I might fight the senior editors to get that one left in.

Bahahahaha, the author emailed me and said "I have written to the editor-in-chief to request a waiver of a misguided rule. I know that you were only following orders, but omitting this figure hinders research."

Again, this is a PIE CHART. I mean, complex figures do exist (and we hatessss them, yes we do), and I could understand her outrage if we axed a really complex figure. But this figure is the equivalent of "Dogs: 43%; Cats: 43%; Lizards: 10%; Mothras: 3%; That Thing From The Neverending Story: 1%." WHAT THE SHIT LADY.

This is not a good day to fuck with me.

"Dogs: 43%; Cats: 43%; Lizards: 10%; Mothras: 3%; That Thing From The Neverending Story: 1%."

...can I read this study, though?

I know that you were only following orders, but omitting this figure hinders research.

Why do you hate scientific progress, Steph? I mean, obviously a peon such as you can only follow orders without any kind of independent thought, but that pie chart could save the world. YOU DON'T KNOW.

...can I read this study, though?

I am very interested in the research methodology.

ION of "see Connie waste her work day planning vacations" nature: I decided to see what I could do with my trusty standby Vegas and what was indulgent and something I'm likely to be interested in. I don't drink (never got into the habit, watching stupid people in college did not impress me, and most of it tastes horrible and with too many carbs) so swilling cocktails in a limo sounds boring. But Grand Canyon bus tours, now . . . Nearly 50 years since I've seen it, the high desert is gorgeous, and I have a craving for petrified wood.

And to be honest, I like being coddled. Walk into a hotel and have my whims catered to. Yes, I am so far still a tourist, not a traveler.

Timelies all!

I'm sorry about your friend, Suzi.

Tomorrow we drive to the land of little internet and probably no childproofing, aka my parents' house in CT.(Its been a few years since my youngest niebling was a toddler, and I don't know how often my brother and his family visited then)

At least we get to go to the Mystic Sea Songs festival for a day, in between various "Showing off Mr. S to my parents' friends" activities.

Are the researchers in the author's specialty middle school students? Because that's about the reading level we try to present information to in easily digestible simple chart form. I'm skeptical that the cutting edge of modern medicine is being advanced significantly by Tiffani in 7th grade Biology class.

I'm sorry for your loss, Suzi.

I feel as though there should be more charts about pies.

For distraction of the cute kind, may I commend to your attention, Corsica having a conversation while nursing her kittens [link] and it should offer a link to a live stream (I don't think that Corsica is still being fostered there, but they have other babies.

Worked from home today so I was able to watch the Comey testimony. good times. Also helped mom and aunt get things priced for garage sale tomorrow and thru the weekend. Lord this friend of theirs had STUFF.

We were already able to sell $80 work of china to a dealer, so that is good.

Today also saw a dog with tags wandering down the street, she wouldn't come to me, but later when I was getting in my car, she was back and jumped right in with me. She had tags and belongs to people a few houses down that I had never met, so now I have met them and know Ladybug, a dog who digs out.

E is on day 2.5 of not speaking with me. so that was fun to deal with around my mom and aunt.