Actual text of an e-mail I received, minus incriminating details:
To: CCE postdoc and graduates
Subject: Crocodile heads
If you are expecting a package of croc heads
please see [this guy] (x1234) in the
Chemistry Stockroom ([this place]).
There was insufficient information on the
package to determine the addressee.
THANK YOU,
Anne
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Not a real blog entry
I’m still sort of in shock over Gygax failing his last save, and I have a lot of work to do before tomorrow’s meeting, but I stumbled across yet another PhD comic that I must share. Not because it’s true or funny (though it is both), but because I’ve been having conversations about the political [...]
When looking back
I was told some time ago by someone much older than me that, “It doesn’t get easier.” Only a week or so ago, after much rattling around in my head, did I come to that fact’s logical conclusion. Everyone at every time is dealing with things that are more complicated and stressful than they’ve ever [...]
For future reference
Dear Me,
Please remember that kicking the power cord out from your supervisor’s laptop is not conducive
to a happy or healthy academic environment. This is particularly so if the laptop does not have
battery power and goes dead.
Love,
My Own Self.