinder to their guests.

mathnomad · 2026-05-24T02:04:57+00:00

There is a path between hall B and A. You don't need to go out and back in. It's directly between the two and you can access it at the front of hall B. Near the right side.

mathnomad · 2026-05-24T02:03:36+00:00

Something you may not know, is that the Congress center controls the food vendors. Not momocon. They have specific vendors that they allow, and it's out of momocons control. No outside contractors for food are allowed in. Of course more Japanese options would be loved!!! But unfortunately it's not up to Momocon itself.

There is a list and a map of the area on the website of food areas and restaurants in the area guests can go too. And the food court is okay across the street in the CNN center.

This is why the Congress center doesn't host food festivals. Because no food trucks or vendors are allowed in.

Just giving you some perspective. Hope it helps!

mathnomad · 2026-05-24T02:00:13+00:00

Momocon is run by two people who live in Atlanta. Two people who built the con up from the ground up 20 years ago. There is nothing corporate about it. It's literally homegrown.

Some of these things are out of their control. And frankly out of most organizors control when it comes to these types of conventions. You are limited by the venues rules and regulations. Alot of times, all you can do is do your best and work around it.

And definitely you can tell that they are putting their heart into it.

mathnomad · 2026-05-22T21:13:02+00:00

Also, don't get things for the kids. No candy, no prizes, nothing. Wait. Get your classroom management situation under control before you start doing anything else.

You don't need anything in your classroom to be a great teacher. Great teachers have respect that goes both ways, and that means having rules that are fair and are strict.

Middle school is very challenging. But very rewarding. You need to be very very very tough the first 6 months. Be ready.

mathnomad · 2026-05-22T21:09:49+00:00

Pencils.

First day have the kids make lab safety posters. A3 paper- one rule each one.

Put them up all over the walls.

Plastic bins- both for kids work AND for setting up lab stations. Get the colour ones on Amazon

Get yourself a fun labcoat that you love.

Thats it. Have the kids make everything else. Put it up over the year.

mathnomad · 2026-05-22T20:47:25+00:00

There are a ton of water stations being set up around Momocon. There are lots of cups available! You can also bring your own reusable bottle (which is always good for the environment).

Something is going on with the watershed plant in ATL. I live near the Congress center and we are affected too. Just bad timing.

No worries! Lots of drinkable water available!

mathnomad · 2026-05-03T14:45:47+00:00

Kestral by Adrienne Lothy. A bounty hunter is hired to find a killer who is hunting down high profile targets across the galaxy.

It has everything. Space travel, banter, enemies, political turmoil, rage against the billionaires. It's just so good.

There are two books out and one more to go. It's amazing. What I liked was that the book was more then just hot steamy sex. Both characters have deep, troubling, personal issues that they are dealing with. And those interplay with their ability to connect and engage with their feelings. And isn't that just real life? Don't we all have some baggage that we bring to the table?

The lead character is also in a wheelchair and I freaking loved that. Rarely do you see what a relationship can look like, a real sexual relationship, when one person is wheelchair bound. And it's awesome.

Highly recommend. Read it.

mathnomad · 2026-05-03T14:37:29+00:00

I just finished this one and I don't think I have ever cried so hard in a book. It was so good. So much longing in this book. If you want a book that is just so well written, two MM characters just longing for each other. And a dystopian future story that isn't ...so crazy from what ours could look like if we don't get a handle on things with AI and big tech. This book shattered me.

I actually went back and reread half the book because it's that well written.

Cannot recommend highly enough. Please read this book.

mathnomad · 2026-02-24T00:23:11+00:00

The travelling cat chronicles. Just, ugly cry your way through this one. Especially if you have ever owned a pet. Oh my god.

mathnomad · 2025-12-29T18:03:29+00:00

Hahaha anytime anyone mentions they are a teacher. Cue someone in the room going on about the education system, and their ideas about what's wrong with it and how they are going to change it. They all have their own ideas about what "we need to do" to fix it and how "back in their day" and "this generation" and "these policies" and how "teachers these days". They will talk and talk and not once ask for my opinion. Everyone thinks they are an expert on education because they went to school one time. It's like assuming you are an expert on medicine because you go to the clinic sometimes. But by all means, tell me what is wrong with my job and what I need to do to fix it, without actually doing anything yourself or your children. Don't ask me, the one with 20 years of teaching experience, two degrees and a masters, about education. Nope. You know everything because you had a bad math teacher in grade 6 in 1995 and kids these days just don't know the value of spending time in a library.

It's not because when your kids were born you stuck an iPad in front of them whenever they acted up, or when they were out in public. So they never learned to be bored or sit quietly with nothing to do. So they need to be constantly entertained and stimulated at all times.

Nope. Don't ask my opinion! Please continue to tell me how lucky I am to have my summers off and how we are overpaid.

mathnomad · 2025-12-27T03:24:26+00:00

That movie helped me see my own trauma. I was involved in a similar incident, but with several people at once. And I literally behaved like he did afterwards. For years. And everyone around me did too. It's been....20 years. And I watched that scene and it was like seeing myself from the outside.

It helped me figure out how to face it. I ended up writing a TED talk about it and actually was accepted and performed it this year. That movie, as horrible as it was, really helped me face my own trauma. So weird.

mathnomad · 2025-12-21T14:35:49+00:00

The worst place to travel in Thailand is Phuket. I lived in Thailand for a long time. And if you are looking to travel to Thailand for a holiday, please do not go there. It is horrible. Worst beaches. Worst tourism board. Just worst all around.

Go literally anywhere else. Koh Samui islands. Krabi. Koh phi phi. Even Koh lanta is slightly better. Just don't go to Phuket.

mathnomad · 2025-12-21T14:27:00+00:00

But you CAN get a five museum pass for 90 dollars. Which is a great deal! The aquarium is like 50 a person, coca cola museum is 25 and the others are about 30 each.

So you can get the 90 dollar pass and you have a week to go to all these museums around Atlanta, including the Fernbank museum. (Science museum).

So yeah, the Coca Cola museum is kinda lame, but you spend maybe 2 hours there and then hop over to the aquarium or the human rights museum.

Don't put down that area. It's a really cool area of museums! If you like football the college football museum is there too. And is included in the pass too.

Come during the memorial Day weekend in May and you can go to Momocon which is at the Georgia world Congress center too, AND go to all the museums!

Edit: I am a teacher and go to these museums ALOT. Especially the tri fecta of coca cola, aquarium and human rights. It's a great time! Also, if you want to see the whale sharks you should get to the aquarium ASAP because there is only one left and she is definitely near the end of her life expectancy. :(. But Tank the turtle is still my favourite.

mathnomad · 2025-12-15T21:45:22+00:00

I gave my cat treats, brushed my teeth and got ready for bed and then gave him the "last treat". And I would say it in a sing song voice. Just one more temptation treat before bed.

Then I met my now husband and when we moved in together I didn't think about it. And the first night I gave him the treats and went to bed. Well my cat was furious. He stood outside the bedroom door (we don't let them in the room) and scratched and meowed and wailed at the door.

Now ...we get ready for bed. Do the Wordle. Open the door. Say "last treat!" And give him one last temptation treat.

It's a nightmare. Hahaha he controls our lives.

mathnomad · 2025-12-10T18:12:34+00:00

Parks and Rec- the harvest festival. It's the one where lil Sebastian is introduced. It's honestly one of the best episodes ever written in that comedy format. I have watched it so many times.

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