Like I said, I need next to zero power imbalance.

Teacher-student stuff is just weird. I think I could handle it if it was a non-trad age student who met a professor not in their area of study. Still some awkwardness, because reasons, but a lot of the power dynamics disappear.

She sounds like a miserable human.

😳

At one point while I was there, we had the ones that said “Christian” and had a cross. Changing to Inspirational gave us a great excuse to get rid of the cross stickers.

Which makes sense. We had moved away from dividing books by genre bc the collection was small plus issues of cross-genre titles. The stickers were a concession and we didn’t have enough in other categories to make separate ones. People can read back material and the catalog.

At a former job we changed it to “inspirational fiction” and some people got a wee bit huffy about it.

I like the Brontes - took an entire grad course on them - but I also read much of their writing in terms of The Gothic, advent of industrialization, and a liminal period of male scarcity due to war. The term “surplus women” is actually a thing. But they aren’t for everybody.

I feel like this is the same person who complains about kids spending too much time on screens.

I’m the person who literally hands out decks of cards to the kids who look bored during spring break. I don’t care if they play games or try to build houses. It keeps them occupied.

It was doubly frustrating because a couple were staff, one of whom always wanted to “help” me whenever she heard I was working on the religion section. She was always disappointed when she heard I was ordering titles about Judaism or Buddhism. 😂

So frustrating. I recall preemptively running reports for our board b/c I knew the frequent requesters of Christian life I couldn’t afford were going to bitch. But I had stats showing how overrepresented that section was compared to Circ demand and what areas lacked titles compared to demand.

And because I can’t help myself:

Manbeater
Clint Beastwood
Creel Around the Fountain
Somebody to Glove

Add a letter, ruin a song

Stake Me Out

I watched a video once where a chef kept saying, you think you’re pan is hot enough? You’re wrong!

Sometimes my adhd impatience can’t handle this part of cooking.

This show cracks me up!

Absolutely not!

AI-ing Turnover Overdrive

The envy I have right now. It overflows.

Oh, they’ll still get pissed off when I read it in the original German in under a week.

Also, take a literature-based grad course or two in another language and your reading speed in your native language will skyrocket! 😂

This! Sometimes I enjoy the challenge of deciphering meaning. Sometimes I just want to go along for the ride.

Just out there living life, as one should!

My grandma (born 1917) was a nurse, helped at the family funeral home, and tutored calculus.

I’m not sure if she had to do the latter, but she was the oldest of 8 growing up during the Depression, so she took her opportunities. Also, she loved math. Killer bridge player.

I don’t know if it’s my favorite, but I notice it’s not available: In Indiana, breadsticks come with cheese sauce.

Don’t question it. Just enjoy the carbs and cheese.

And now I just earwormed myself with “You’re Never Fully Dressed Without a Smile” from Annie.

Thanks, ADHD!!!!

Oops!

It makes it so obvious that they really haven’t mastered writing from different characters’ perspectives. It’s something also notice if I’ve read a couple books by someone and all of their first person pov sounds like the same character despite the book.

Must you? She seems to dress as if she wants attention.

The only time I have ever used my parents’ first names is when introducing them to people or, that one time when I was a kid and my mom couldn’t see me in a crowd and I yelled out her name because there were a lot of moms around.

I’m generally agnostic but, I’m much more annoyed by shoddy first person than others. Don’t try to get in my head with a poorly written perspective and characterization.