Immediate failure for not being academia levels of brain-broken. You’ll sit in your cube and like it!

Oh, the funniest part of this to me was how certain I was it was true. I used to have to find alternate routes into the building all the time because of the geese. I think they nested in the bushes near all the doors. If it wasn’t, it was a very good lie and I appreciated the effort anyway.

This was for a lab I was teaching, so they had to be there in person. It was a 3 hour block, so I wouldn’t have even asked why they were late. I only even remember 5+ years later because they came rushing in with an explanation and I thought it was hilarious.

This may have worked. I once excused a student for being late because the geese were being aggressive.

Donate harder and maybe they’ll consider doing something!

I have a cat that gets a lot of respiratory stuff too. I bought her a cool humidifier and I set it up next to her favorite bed when she’s really congested. It seems like it must help, because she’ll mostly hang out next to it until her cold passes.

His face is like, “again with this shit??”

If only you could still get a used car for $5k. I had to replace my 20+ year old car due to a hit and run that absolutely destroyed it structurally. The best I could find on short notice (I didn’t have a choice because I live too far from work to bike and public transit is a joke here) was $20k. It is older than my previous car was when I bought it and nearly 4x the price.

Calicos are always such beautiful cats. She does look done with all your picture-taking shit though.

My cat is always either telling me he wants to go outside unsupervised, or that he wants my food instead of his.