Quotes from work

[rivka]

Yeah, kind of Stepford-wifey.

[Jonathon]

We’re out in different clothes. We’re at different levels of socioeconomic status. But you put all these people in a hospital gown, and we are all the same. And I think that’s how the Savior sees us.

[rivka]

Ok, now I have an image of rows and rows of people standing in hospital gowns, bathed in a heavenly light.

[Brinestone]

And their butts hanging out.

[rivka]

Well, they do now. 

[Brinestone]

 

[Jonathon]

Brigham Young University students are known for the light and positivity they bring to those with whom they interact. This is unquestionably true for student performers, who represent the university as living examples of its mission “to assist individuals in their quest for perfection and eternal life.”

Barf.

[rivka]

All else aside, that's quite a responsibility to lay on their shoulders. Probably not what they signed up for.

[rivka]

Short answer: it isn’t possible
Long answer: it is not possible

[Jonathon]

 

[rivka]

When two scholars contribute equally to a paper, whose name gets listed first? Two Stanford scientists devised an unconventional solution to that problem for their newest work, which was published last month in Frontiers in Immunology.

Yunhao Bai and Bokai Zhu, who shared first-authorship duties, explained their methodology in the author-contributions section of their paper: “The co-first authorship order was determined via the best of three rounds in Super Smash Bros.”

[Jonathon]

I saw that on Facebook yesterday.

(I would prefer Mario Kart 8 myself.)

[rivka]

Hey, as long as your co-author agrees!

[rivka]

All sessions are pre-recorded and aired live during event week

Um. Wellll, if it's like the last couple years, there will be live people responding in the Q&A (text-only) sidebar. But "pre-recorded" and "live" are usually considered mutually exclusive 

[Jonathon]

Maybe they're using some new definition of "live" that means "not live".

[rivka]

Government agencies sometimes do redefine words like that.

[rivka]

In a recent listserv discussion about sending term-start emails, there was this gem (as a fantasy, not an actual suggestion):

Dear Faculty,
The year is about to start. Get your @#!$%! together, read your email and finish your grading on time.
Have a good year.