I'm watching The Resident, and oh my god, the writing on this show is SO BAD.

THANK YOU! I keep seeing good reviews and I don't understand. Even with only a layperson's knowledge of medical procedure, it's painful to watch, Bruce Greenwood is practically twirling-his-moustache-evil. Despite the stellar cast, it's really Not Good.

Yay, -t!

BOO: DAVID!

This is were I start to subtly (not so subtly) suggest that a job search and change is the perfect opportunity to move closer to or in with a Buffista to begin the compound. I AM JUST SAYING.

That is a good reminder, thank you!

A new librarian started in our department and she calls me "Miss Flea." Which I am simultaneously totally charmed by and made to feel 100000 years old by.

I desperately hope she's actually calling you Miss Flea instead of Miss [actual last name].

I was assuming Miss [actual first name] which I have been told makes women approximately my age feel old when I do it to them. I don't mean anything by it, in my head it's affectionate if anything.

Miss Firstname. This is a common cultural convention in the South to indicate respect; my new staff member is in her 20s and is African-American. So it totally makes sense and is touching in that cultural context, but it's not generally used between peers, and I think of her as my peer but clearly I'm now a respected elder!

I know it's supposed to be a Southern term of respect, but I keep hearing a silent "Bless your heart" when someone uses it on me.

A woman here in Utah spent several years in the South and said "Everyone was just so lovely to me and my children. So friendly and cordial, I don't know how many people said 'Bless your heart.'" Everyone else said, "Oh, how sweet," while I winced for the poor woman who had no idea.

See, I am just that respectful of my peers.

I kind of don't have anything to do, work-wise. Don't tell anyone.

I mean, people do say Bless Your Heart in a non-snarky way in the south, too.