Dr. Rach

I turned on the TV and the kiddo ran into the room, then looked really disappointed when he saw football on. “I thought you were watching murrrrrda”.

Alan Cumming better watch out — my son is coming for his job.

Another from just up the road at Elon U: “ENGL1703: Beyoncé: Lit and Lemonade”. I would absolutely enroll and ace that course. 🍋

One that’s not related to the graduate program but that I love anyway. “MDVL280A: Yuletide Monsters” at SUNY Binghamton

A new competitor from UGA has entered the Transcript Arena! “HDFS2100: Dating, Mating, Communicating”

my role on our grad admissions team is to review transcripts, and I love noting classes that sound fun bc I’m a nerd and would go to school forever if I could.

best one so far this cycle: “NURS 450: Making Babies” at U of New Hampshire.

Never do I feel like I’m doing too damn much until it’s time to update my CV.

Added 3 pages from April 2025 to December 2025. No wonder I’m exhausted.

Fantastic session on the pangenome at #NSGC25!

Photo of NSGC president with a slide of photos and names of individuals who received awards this year.

Day 2 of #NSGC25 kicking off in the plenary room with celebrations of award winners!

Kicking off the first day of #NSGC25 with a pre-con about qualitative research!

take a drink every time he says Raleigh-Durham 🥴

if this man calling the N.C. State game says Raleigh-Durham one more time I’m going to drive to Carter Finley and strangle him.

volunteered at my kid’s new school’s fall festival today and manned the inflatable obstacle course where I proceeded to yell at children for being unsafe for 2 hours. i’m sure I made a great first impression.

sometimes I think I’m neurotypical. And sometimes my program director sends me a picture of her sorting candy because last year I went on a rant about how mixing chocolate candy and fruit-flavored candy together in a single bowl makes it all taste weird…

it’s amazing how quickly your kid finds the toothpaste when you say “if i come in there and find that toothpaste, we’re not going trick or treating on friday”

Rachel and her son in front of award winning pumpkins at the fair

every year i want to go to the fair. and every year i hate it. when will i learn my lesson?

YouTube video by NC State Health Plan A Message from Brad Briner about Duke and Aetna

Duke sucks. and so does Brad Briner’s defense of the useless general assembly. m.youtube.com/watch?v=gPXC...

oh so interesting bc in the moment it didn’t stand out to me — i thought reba was a great pick for the golden girls song and vince gill has the voice that evokes the type of emotion you want for a memoriam. but looking back it definitely seems like a [not so great…] sign of these times…

Vince Gill singing Go Rest High on That Mountain is gonna fuck me up every. time.

Today’s Google Doodle is DNA themed! 🧬

i will not cry during corso’s last game day. i will not cry during corso’s last game day. i will not cry during corso’s last game day. i will not cry during corso’s last game day

The Family Fallout of DNA Surprises Through genetic testing, millions of Americans are estimated to have discovered that their parents aren’t who they thought. The news has upended relationships and created a community looking for answe...

Great article on NPE featuring Brianne Kirkpatrick Williams, a fabulous genetic counselor who helps families make sense of genetic “surprises.” She’ll be presenting a Workshop at NSGC AC this year.

www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

did I fill out the Durham Bulls post-game feedback survey and tell them that playing a song with the lyrics “we’ll put a boot in your ass, it’s the American way” is tacky af? you bet their thousand dollars worth of fireworks I did.

one benefit of not wearing ear protection at the fireworks show is that you can’t hear the Islamophobic “Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue”. good fuckin riddance burn in hell Toby Keith

my July 4th celebrations include ignoring texts from my family members who voted for the dictator in chief

my brain has officially left the building. making a shopping list and couldn’t remember the name of an item I wanted hubz to pick up.

had to google “firework sticks” so I could put “sparklers” on the shopping list. wtf.

Reminder that it’s been 32 years since Reba McEntire blew up a boat with her husband and Linda Davis aboard, killing both of them, and that she’s never been prosecuted for the crime

it’s 9am and i’m already exhausted. whoever planned for school to get out on a wednesday when there are no camps or childcare options for thursday and friday should be shot and quartered.

I hosted a sleepover style party for a girlfriend’s birthday. I am literally the oldest one here. And I am also the only one awake right now.

Elder millennials know how to stay up. Ain’t no one gonna put MY hand in a cup of warm water.

it’s summertime and i’ve had TWO student meetings before 9am this week. only allowing it bc it means i give myself permission to take naps in the afternoon.

late to the party but i’m finally seeing sinners tonight!