Happy belated new year, y’all!
Author: [E] Hillary
Hillary is a giant nerd and former Mathlete. She once read large swaths of "Why Evolution is True" and a geology book aloud to her infant daughter, in the hopes of a) instilling a love of science in her from a very young age and b) boring her to sleep. After escaping the wilds of Waco, Texas and spending the next decade in NYC, she currently lives in upstate New York, where she misses being able to get decent pizza and Chinese takeout delivered to her house. She lost on Jeopardy.
Categories
Lunchtime Poll: Did You Miss Us?
Welcome to our brand-new server! Took us a bit longer than expected to get moved over, but that’s what happens when our new host has never seen so many gifs in one place before. (We’re number one! We’re number one!)
Categories
What You Need to Know about Flu Shots
It’s flu shot season, but even people who support childhood vaccines are sometimes a bit iffy about the flu shot. Is it really necessary, or just a scam? Can you get sick from it? Do you really have to get it every year? Let’s try to put your mind at ease.
Did you go out last night to watch the lunar eclipse?
I’m very interested in exposing the ways that women are discouraged from taking an interest in STEM fields, so Eileen Pollack’s The Only Woman in the Room: Why Science Is Still a Boys’ Club was an automatic add to my to-read list. While it wasn’t quite what I expected, it’s still a valuable resource for women […]
Categories
Lunchtime Poll: Fall TV
What new and returning shows are you excited about for the fall?
Categories
Lunchtime Poll: Fall Favorites
We’re in that weird between-seasons part of year; the calendar says it’s still summer until the equinox on the 23rd and it may still be hot as blazes where you are, but school’s in session, Labor Day weekend has come and gone, and the sun is setting earlier and earlier each night.Â
Categories
Lunchtime Poll: Happy Labor Day!
Many people apparently don’t realize that Labor Day is a celebration of the contributions of labor unions. So today’s question is, have you ever been a union member?
Memorial Day is in one week. What are you still hoping to cross off your summertime to-do list?
It’s that time of year. New words have been added to OxfordDictionaries.com, and the internet has lost its collective shit, again. Is this the downfall of society as we know it? Of course not. Updating the dictionary is a good thing, and here’s why we should be happy about the changes.
Categories
Lunchtime Poll: Is it Naptime?
How much do you want a nap right now?
Lady Reads is a bit heavy on the pop culture this week, but that’s just because so much cool news came out! But don’t worry, we’ve got dick jokes and FEELS too!
Earlier this week, Target announced that they’ll be removing unnecessarily gender-specific signs and color-coded decorations from some departments, including the toy aisles and children’s bedding. Seems like a small change that shouldn’t be cause for any outrage, right? Alas, no. Target’s Facebook page is full of angry (and largely ungrammatical) posts from people vowing to never […]
Categories
Lunchtime Poll: Favorite Podcasts
Here’s where I admit that I’ve never really listened to podcasts. But now I need something to keep me awake while doing some tedious data entry at work, and I need a break from listening to the same Pandora stations and Spotify playlists over and over.
You’re about to get mooned (by the actual moon’s backside) and flashed (by Lenny Kravitz). Also, don’t mess with armadillos or walruses. They aren’t having it.