Thursday 13: Early Fall snapshot
“I’m really angry with you,” I spat while simultaneously trying to shovel falling noodles into my mouth and protect the mizithra-covered strands …
Coffee conversation: Chicken flavored patriarchy
Photo credit. “Gotta go,” Mr. T says as he walks to our bedroom to finish piling on the trappings of businessman life. …
Applying “The Power of Habit”: Making exercise a “keystone habit”
Want to know the secret to excellent dental health? Reading. Yep, reading. Over the last several years of grad school, I realized …
Project Green Thumbs: The number one rule of gardening
A young girl rolled along on a 10-speed, her honey-wheat ponytail trailing. She flashed a bright grin in my direction, waving and …
“Stealing” someone’s spot: Loathing and loving (?) fitness class characters
I moseyed into morning Zumba class, hitting a wall of stagnant sweaty air from the previous class (ick). As I parked myself …
Recipe and Review: Better Than Sex Cake
I went a little Jackson Pollack on the toppings with hot fudge, caramel, and crushed Butterfinger and Heath bars. I admit, it …
The Daily Pixel: Hot, hot, heat
I don’t know about you, but the end of summer has been smokin’ around these parts. Literally, Sacramento decided to challenge its …
The Daily Pixel: A month of pixels!
So… I lost track of an entire month. Again. Oops! But as the photographic evidence below suggests, the month did, in fact, …
The dissertation downhill
It just hit, the dissertation anxiety. I’m mid-data collection and just looked at my timeline. Really? I said I would have my …
Communicating with your college professor: 13 Dos and Don’ts
With the end of the semester last week, I completed my fifth year as a college instructor. Five years and hundreds of …