I am a little cranky because my old student worker (male), who was promoted to my level a year after he was hired has now been promoted 2 more times and we are probably equally smart and personable and helpful. And I am 15 years older than he is! And it is weird promoted too-- like they just keep "noticing" all the work he is doing and promoting him to positions they create, he isn't even really advocating for things in a big way!

Evidence of blatant sexism in the wild makes me so grumpy.

ita, I hope the ER can help today.

Sciency-types: Is anyone familiar with phys.org?

Regular readers of Beep Me may remember that the university issued a press release about the use of stem cells in Arthur's kidney transplant. Phys.org has posted a story on the subject (which basically repeats the press release). What kind of deal is this -- big, little, whoever-heard-of-them?, or lunatic-fringe?

Oh ita, please let me know if I can do anything. I can get groceries for you or run errands. I assume you are already at the ER by now or I would offer a ride there. But please keep me in mind.

I've had a sebaceous cyst that needed removing. I guess they don't need to go unless they bother you or get infected, which is what happened to mine. Mine was in my cleavage, which seems to be a thing.

I have a work dilemma that is sort of funny. I am in the middle of IT and students/teachers who do not know what a browser is. Because they are nurses and use the computer infrequently AND the hospital only installs explorer and they do not have admin privileges. But our online learning system no longer works in explorer, so IT keeps telling them to try a different browser. But since they do not know what a browser is, they are confused. So I keep having to explain what a browser is, but they can't download a new one, so it isn't very helpful! I have also discovered that they do not know that an address bar is, nor do they know how to get anywhere except by clicking links on our intranet or typing what they want into the google box in the middle of the page.

OMG, Sophia. I would die. But also, can you do a blanket request to IT to get them a different browser??

Did you all see that Sondheim says "Any Moment" will be in the movie? [link]

I just read that, Jesse. That is a good thing, but what about Rapunzel?

This is the craziest part- it is 2 different IT departments for the same entity. The instructors and students are also working nurses, and work in the hospital building, and their policy is IE only. It is the School of Nursing's IT that tells them to try a different browser, because out policy is to install Firefox and Explorer, and also let us download Chrome or Safari. So they don't usually walk over here just to use the computer.

Ah, that makes sense. But is especially crazy.

My BFF (who until recently was working part-time at minimum wage and last year got a full-time job at $10/hr) say we shouldn't raise the minimum wage because then prices will go up, and things are too expensive already. I didn't say anything because she's closer to this battle than I am, but I cannot believe raising the minimum wage to something approaching livable will make bread suddenly go up to 25$ a loaf or something. I'm just trying to avoid talking about it. She's a Democrat but she has some startlingly conservative views on some things. I think she's been living on very little money in the ass-end of Tennessee for way too long.