Ok, Jess, I'll try it like that. Do you use warm water?

Ok, Jess, I'll try it like that. Do you use warm water?

I wash clothes on warm, towels/diapers on hot. I get 3-4 loads out of each bag of nuts.

Warm water reminded me -- I know a lot of people here use neti pots, but I've never gotten the hang of them. Has anyone used a sinus rinse (in a bottle)? A woman in Denver told me about them, and said they're great. Thoughts?

Someone just brought up Seth Green on the conference call. Of course, this is the same guy who said "You said 'touch' and 'but' in the same sentence." so I'm not sure it's a vote for anything good.

On another project they switched out the overall business analyst, which is a good thing, since he was useless, but he completely didn't tell me. He kept discussing the project with me like he was still on it, or something, when in reality he'd been off it for at least a couple of days. In reality, I think he looks worse now, with the pretending to still be attached.

I mark papers on the computer using highlighting and comment boxes (no strike-through as I want my students to make the actual changes on the essay). But I can easily understand why someone wouldn't want to mark papers in red if students react badly to it. At least for me, the primary message I want my student to hear is not "this is why your paper sucked" it's "here's the way you can do this better next time."

There's a cupcake truck near my office today. So I got three: 1 for me and 1 each for the admin staff.

My tiramisu cupcake is staring at me. I think I need to finish digesting lunch, and then get a cup of tea, first.

I have birthday cake!

I'm a bitch and not in the business of educating minds, but I think it's as important for students to get over a phobia of red pens as it is to learn what mistakes they made on their paper. Real life is going to kick their asses, if red pens "dispirit".

I didn't know there was a this, and coolness that Alan Cumming (and Paul Fitzgerald, who I didn't know anything about before) are standing up in support.

Someone brought in teacakes today. [link] It was the perfect thing to eat while listening to more of this webinar on Diversity Hiring.

Amy, I just use the saline nasal spray you get OTC, small enough to keep the bottle in my purse. That way I can use a couple squirts a day. Colds have been rarer since I started doing it.