billytea totally wiped out the dinosaurs. On the internet, no one knows you're an asteroid.

I do get annoyed when people much younger than me are all "I'm so old", but that seems like a different thing from "how can it be so long since" whatever.

NO ONE WOULD BELIEVE YOU ARE THAT OLD, BILLYTEA.

I am not 100% sure, but I think Ryan retains a suspicion that my discussions of dinosaurs are based on first-hand knowledge.

OK, I am dressed, I have something to eat for lunch, time to make the donuts.

I would much rather be actually making donuts than going item by item through a retailers assortment and trying to decipher their sales plan, which is what I mostly have to look forward to today. So it goes. Maybe I will make donuts tomorrow.

On the internet, no one knows you're an asteroid.

Oh, they'll find out soon enough.

Off to rename my Wifi connection "Chicxulub Crater".

What did she get, Sox?

The third Fairyland book by Cat Valente, Mad Libs, a bathrobe, and ice-skating kipple. Also dinner out with her grandparents and a sleepover party tomorrow. This means I get wine, right?

I'm off on a semi-spontaneous solo road trip to Point Pleasant, WV. If I see the Mothman, I'll let you all know.

I know there's a Mothman statue there, but I've never tried to find it. If you see it, take a picture!

one of my tasks as an intern was making real paper copies of the faxes.

Ah ha ha! Man, there are many people in the workforce who have no idea about thermal paper.

I am not 100% sure, but I think Ryan retains a suspicion that my discussions of dinosaurs are based on first-hand knowledge.

But he's just little! For Ryan, "Hey Soul Sister" came out a lifetime ago!

I got halfway to the car before realizing I was still wearing slippers. Pretty sure that's not conforming to dress code. MOAR COFFEE PLZ

But he's just little!

And yet, today we attended his third orientation session in preparation of his attending school from January.

Lately he's been proudly displaying his understanding of the words 'opaque' and 'transparent'. And trying to throw a photo of himself, completely backed by a fridge magnet, onto my computer. SON I AM DISAPPOINT.

Oh good lord. The "pre-diabetes" argument I was having last night on FB? Was because a friend went to the doctor for the first time in a decade, got a panel of blood tests, and his glucose is 102 (for reference, 100 is the upper limit of normal). If he wasn't fasting, that is totally normal!

But now his friends and mom are posting things like -- I do not exaggerate -- "Having diabetes means now you need to eat vegetables" (because he's 5 and doesn't know that veggies are healthy) and "Your stepdad had diabetes but he managed it with insulin and so can you!"

And then a friend posted a macro of a dude who lost 100 pounds by giving up wheat and in doing so became non-diabetic. (1) Friend is 100% normal weight (although he says he has an extra 5 pounds around his waistband -- but, you know, NOT 100 POUNDS), and (2) Friend does NOT HAVE DIABETES OH MY GOD.

I caved and sent him a PM and said "Hey, I am not a doctor, but I am a medical editor and...your test results are fine. If you want reassurance, re-do them when you're fasting. But having a glucose of 102 makes you "diabetic" in the sense that an extra 3 pounds makes you "obese." So, eat more veggies because yum, but...insulin will kill you for reals. I love your mom, but...no."

He replied "That's the last time I post medical test results on Facebook."

Come on, man. Isn't that, like, Rule #3 of Facebook? (#1 being NO NAKED PIX and #2 being CHECK SNOPES GOD DAMN IT.)