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I woke up feeling lightheaded, slightly headachy and hella tired (this is not the good augering part) This is when Mom tells me that the couple I don't like are coming up tonight. UGH. As I told

evil_little_dog that I planned to 'go out with friends' when they came up but now I'm sick (and really I am) so mom says just stay upstairs then and don't bother with them.

But they blew my parents off. WOO HOO. Twice now this holiday. My parents might go to my aunt's house (where they're staying as she's actually prejudice woman's real aunt) in the morning. I'm a late riser so I get out of going (in theory) but even if I don't it'll be a short trip because the Steeler game is tomorrow and they want all visitors out (which should tell everyone what they need to know. You rate under football) And they leave monday so I am hoping this is a sign for the coming year where things that upset me are removed from my presence.

I got my official Hazbin merch today, the holiday poster and key chains (all sold out now) and the season 1 DVDs. I am happy to have that (luckily I'm too tired for my why you don't own downloads rant)

It's time for science saturday

One Protein Is a Better Predictor of Heart Disease Than Cholesterol

Powerful Anti-Cancer Drug Discovered Inside Japanese Tree Frog.

Garlic Mouthwash Could Be The New Gold Standard. Here's Why. I need to send this to my research student who is working with mouthwash

New Drug Stalls Alzheimer's Development in Breakthrough Trial

Cats meow more at men to get their attention, study suggests

A huge surprise': 1,500-year-old church found next to Zoroastrianism place of worship in Iraq

Tiny implant 'speaks' to the brain with LED light

See the 100,000th photo of Mars taken by NASA's groundbreaking Red Planet orbiter

( Christmas pictures of the house )

You can click the eggs if you want.

Current Mood: sick
Current Music: Svengoolie

(since I skipped the work party) My brother and his wife had all our parents over their house plus one of my brother's BFFs since first grade for noshes and playing with kitties. That was the whole of my evening and my morning was putting decorations on the Star Trek Christmas tree (it's our secondary tree upstairs and always left for me) I did a weird job of it. I think I'll need to redo it again.

My brother's new kitten is a little shit. He's exactly like a cat I had in the 90s. He was evil too. He's going to give me trouble when I'm house sitting. I can just see it.

Shockingly my vascular surgeon did NOT send in the script. If he doesn't do it I'm calling my PCP and she will.

I finished another

fandomtrees story, the last of the Hazbin Hotel ones. I have about 3 others I would like to write from my original once over of the list. I might not tackle them until post holiday because there are a crap ton of zero gifts and only 1 gifts so I know this isn't going to reveal any time soon. I have a story I'd like to write for someone not part of a challenge.

Thought this might interest you Free Online Book Talk · Haunted Histories for Yuletide · Tales from America's Most Gothic with Authors Andrea Janes and Leanna Renee Hieber Leanna is the one I mention at Steampunk conventions. It's part history part paranormal. You do have to 'buy' a ticket but it's free (tips encouraged)

Have a little science saturday

Something Just Crashed Into The Moon – And Astronomers Captured The Whole Event

These Are The Best Fictional Spaceships, According To Astronauts – What Are Yours?

Brie, cheddar, and other high-fat cheeses linked to lower dementia risk they admit there are problems with the study. However, since the nervous system does have high levels of fat (in the myelin) this doesn't seem too implausible (or maybe I just want to eat more cheese)

Diarrhea and stomachaches plagued Roman soldiers stationed at Hadrian's Wall, discovery of microscopic parasites finds

here.Strange, 7-hour explosion from deep space is unlike anything scientists have seen — Space photo of the week

Current Mood: sore
Current Music: Brides of Dracula

Stormaggedon was less than the snow that canceled class last week and no one made a stink about that one. I'm not complaining mind you. I have enough snow to look pretty without being obnoxious. No power loss and no one is complaining about that.

I finished the last of the grading and the gradebook is done. Me being questioned by the students is not. eye roll.

Most of the day was spent editing

fandomtrees which took longer than it should have but two of the stories are posted. I have more editing to do and then back to writing more.

I started wrapping gifts. Didn't get far. I am...not too happy with myself. I need in all seriousness to make that file I was talking about. On the other hand 2 people I have enough for their birthdays next year too. Now I have to decide how to distribute things.

Tomorrow is supposed to be brutally cold here. So far Rocket seems content to be inside.

Let's have a nice big science saturday

One Critical Factor Predicts Longevity Better Than Diet or Exercise, Study Says It's sleep

New discoveries at Hadrian's Wall are changing the picture of what life was like on the border of the Roman Empire

Laughing Gas Can Offer Immediate Relief From Depression, Study Finds It's a small student but interesting. This is the second psychoactive chemical they're finding works for depression.

Widespread cold virus you've never heard of may play key role in bladder cancer oncogenic viruses are fascinating and scary AF

A 180-Year Assumption About Light Was Just Proven Wrong

'They had not been seen ever before': Romans made liquid gypsum paste and smeared it over the dead before burial, leaving fingerprints behind, new research finds

Insomnia and anxiety come with a weaker immune system — a new study starts to unravel why

Einstein was right: Time ticks faster on Mars, posing new challenges for future missions

'It is the most exciting discovery in my 40-year career': Archaeologists uncover evidence that Neanderthals made fire 400,000 years ago in England

Current Mood: blah
Current Music: Jonas Hex

That part of what the academic coaches did was sit these students down and really look at them and ask are you SURE about your career pathway? I try hard not to judge because I don't know everyone's hardships but it's HARD not to when you tell me leg muscles are the carotid artery or lungs. I know they're going down the word bank and just picking out words but surely by the time you hit college you have to know your lungs and your carotids are NOT in your fucking legs. You just want to say healthcare is not for you or maybe, if possible, come back when the hardship isn't in your way (or talk to someone about whatever it is) because if they fail twice, the third time is nearly impossible to pass and I'm not sure what hospital is going to hire someone who fails anatomy multiple times (and the last time I interviewed in a hospital they wanted grades all the way back to middle school which was nuts.

I did get to the coffee shop today and Krogers and to CVS and who do I see in the window but one of my former students. Do you recognize me she asks. Yes (I did but not her name) She's here doing her pharmacy post-grad internship waiting to pass her boards so at least some of my student do goo.

This day disappeared like it was a race car at the Daytona 500.

I have a fanfic I wanted to make look like hand written letters. I'm struggling with work skins on AO3 and some of the fonts are hard (and honestly I'm not sure the younger readers could even read script) so I guess I'll just use Italics (it was easier to read than some of those fonts)

Have some science saturday

Science history: Female chemist initially barred from research helps helps develop drug for remarkable-but-short-lived recovery in children with leukemia — Dec. 6, 1954

MIT invention uses ultrasound to shake drinking water out of the air, even in dry regions Oh look it's Uncle Owen's water condensers that Luke was supposed to be fixing

Volcanic eruption triggered 'butterfly effect' that led to the Black Death, researchers find

Geminids 2025: The year's best meteor shower is coming, with a second shower hot on its tail

How a bacterial toxin linked to colon cancer messes with DNA

Moss spores survived in space for 9 months

Current Mood: bitchy
Current Music: Svengoolie

I haven't been a great friend this month. I've not responded to about 80% of the comments I've gotten since Nov 7th. I've commented on a few posts and that's it. I've read no fanfic and barely any books. I've cleaned nothing. I didn't even realize I was out of insulin until today when I realized after I got back from Jackson. I thought one bag was my short acting humalog but nope it's all long acting toujeo. Now I have to spend time I don't have going back to Jackson tomorrow.

So yeah that's how out of things I am. The only constructive things I did was go to the coffee shop to write (finished another chapter in an upcoming Hazbin wip), hit kroger and cvs for some clove oil (as it occurs to me it can numb my gum and it's antimicrobial). And I managed to change my summer clothes for the winter. I need to ditch about 20 of these old t-shirts.

But there was some joy. Abney Park did something weird and fun a 'choose your own adventure' concert. The fans in the chat told them what game board square to go to as we thread a maze to the space ship and then they'd green screen a background and we had to guess what the song was and then they'd play it. Some of us fans were so damn fast we had the songs before they even gave a clue. It was different and fun.

And it is Science Saturday

Did a NASA telescope really 'see' dark matter? Strange gamma-rays spark bold claims, but scientists urge caution

We May Now Know Why Alzheimer's Erases Memories of Our Loved Ones

Neanderthals cannibalized 'outsider' women and children 45,000 years ago at cave in Belgium

New Diabetes Pill Works as Well as Ozempic For Weight Loss, Trial Finds Probably works similar to Rybelsus which made me so ill

A fossilized foot found 15 years ago belonged to enigmatic human relative that lived alongside Lucy, scientists say

Study Reveals The Anal Sex Techniques Women Love (And You've Never Even Heard Of) No, really and it was a study of thousands

Current Mood: apathetic
Current Music: Devil Doll

it's not easy but I have no other path forward because man, the urge to just give up entirely is strong. So today, I went to the holiday market in Gallipolis. So muddy but luckily most of it was inside. I got some more hand lotion I don't really need, cinnamon honey no one needs, kettle corn that will probably break my tooth and tea because I needed more (eye roll) and two very neatly done blind books. She provided the genre/subgenres, goodreads ratings and a decorative front to hide the book. I thought they were cool and if I hadn't already had a lot of gifts for friends I would have bought more.

I went for boba tea only to find the place closed. Not sure why.

Went to Remo's Italian hotdogs for a footlong covered in chili and pickles and since it was packed and I was waiting, there was time for drama. The guy who helps out behind the counter was leaving and he runs back in as two police cars rocket by. 'There's a guy lying in the street I think a car hit him.' Remo is over there saying 'is it someone we know.' Me and another customer, a nurse with Holzer, bust out of the joint, ready got run down the street to help but he had misread the situation. The cops had two men laid out in handcuffs. Things were fine (for us, not so much for those two teens)

Aldi's had all kinds of advent calendars and on an unrelated note I have a chocolate advent calendar now.

Pittsburgh is having so much for the holidays I don't know how I'll get to it all. I plan to try and stave off the insanity that way.

Two more Hazbin Hotel prompts showed up at

fandomtrees and they were smarter than me. They waited for the season to end to work into their prompts. They're exciting. I need to get started on them. So much I want to write so little time to do it.

Hell it's nearly midnight and I'm just setting down to do anything. So I still don't have my Hazbin break down. Sigh. Haven't read much of anything in weeks.

But have Science Saturday while it's still legal for it to exist (after this week I'm not holding my breath)

Human trash is 'kick-starting' the domestication of city-dwelling raccoons, study suggests

Sunken city discovered in Kyrgyzstan lake was a medieval hotspot on the Silk Road — until an earthquake wiped it out

'Impossible' black hole collision pushed relativity to its breaking point — and scientists finally understand how

Viking Age woman found buried with scallop shells on her mouth, and archaeologists are mystified

Aging Out of Fucks: The Neuroscience of Why You Suddenly Can’t Pretend Anymore (From Betty)

14,400-Year-Old Paw Prints Are World's Oldest Evidence Of Humans Living Alongside Domesticated Dogs

Incredible Footage May Be First Evidence Wild Wolves Have Figured Out How To Use Tools

First-Ever Look At Neanderthal Nasal Cavity Shatters Expectations.

Current Mood: sad
Current Music: Svengoolie

It was a rough start to a good day. Once again the first DexCom I put on failed (this is the second time in 2 weeks) Lost my cute patch, pulled it off, once again a sensor wire lost in my arm (I sure hope these are NOT magnet reactive when I have my next MRI) SO much blood too when I pulled this off. The second one is fine but dammit that's 2 duds and that's like 600$ lost.

So last year the guy who started a small pop culture con at my university also started a tiny renn faire. Last year it rained but TH and I went. This year it was hot and sunny and I dressed, picked TH up at the university and we went up there. MUDDY because it rained for the last 5 days but it was fun.

They have a juggling show...and that's about the only entertainment other than a Punch and Judy puppet show run by my former work friend L. (but since she's been annoying me and TH we pretended we didn't see her and that'll fly since she was up with all the kid games and we didn't go there)

Other than that it's food trucks and vendors. The GyrOH place (which has a brick and mortar in Gallipolis and gives Rio staff/student 25% off) was my choice, that and the specialty lemonade stand (32 oz of Shark Attack lemonade (strawberry, raspberry and gummy sharks)).

There was A LOT of 3-D printed stuff (that were obviously printed off the same pattern because like 4 shops had the exact thing but the one with the gryphon...I should have bought it). There were jewelers, a couple of witch shops, there was the wheat wench (bread), fudge vendors (didn't do it) but I DID go for the local couple who do interesting jellies and do the Rio farmer's market (never when I've been there) including dandelion, red clover, goldenrod and a whole range of boozy jellies. I picked up the golden rod (out of curiosity) and garlic (which I know I can make glazes from)

Several of the same vendors from MothMan were there, including my former student who we want to teach Yoga for us.

I did find one I have NOT seen before P. House Games I do love games. I almost bought the dream game but I did get the cryptid hunter card game but more important, they were open to me talking to them down the road. I REALLY would love to try to come up with a physiology game for labs (there needs to be ones other than ones geared to the immune system) since gamification is big in teaching now. If nothing else they have artist contacts and know how to put out a board game. That seems useful.

I did pick up dandelion tea from my local tea dealer (she also works at the university) I am a dandelion fan (probably need to worry about the vitamin K) the tea will probably be gross tasting, or at least a li ttle bitter but I'm interested in the other health benefits of dandelion.

Picked up some Christmas gifts too and hey I finished a

fandomgiftbasket story that I really like. tried to do some art requests. watched canva tutorials on blending and layering. no help. Hell the things they told me to click on didn't even exist. So sorry art requests. Ain't happening.

Watched the first episode of Law & Order Toronto. It wasn't bad. Will watch more. Mom and I are stumbling our way thru the first season of Hudson & Rex. Well at least the dog is cut (otherwise this is not great)

It's science saturday

Groundbreaking' gene therapy is first treatment for Huntington's disease to slow the condition this is major. Huntington is a horrible disease. I had Huntington patients and honestly they still haunt me.

Recycled glass could help fend off coastal erosion

Tug or fetch? Some dogs sort toys by how they are used

What happens if pregnant women stop taking Tylenol? In other words do not listen to Trump and RFK but we knew that

Swapping old immune cells in the brain with fresh ones could treat disease fascinating

Current Mood: good
Current Music: Hudson & Rex

Must be time for classes to start as the anxiety builds. I got most everything ready. Working on the online stuff. I don't know how the summer is gone. I am very much not ready to go back. The sabbatical showed me how ready for retirement I really am. Sigh.

Made some major strides ahead on one of my

wipbigbang stories. I'm feeling so behind on everything including my

fandomtrumpshate I should have only done the owl house story for this instead of the Hazbin story too so I could have concentrated on this (I think the real problem is with events like trumps hate is you write for someone you don't know and sometimes you get prompts that don't sing to you. At least with things like

fandomgiftbasket you can pick and choose. There is nothing about this story that sings to me.

And I did say it was going to be Science Saturday so here are some links

Could a new vaccine help prevent colorectal, pancreatic cancer recurrence?

Diabetic man produces his own insulin after gene-edited cell transplant This is amazing (it's also a very slippery slope with what we can do with gene editing)

Archaeologists locate 'La Fortuna,' a Spanish ship that exploded in 1748 along North Carolina's coast

A braided stream, not a family tree: How new evidence upends our understanding of how humans evolved