Helen Takade-Heumacher

I don’t understand. But I’ve never understood why we can’t get rid of some coaches no matter how disliked/terrible they are.

I shall return to my corner and have no idea what’s going on.

Wait…he’s still here?

I know I haven’t been paying attention, but I thought he went away.

Could he go away?

If I was in the lab, I would find funny ALWAYS.

I also work for NOAA Fisheries and it occurs to me that I might be slightly biased.

Well…I am now.

This is going to keep me awake all night.

I deeply love the dispatches on Marine Biologists in their Natural Habitat.

Dammit, I don’t want to be in bed before the game starts.

I refuse to be that old.

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That is an abomination.

Burn it.

I…what?

I’m trying to decide which is stronger: the urge to know or wanting to spare my eyes.

I deeply love these three episode arcs. I’m sure they were supposed to be whole seasons, but I prefer this very tight storytelling.

I love these. I feel like Speril truly understands how I feel.

Were any of them the Johnny Cash episode? For some reason I would always catch that episode.

As a transplanted Marylander, this is the most Maryland thing EVER.

Came for the similar surprise of “Yale’s into fisheries.” Stayed for the alt text movie trivia, which I remember you telling me.

I missed a thunder-snow??!!

It’s time for my annual penance.

As 2019 (personally a really bad year for us) ticked over to 2020 I told my husband “2020! It has to be better than 2019!”

I’M SORRY.

The only thing I have to add is that I still have at least one outstanding bill from my surgery. That was a year and a half ago. I’m pretty sure the delay relates to the office and insurance going back and forth.

I’m calling them the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, presented by the California Angels for now on.

I’m starting my holiday today and that means I get to now sit back and enjoy the remainder of Gar Week!

Seriously, why does the internet exist if we can’t have Gar Week?

I see. In video games (at least the one I’ve played) you can adjust those volumes yourself, which is so nice. I always turn down the SFX because it’s quite loud.

What’s wrong with sound on TV? I know I’m…not young, but the majority of issues we’ve had with sound comes from watching on standard TV.

And when did it become legal to turn up the commercial volume so much again?

**Yells at cloud**

Thanksgiving being so late in the month is really throwing my December off.

I am an old school Dodgers fan, so…yes I hate the Yankees.

So, finished my video game. Saved the world. Cried my eyes out.

Going to save it again. And I made at least one choice that I simply can’t bring myself to make again. It wrecked me and it means I have to lose a different NPC at the end that I’m very attached to.

The upshot of being a fan of a team when they are terrible is that you learn to enjoy the ride when it happens. We were ranked super high. That was fun.

I don’t get consistent tv coverage, but what I’ve seen leads me to think this year was have a very heart attack inducing team. Big highs, big lows.

Hence the hiding in the bathroom.

I’ve watched ISU trip over them more than once. Including once in person where all the ISU fans my age were very “we should have known.”

Standards are low when you would pull down goal posts for any win.

See why I don’t look?

They’ve been living on the edge much of the year. I think it’s just caught up with them.

Also, KU was always this weird team that had our number back in the day.

Oh come on, you don’t want a team that stresses you out so much you want to hide in the bathroom during the second half?

Just speaking from experience…

Selling cool rocks and in DC area?

I have lots of room on my desk…

I have a video game where I have to save the world. I think outside of work, I’ll spend time there.