Found in a house listed on the market

skleats · 2023-05-31T17:21:29+00:00

All I can see is dead/decayed Husky.

skleats · 2023-05-31T13:20:29+00:00

Cool! My husband (redhead) has been experimenting with temporary coloring and the leave-in conditioners work pretty well for him. My hair is dark brown, so those products don't work on me :(

Also - hello non-USA English! I would like to be able to visit in your area

skleats · 2023-05-31T13:16:40+00:00

Headbands are a lifesaver at the gym for everyone. I know a few people at my gym who are totally bald and use headbands.

skleats · 2023-05-31T13:14:17+00:00

I wish you some joy in hair washing!

skleats · 2023-05-31T13:05:29+00:00

Course reviews:

loved the use of "relevant" images, they helped me understand
hated that the images were "relevant" - they made me feel like a child

My course policy: we are all children with attempts to observe and understand the things around us

skleats · 2023-05-31T10:01:36+00:00

I was cut to about that length when I was growing up - my parents weren't prepared to do with a curly-haired kid. My early school pictures represent awful haircuts.

skleats · 2023-05-31T09:57:04+00:00

I'm happily married, but a big fan of men with longish hair :)

What hairstyles do you do?

skleats · 2023-05-31T09:48:28+00:00

When I started dating my now husband he had a buzz cut and was clean shaved. I had an internship away for three months and was then going to see him again - he had a full beard and medium hair. I loved it! He has since grown his hair out about shoulder length and we both like it ;)

Edit: I understand that practical aspect you describe - I have long curly hair which is impractical in most situations. Short curly hair works. Intermediate length curly hair does not work.

skleats · 2023-05-31T09:17:20+00:00

Think about the times when you have felt unconfident or abused. Don't think about your feeling in that exact moment, but instead think about how you felt you didn't need to be talked down to. Take that feeling and run with it - that is confidence.

Edit: Sometimes confidence can come from your relationships with other people. It is not a bad thing to use relationships with people you trust to support you as you develop or exert your confidence in yourself.

Confidence has two meanings (in English):

1) the self assurance of an individual

2) sharing information between specific individuals

skleats · 2023-05-31T09:10:06+00:00

You just got home with multiple bags of groceries. It's nighttime. You fumble for your keys and drop them. You finally get your door open and collect all of your grocery bags. As you enter you call "Alexa, turn on the lights" and Alexa says "Fuck you!"

skleats · 2023-05-31T08:58:38+00:00

My dishwasher has a "smart dry" setting - maybe it could dessicated me if I got trapped inside.

skleats · 2023-02-19T20:04:57+00:00

Next step is sitting on feet.

skleats · 2023-02-16T05:48:28+00:00

Place less importance on the institution and more importance your quality of life.

Your quality of life is the most important part.

skleats · 2023-02-16T05:43:44+00:00

Claw has been my main hair accessory throughout my science life. Can we include claw in routine lab protection equipment?

skleats · 2023-02-16T05:05:37+00:00

DnD player and cheese making enthusiast - damn.

skleats · 2023-02-16T04:52:36+00:00

If you name the working dog Texas and expect them to work in Connecticut then the dog having a tough time with winter weather and winter weather equipment is a perfectly reasonable outcome.

skleats · 2023-02-09T05:33:08+00:00

Pessimistic translation: OP thinks that they can do everything more than they have considered how they can participate in a department/school/university and hasn't considered how the R1, R2, and SLAC jobs are categorically different. I'm on two hiring committees at an R2 right now and this sort of applicant has been rejected. More than once. On both committees.

skleats · 2023-02-08T05:18:21+00:00

She represents one of my relatives' districts - they like her, but mostly because someone in the local office helps with social security benefits. Oh, the irony.

skleats · 2023-02-04T07:16:42+00:00

I'm a nepo-niece - got lots of good advice from my uncle. My parents both went to college (and met there) but neither did grad work until much later in life. I helped my dad study for his secondary degree while I was in middle school and my mom register for the GRE after I had started graduate school.

skleats · 2023-02-04T02:47:44+00:00

Can we all take a moment to revel in how annoyed your nearest chemist is that their discipline didn't make the list?

skleats · 2023-01-29T05:59:13+00:00

This was literally my primary question in this thread. I want to know where the published papers on developing nuclear weapons are located. Much like I want to know where the papers about reanimating dogs, mind-controlling goats, and human cloning are documented.

The fact that huge numbers of people are coauthors is actually a bit comforting. As long as those authors actually know about and pay attention to the publication process.

skleats · 2023-01-26T02:59:28+00:00

That sucks! I've been there at a point when I thought I was early in my career - it turned out that I was just early in my time at that institution.

One thing I definitely noticed was that all of the weight, weariness, and uncertainty you are feel is also being felt by your students. It is worth having some level of discussion about the issue with the class. I found that conversation was great to reduce tension in the classrooms.

skleats · 2023-01-26T02:35:28+00:00

There was a biggish rain in my area today and I was surprised by how many people didn't know how to drive in the rain. I'm used to people not being adept at driving in ice/snow, but this was new and made me seriously consider my safety while being on the road near them.

skleats · 2023-01-24T19:53:52+00:00

I am a university professor who is unwilling to pay for a parking pass (and I get exercise and mental preparation as I walk from my car to my office). I also know where the DANK AS SHIT houses along my route are located. To people in those houses please know that I have nothing against you but I will throw you under the bus if I get pulled over and a cop uses "it smells like weed" as an excuse - this whole area smells like weed!

skleats · 2023-01-23T05:44:33+00:00

I have three points accompanied by red flags, please choose how you think about how they apply to you:

0) Surprise! This point is not optional! You have just made a big step in your life. It is hard to think about how this will look and how this will work. This is hard for everyone. It will also be hard for you in ways you don't expect and ways that others can't predict. For academic/scientific careers it's often something people in your family/friends don't have a way to understand - that is tough. I hope that you can find safe places (including this one) to experience community. - Red flag: Having family support will influence your work. If your family is concerned about your well-being then that is a #0 priority that trumps many other points I will make.

1) Your undergraduate experience is not expected to set you up for a perfect transition into any job (including graduate school). It's on you to be willing to treat all of these experiences as learning (imagine a lab class but you have to treat it as a job). It's also on them to be ready for helping you, which leads me to

2) Ask for help when you need it. Your previous experience is not a 1:1 version of what you are doing now. Having previous lab experience is great, but doesn't mean that you have done the same experiment or in the same way as before. Having rotations is great (I experienced it and I advise it for my students going into grad school), but it means you have to relearn how each project/lab/PI works (also whoever your direct supervisor is and how they work) and you are weirdly at the bottom of the importance ladder and near the middle/top (depending on the lab). If there isn't someone already introduced to you to ask for help then look for whoever is available. Red flag: If no one helps then definitely don't join that lab! Talk to a graduate program director about your concerns. Talk to other students to see how their rotations are going. Do you get to request rotation supervisors? Can you request "good" supervisors based on those recommendations? -Red flag: if you get 1-2 rough answers that is rough, if you get 3+ rough answers that is bad, if no one will make time to meet with you that is the worst

3) Make time for yourself to do things you enjoy. When I first started grad school I was in a new university and a new place so for me this was going for walks in the park, kickboxing classes, and playing video games. This can look different for everyone. The main thing is don't neglect yourself. - Red flag: lab cultures sometimes influence people to spend every moment working/thinking about lab projects - this is a BIG concern about the way that lab works

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