Recent content by villabrownie

My favorite TV sitcom, Brooklyn 99, is coming back on January 10! I am very excited about this news.

I am in Salt Lake City, Utah. Lots of mountains and sunshine, which I am admiring fro my hotel room because I am tired and don't want to talk to people.

The FBI did not speak to any number of the people on Ford’s or Ramirez’s lists (see https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/10/fbi-probe-brett-kavanaugh-limited-trump-white-house/572236/). McGahn limited the investigation to push this through. There is no question that this was a show...

This is patently untrue. Robert Mueller was just accused. He referred it to the FBI. No hysterics, nothing. It looks like he was being set up by right-wingers who believed what you seem to--that any accusation, no matter how far-fetched or ludicrous, is reported and publicized at face value with...

Life in America... I went to lunch at a restaurant called Rockne's today. It's a typical American food chain--local to Northeast Ohio, but there are a handful around. We go here quite a bit since it's close to work and they have good soup, which is essential now that the weather has turned. As...

Thanks for the suggestion, Kefkat--I'll definitely check that out!! Hope you are well!!

I'm flying to Salt Lake City on Thursday to go to a conference. You'd think I'd be spending today getting ready. You'd be very wrong, however. (To be fair, those of you who do know me probably have zero expectation that I would be getting ready this far in advance, but my understanding is that...

It's something called Morning Pages: https://www.chriswinfield.com/morning-pages/. I'm going to get a wider-rule notebook next time, but honestly I am amazed at how much it has helped increase my productivity. I start the day focused and it helps me clear away the "noise" to focus on my...

We took the kids to see "Smallfoot." It was really cute!

Thank you all for these excellent suggestions! I tried to like them all but I kept getting linked to weird ads so I am now just saying thank-you this way :) These are perfect for my project--I really appreciate your help!

I have been doing this thing where I wake up early and write three pages of longhand, free-form, stream-of-consciousness content. I love it--it has really helped me be productive--but damn I am tired!

Oh I always think he can get lower. There seems to be no floor to his absolute awfulness.

Great shout!! Thanks!

Hi friends! For those of you who don’t know, I’m an academic researcher in the States. I'm starting this thread because I need help. I am working on a paper about athletes who use their platforms and celebrity to advocate for social or political causes. Most of the examples I've found have been...

Working, then right as I was going to bed, Gennie came in and she was sick so I had to do all the mom stuff. It's a crazy time of year--one conference deadline approaching on Thursday, then a test to write for Thursday, then a presentation at a different conference next week, plus I'm going to...