Rooting for the monoclonal antibodies indeed!!
Feeling a bit bummed tonight because of my tightest circle of friends, one already has the vaccine, one has been told she can get it as soon as she can grab an appointment, and one has a job that will likely allow her to be relatively high up. (None of them are direct healthcare workers! The two allowed to get it can work from home indefinitely!) I don’t begrudge them taking it if they can get it, at all, but I figured we’d all be far down on the list and am envious and fearful and mentally not sure how much longer I can take all this.
I have never met any group so enamored of punny acronyms as scientists who named their field campaigns. And then they would argue with me about capitalization and camel-casing things, because somehow it wasn't as funny in all caps.
The engineers at my job love an acronym, but they don't necessarily make any sense. Like, they wanted to call a maker space DENIM (I forget what it stood for, if I ever knew). I tried to put my foot down, but they wandered away from that on their own.
Completely off topic but can anyone recommend a thing to buy/place to buy it? What I want is basically a thick sheet. I want to be able to put it over my bed and duvet, for when I occasionally allow the dog on the bed. Because I want to be able to frequently wash it. But I don’t need it to be a thick blanket, because that would be excessive if I’m under it, and seems like it would be harder to wash and dry. Want something big enough to cover the bed, not just a “throw”. I feel like a regular sheet isn’t quite thick enough though. Suggestions?
The engineers at my job love an acronym, but they don't necessarily make any sense.
Oh no, they didn't make sense. Someone managed to contort the name of an IT tool into JALAPENO.
I feel like a regular sheet isn’t quite thick enough though. Suggestions?
What about a flannel sheet? Flannel seems heavier to me than a regular sheet (percale? is that it?).
And maybe a flannel sheet a size up from your bed? (I hope you don't have a California King.)
Oh no, they didn't make sense. Someone managed to contort the name of an IT tool into JALAPENO.
Ha!
Oh god, medical studies LIVE for twisting their study name into an acronym. It's alphabet soup.
Oh a flannel sheet is a thought, indeed. I was kind of picturing like, thick linen or something but figuring that would be spendy. And yeah, I have a queen, so a regular sheet or a king size would be fine. (If I let the dog up at the usual hour on the weekend, he’ll often let me sleep in a little)
Oh god, medical studies LIVE for twisting their study name into an acronym. It's alphabet soup.
Oh so very very true. And then they keep trying to make fetch happen by calling it the BReaThINg study or whatever they contorted to—after carefully analyzing the suggestions and not coming up with any names that promise a result but also that refer to the disease or drug somehow, etc etc. it’s ridiculous.
Sounds like a good old fashioned bed spread, but I think flannel would be easier to wash frequently.
