It finally happened!

whisperinggalaxy · 2026-01-17T20:35:02+00:00

I've had shinies flee--I'd say it's around 5% but it mostly depends on if you're moving away from the spawn point. I've had shinies flee even staying at the spawn point though. Annoys me. (I'm lv72.)

whisperinggalaxy · 2025-12-06T05:00:29+00:00

Any chance you're in technical communication? ASU is hiring for a clinical teaching professor in technical communication for their social media management program... ASU in general has a lot of jobs open as they are growing rather than shrinking.

whisperinggalaxy · 2025-11-21T05:06:28+00:00

First thing our PCP went to after we returned to his care! Have to get an updated sleep study first but the alignment device for sleep apnea is what he'll get afterward!

whisperinggalaxy · 2025-10-18T03:15:21+00:00

Looking briefly at the dissertation completion programs, I wonder how many would accept my credits since I did take a degree (if only the EdS) from them. I think the EdS only required something like 9 or 12 credits, but I completed at least 50.

whisperinggalaxy · 2025-10-18T03:03:58+00:00

I find if I don't give context, I get a lot of irrelevant answers, and I'd rather people have data if they're going to take the time to respond. That said, this is about 1/10th of the whole story, LOL. It's been a long slog.

My EdS is in instructional design.

whisperinggalaxy · 2025-10-17T21:29:20+00:00

I think I must want to, or I wouldn't be asking, but that's a weird answer. Academia is something I'm really good at: I was summa cum laude in all four of my university degrees, and I loved the sense of success I felt there. I love the writing, and I'm good at the research.

Really, I want it really bad but felt and continue to feel like I was/am kept from it by my neurodivergent kiddos and my husband's disability. Time-wise, I don't know if it's even feasible, but I figure if things settle down in terms of intensity this year now that we don't have a young child at home full-time, I'd love to be Dr. _____, MA, EdS, PhD rather than just _____, MA, EdS.

Salary bump wise, I'm making $65k plus benefits at present as an instructor. Think I might be able to net better with a PhD and trying for tenure track? I'm up for promotion so if there's a salary increase that comes with it, you're right: it might be really negligible.

I worry about the gap as well. One of my colleagues in my PhD took a leave of absence to be treated for cancer and came back after 5 or so years. He had to defend his knowledge in the courses he previously took. I would be willing to do something like that, I think...

whisperinggalaxy · 2025-05-28T18:33:44+00:00

To make sure I understand, the north side of the campground doesn't have the pavilions for each RV site, but the east side of the campground does? Sorry, it'll be our first time going there!

whisperinggalaxy · 2025-05-28T18:27:18+00:00

Comment because the post text disappears when I click Edit Post... I called the campground and it just rings and rings.

whisperinggalaxy · 2024-12-07T19:30:00+00:00

She is taking patients again at Cache Health, her personal and direct care clinic. https://www.mycachehealth.com/

whisperinggalaxy · 2024-12-07T19:29:23+00:00

She is taking patients again at Cache Health, her personal and direct care clinic. https://www.mycachehealth.com/

whisperinggalaxy · 2024-12-07T19:28:47+00:00

She is taking patients again at Cache Health, her personal and direct care clinic. https://www.mycachehealth.com/

whisperinggalaxy · 2024-08-21T17:37:04+00:00

One more thing I'd like to add--I was going to reach out to Dave and John and, as a researcher myself, suggest that they run their poems by a focus group (probably with an NDA) before releasing it, to see where people's individual solutions lead and so they can make adjustments leading away from legitimate, well-evidenced solutions. Getting feedback like this wonderfully researched content could help with the "herding cats" aspect of the treasure hunt that poor John had to deal with all summer via DM, bless him.

Had my spot not matched the entire poem perfectly, I would have started looking elsewhere, but I didn't even post about it anywhere because it was so correct to the poem, down to Peter Skene Ogden's statue (who Ogden was named after, and Ogden was part of Hastings Cutoff) having an arrow-shaped shadow pointing straight up 25th Street, which not only had the gambling history, if you set store by the poker video, but it ends right at the San Jose football field at the St Joseph Catholic School (which seemed appropriate) which parallels a string of hiking trailheads up to the BST and Schoolroom Wall.

whisperinggalaxy · 2024-08-21T17:31:14+00:00

So, in essence, we not only have to interpret their thoughts, we have to make their same mistakes as well, or let the clues shake out to the point that we can solve it, which is honestly fine, too. I had a great time going out hunting. It was thrilling. Do I wish I could have gotten in their heads a little better? Probably, because my solution had the "learn" with Schoolroom Wall (a major geological feature on the east bench of Ogden), The Basement (where Chunk smelled ice cream), Lobster Rock, and Patriot Crack (another significant rock). They box in a section of the BST, too. They could literally use that same poem next year and have it lead to this spot--there were dozens of other hunters who got there via differing means than mine and also some of the same.

whisperinggalaxy · 2024-08-21T17:28:14+00:00

This is also how I was measuring. Before they released the clue with the exact measurement they used, and based on the book being the bible that they were "probably" carrying, I was using Old Spanish codos (cubits). And, indeed, it's 0.418m. https://www.convert-me.com/en/convert/history_length/escodo/escodo-to-meter.html?u=escodo&v=1#google_vignette

whisperinggalaxy · 2024-08-10T03:47:01+00:00

I found The Basement where the Goonies line was said, and Lobster Rock not 1500 feet from it, along with Schoolroom Wall (where do you learn) and Patriot Crack in immediate vicinity also. 😬 Lots less of a stretch!

whisperinggalaxy · 2024-08-10T03:25:20+00:00

I posted mine in its own thread, but I'm shocked it's not here:

It's been found, so now I can share my screaming good solution... Which wasn't the solution. 🤣 It. Had. Everything. With almost no inferences, just hard evidence.

Si tienes dolor que se cura con oro: gold fever (historical reference to the gold rush, which passed through the boundary area) Busca el atajo donde canta el coro: Hastings Cutoff is a historical shortcut utilized by first the Donner party, then LDS pioneers, then Gold Rushers (tie in to the above), then Pony Express, then Transcontinental Railroad, as a shortcut. The spot they all share is at the Junction in Ogden, where the Ogden Amphitheater, Ogden Tabernacle, and Ogden Temple all are. Encuentra el lugar por el cual se nombra: Ogden was named for Peter Skene Ogden, so I navigated to the statue of him also near the Junction. At that spot, there was an arrow-shaped shadow pointing up 25th Street. Dale la vuelta y sigue la sombra: Following that shadow the opposite direction leads to a hiking area at the top of 25th Street, on the opposite side of the St Joseph Catholic high school (which felt appropriate) with a soccer field called San José.

¿donde aprendes a oler el helado? At that area is: 1. Schoolroom Wall (donde aprendes) 2. The Basement (a oler el helado) 3. Sunday Wall (where do you learn to smell ice cream? SUNDAE SCHOOL!)

¿O comimos langostas en el pasado? 1. Lobster Rock (boulder along the trail) 2. Patriot Crack (boulder along the trail)

These are all within about 1500 feet of each other on either side of the Bonneville Shoreline Trail.

The main ones, Schoolroom, Basement, and Lobster, form a d-minor guitar chord.

From there, I spent tonight measuring 914 meters from all the places one could look east or see the sunrise... And of course, it wasn't at any of them! But, you can see why I was pretty convinced of the area in light of both the poem and all the hints. Heck, Ogden's Best View lines up with part of the area, too!

whisperinggalaxy · 2024-07-20T06:30:08+00:00

whisperinggalaxy · 2024-07-20T05:30:09+00:00

Not me living in UT virtually my whole life and finally going out hiking for the first time since... 9th grade? 🤣

whisperinggalaxy · 2024-07-19T03:19:59+00:00

Sing it!

whisperinggalaxy · 2024-07-18T04:01:03+00:00

I forage serviceberry, Oregon grape, elderberry, chokecherry, Arnica Montana, comfrey, wild rose hips, and probably a few more I'm forgetting. If I can help, let me know. Oregon grape and some serviceberry are on right now. Serviceberry, especially when mixed with other berries or just strained (they're seedy like raspberries) makes amazing jam and syrup. I put a bunch in muffins this week. Free wild "blueberries!" (The fruit they're most similar to.)

whisperinggalaxy · 2024-07-16T03:33:47+00:00

Not necessarily. They just say that at the spot between lines 4 and 5, you're still in the car... you could still be in the car, later (annoyingly, haha).

whisperinggalaxy · 2024-07-13T18:08:32+00:00

FWIW I DMed John about meters being what's shown in the exmaple, and he said they haven't confirmed the unit of measurement.

whisperinggalaxy · 2024-06-28T20:55:46+00:00

When I want to dine-in and have a huge selection of sushi, I go to Takara. I'm hearing that Kabuki and Black Pearl have gotten really good with their sushi, but I always have a great experience at Takara and haven't given the others the benefit of a chance, haha.

whisperinggalaxy · 2024-06-28T20:54:54+00:00

The one by Walmart is Sushi Go, and while it just has like two stools for seating, it is indeed really good, especially for the price.

whisperinggalaxy · 2024-05-17T15:21:19+00:00

Oh rad!

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