Melissa Carleton

Stilllllll waiting

A black flat coated retriever snuggles under a blanket on the loveseat, watching her sister dog (out of frame) prance about out back in a foot of snow

A black flat coated retriever tucks her nose under the blanket and snoozes

My dog is a whole mood

Rearranging my home office apparently requires my son and my husband to cooperate for purposes of rewiring things. This is an unexpected teamwork exercise. I approve.

Level 3 snow emergency just declared for my county. In Ohio, it means that feeling snowbound is official - no driving anywhere unless it is a legit emergency.

This clearly means it is time to rearrange my entire home office.

A Great Pyranees Husky rescue mix has found the ultimate joy in her existence by snuggling into five inches of snow because hey, it looks like a bed to her.

Snow dog is snuggling into the snow. It is about five inches so far.

Today has a low-key vibe of Christmas Eve - frantic shopping so we don't have to leave the house tomorrow. We are only getting 12 inches, but we are playing it to the hilt.

Mnemonic   Thirty days hath September, April, June and November. Unless a leap year is its fate, February hath twenty-eight. All the rest hath three days more, excepting January, which hath six thousand, one hundred and eighty-four. Brian Bilston

Annual reminder of how many days there are in each month.

Last term I tried an experiment: I walked into my Tech and Design Ethics class, admitted that I had *no idea* what to do about ChatGPT - so I would let them figure it out.

As in: their first project was to decide and write the ChatGPT policy for the class.

Here's what happened:

There should be a chart that compares where you are and how many inches of snow you are supposed to get, then tells you how much bread and milk to hoard.

The best is the complete lack of prep other than extensive life experience.

Higher Ed Prepares for New Era of ADA Looming federal regulations update the ADA to make web content and mobile apps more accessible to people, including college students, with disabilities. But universities are scrambling to comply by th...

These new federal regulations--taking effect in just three months--that require digital materials to be accessible still aren't getting the attention they deserve in higher ed. In a decentralized system with limited faculty support, compliance will be a major challenge.

Yes! I am getting 10k steps just by letting this dog in and out!!

The Great Pyranees Husky rescue dog glares at the photographer. Her white floofiness is overwhelming

The floof monster is perturbed I will not walk her when it is 17 degrees outside.

Ah then. READ ALL THE BOOKS!!

Ok friend, I am intervening here. You need to work on your dissertation proposal for 5 minutes before you start another book.

Just 5 minutes.

Send me a DM and we will set it up!

Title IX hearing officer here. This is a fascinating take. We should legit do zoom coffee sometime.

Dear law firms - stop this. This is not healthy for the humans we are hiring, or the profession we steward. Let people learn and grow before we swoop on them like harpies. Geesh.

This is so toxic. Why do we do this to our own profession?

I wanna know if the viral bus post led to an increase in Bluesky users, because I definitely have told people to join today.

this is just pure terror theatre, because all of us are photographed at multiple points inside the airport, as we check in, as we go through security, as we wait and as we hand in our boarding passes to board.
Pure terror theatre.

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We have all had clients like this. 😬 But wow.

The comments 😭🤣

Toad sits glumly on his bed while Frog looks on. From "Tomorrow" In *Days with Frog and Toad*

Toad sat on the edge of his bed. “Blah,” said Toad. “I feel down in the dumps.”

“Why?” asked Frog.

“I am thinking about tomorrow,” said Toad.

Massage is great but I find acupuncture is the thing that de-stresses me the best. Could just be that I have to lie perfectly still for an hour though.

I spent the weekend making a pretend beach spa in my back sunroom, complete with red light therapy and a mocked up massage chair. The struggle is real.

Anyone have a quirky spot near Boulder that they love?

Still waiting

One year of so much nonsense.