Lady electricians FTW
Lady electricians FTW
Talking with a nutritionist made me realize my food aversions are partly texture issues: stuff that is piece-y and/or mushy. Cottage cheese, fish, mushrooms, eggplant, tofu, crab, etc. (Some of it, too, is generational: A lot of stuff I was made to eat as a kid that I refuse to eat now.)
Meanwhile, not me opening the windows because it's warm when two weeks ago it was snowing.
Have used Airtable for two years with little to no lag, and today -- the week we expand to multiple departments -- it goes down. Huzzah.
*sees a typo*
*has urge to fix it*
*sits on hands because it is no longer my problem*
Emma Woodhouse playlist #JaneAusten open.spotify.com/playlist/2BU...
Catherine Morland playlist #JaneAusten open.spotify.com/playlist/3eH...
Lizzy and Darcy playlist open.spotify.com/playlist/51K... #JaneAusten
Wentworth playlist. #JaneAusten open.spotify.com/playlist/0Ys...
And here's my Spotify playlists for Austen characters:
Anne Elliot: open.spotify.com/playlist/0W4... #JaneAusten
Guide to the characters in Austen's novels www.britannica.com/biography/Ja... #JaneAusten
Map: Book locations www.britannica.com/biography/Ja...
#JaneAusten
List of Jane Austen Film and TV Adaptations www.britannica.com/topic/List-o... #JaneAusten
Video: Everything We Know and Love About Jane Austen
www.britannica.com/video/why-do... #JaneAusten
It's Jane Austen's 250th birthday today! We did some great work enhancing our content at work. Check 'em out. #JaneAusten
Sadfaces when you cancel your work travel plans (which include holiday parties) because you're sick and don't want to be *that person* who goes to the office sick.
Mid-November: omg I will never finish making people's Christmas gifts in time.
Early December: Oh. I'm done.
If you're in the holiday mood, this is your annual reminder that my sisters and I curate a holiday playlist on Spotify. Currently it's at 51.5 hours -- that's 989 fun/traditional/wacky/weird songs. For added fun: Try guessing who added what. open.spotify.com/playlist/49R...
Ah, Thanksgiving week. When half the office tries to cram five days into three and the other half is off.
You remember that sound of a door opening on AIM when someone entered? I always imagine that when I sign into Slack
screenshot of google search page that claims ERRONEOUSLY that"You have bewitched me, body and soul" is a famous quote from Jane Austen's novel Pride and Prejudice, spoken by the character Mr. Darcy to Elizabeth Bennet. This quote is NOT in the book.
Google. You can stop the madness.
when the 4pm Friday meeting you were just remembering is blessedly canceled
Night sky with tinges of green and dark purple
Night sky with tinges of green and dark purple and stars
Did I see the northern lights tonight? Maybe? π€·π½ββοΈ
Charles Dance has really cornered the market on playing emotionally distant/abusive British patriarchs of wayward children.
βCondΓ© was content to hold Teen Vogue up as a prop for diversity, youth representation and progressive ideals when it benefited it, and then to unceremoniously discard the entire publicationβ
a sad, too-fucking-familiar story
A wedding and a (totally unrelated) funeral in just a few weeks' span.
Some personal news:
I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.
Thread incoming.
substack.com/@karenattiah...
screenshot of Scholastic facebook post showing a book on Taylor Swift and a poster of Travis Kelce and the text reads: They're also a perfect pair at the Book Fair.
*claps*
Aaaaaand cue the "happy taylor swift" playlists