Dr. Karma

Monkey & I are trying to look stylish for our last day in Rome. (I am trying to convince myself that I can still do things even though it hurts like mad to walk.)

It must be working though. I just had some Italians mistake me for a Romani.

Waiting for someone to report it like this:

The Andrew formerly known as Prince has been arrested.

UCD: We called HealthNet & they said you didn't meet the OOPM. We told them we had the letter saying otherwise. HealthNet now says they'll have to run an audit & get back to us.

Last fall, I had HeathNet do an audit of my account. They concluded I met my out of pocket maximum (OOPM) last August.

UCD has been trying to charge me for something last October.

Me: Here's the letter from HealthNet. 1/2

So today when doing my yoga, when I rotate my lower back/hips to the left, the right side of my face goes numb.

That's normal, right?

I have an incredible amount of work to do today and tomorrow.

Shrinking & Bridgerton are back. There are new episodes of Star Fleet Academy and The Pitt.

It's going to take all of my willpower to be a good girl.

‘Handmaid’s Tale’ Sequel ‘The Testaments’ Sets Hulu Release Date Hulu has set the premiere date for "The Testaments," the followup to the streamer's hit series adaptation of "The Handmaid's Tale."

The Testaments will be released on April 8th!

Someone wants my po boy & fries!

Paneer in a blistered tomato sauce with sugar snap peas

This Spat Shows Just How Messy Texas A&M’s New Course Reviews Are Administrators wanted a professor to pin-point when he would talk about sexuality in a public policy class. When he couldn’t, they canceled his course.

Grad classes are hours of discussion, not lecture. This instructor, of an ethics and policy class, explained that he couldn't pinpoint exactly when the discussion would include sexuality. How can he know when a student will ask a question about that?

The university cancelled his course.

Penn Slams Trump Administration’s Demand for Personal Information of Jewish Employees University lawyers wrote in a Tuesday court filing that the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s efforts had “engendered fear and opposition across Penn’s Jewish community.”

Demanding information about Jewish employees while ramping up b.s. about a "pure" homeland...Hmmm...where have I seen that before?

The Prime Minister of Norway:
“Regarding the Nobel Peace Prize, I have several times clearly explained to Trump what is well known, namely that it is an independent Nobel Committee, and not the Norwegian government, that awards the prize.”

The issue is that Shitler thinks the Prime Minister should tell the committee what to do. He is a dictator who doesn't believe anything should be "independent" of a nation's leader.

The Simpsons with a twist! This "brilliant" post-apocalyptic adaptation is becoming a movie Mr. Burns, a Post-Electric Play is coming to the big screen.

I love this play (Mr Burns: A Post-Electric Play), so I'm excited by the possibility of a movie:

I'm performing with the club this Friday!

Portuguese linguica rice bake

The Monkey & I are sad to leave Toronto but happy we got to be here, if briefly.

Our discussion of Atwood's memoir is today at 5:15 in MTCC 205D, followed by a reception at 7:15 in the Alberta Room of the Fairmount Royal York! :)

At my happy place!

I'm presenting at #MLA26 today!

Friday, 9 January 2026 3:30 PM - 4:45 PM in MTCC - 715B
Session 328 Now More Relevant Than Ever: Sharing Approaches to Teaching the Works of Margaret Atwood

My students know I am at a conference, yet a student who turned in a late assignment 12 hours ago emailed. He's sorry to bother me, but have I graded it yet?

Sessions 328 & a roundtable on Atwood's memoir Fri at 5:15

a little blog about the end of the year: www.dr-karma.com/2026/01/01/2...

MAGA insists artists must perform for "the entire public."

Unless they bake cakes.

A student suggested I shouldn't call roll at the start of class to better "accommodate the late students."

A University Gave Guest Speakers a List of Banned Words. Was It Just Complying With State Law? A speaker dropped out of an event after Weber State University sent her a list of “prohibited words.” Now the university says it’s reviewing its guidance on the law.

"Little Badger said the guidance she was given, which included 'bias,' 'oppression,' and 'intersectionality' as prohibited words, essentially prevented her from speaking, given the subject matter of the book she’d co-edited."

A dumbass relative voted for Shitler "to protect free speech."

A Conservative Student Got a Zero on Her Paper about Gender. Did She Deserve It? A University of Oklahoma student says a graduate student’s harsh grading of her assignment amounts to religious discrimination.

The instructor is trans. The student wrote, in an apparently very badly written essay, that people who violate gender norms are demonic and that they deserve to be bullied.
Respect is a two-way street, and considering your audience is paramount in all writing.

Ready for Thanksgiving!