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The New Extinction

As I was reading, I thought it was quite timely that news about the “re-emergence” of an extinct species was announced: the dire wolf. I will go a bit into that later; however, I want to discuss The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History by Elizabeth Kolbert first. One of the draws that led me to this book was our current understanding of extinction. It was just amazing that there was a universal…

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Math IRL

Alright, guys… I’m an absolute nerd. You know this; I know this. I found a book about math in the real world and how we may or may not use it correctly, and I had to read it. I couldn’t help myself. It also had no reason being as interesting as it was. The book was The Drunkard’s Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives by Leonard Mlodinow. The title refers to the mathematical principle of…

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The Mysterious Process

There is apparently a very secret world that I knew little about even though I am part of the community. What community am I talking about? The uterus-having community. I read Period: The Real Story of Menstruation by Kate Clancy to see if there were any secrets that I could uncover. Although, in all seriousness, I did learn a lot about a process that happens to me. I did grow up in an “I don’t…

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How Does It Hold Up: Nancy Drew

One of my goals in life is the read the entirety of the Nancy Drew series. All 175 books. Why was this a goal in my life? I have no clue. Anyway, I have finally got to the end of my library’s catalog of Nancy Drew books, I figure now is a better time than any. To start, the original books were initially published in 1930. That becomes super important as you continue with these books. Payphones.…

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Let Me Teach You How to Lie

Well, lie is a really strong word for what I’m going to discuss. A better word would be to deceive with facts and logic. I recently read How to Lie with Statistics by Darrell Huff. This book goes into all of the ways in which a glorified “statistic” can be used to sway and mislead the people who see it. With fun illustrations, we are taught how exactly looking at different axes and altering study…

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Update for 2025

So, this is the new year, so of course I have to inform everyone about the new-ish me. Just kidding. Not much new is going on. I hope to be able to post on a regular basis again, especially since I am getting to the end of the degree. Working on my different projects, which include this, is how I de-stress from the stressful day. I also hope to add longer form content. This is something that I…

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An Entirely New World Pt 6

I’m almost done with the Chronicles of Narnia: a series I technically started when I was a child. I don’t even remember when the first movie came out, but that was how long it has been. This time, because I’m reading in publication order, I read The Magician’s Nephew, and what a wild ride it was. If you didn’t understand that Aslan is an allegory for Jesus yet, there is so much Christian imagery…

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Just Off the Railroad Tracks

If you can, people-watching while riding along the train can be fun. Honestly, half the time, it’s too dark to see and go through the woods, but if you’re going through a town, people-watching is fun. Honestly, that’s what I thought this book was from the first couple of pages: a people-watching simulator. I was quickly proven wrong as I got deeper into The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins. I…

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Along That Yellow Brick Road Pt 8

I’m back again to the fairytale land of Oz, and once again am wondering why. Why did I want to read all of the books of this series? Why did I make this a goal in my life? I don’t know, but I’m still going. This time I read Tik-Tok of Oz to read a story that I swear that I read before. A random girl and animal fall into the land of Oz, meets a bunch of random people and creatures, and then tries…

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Dismantling the Everything

My original thought was to title this post “Dismantling the Patriarchy,” but let’s all be honest: we need to dismantle everything and just start over. Yes, I’m being hyperbolic and extreme, but I’m sometime just tired. I recently read the heavy anthology Everyday Sexism by Laura Bates, after her online project by the same name. While the book was originally published in 2014, there were times…

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I Will Teach...

Well, it this post, I will not be teaching you anything in this post. Look out for another post of which I may teach you something. In this post however, I will be telling you to get your finances in order. I am in my last year of graduate school, so I need to make sure I’m ready to really start adulting. I’m mean guys, I’m been on the job search grind and trying to teach myself new skills to…

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An Entirely New World pt 5

So………. I’m at the fifth book of the series, with two more left to go, I think. It was struggle to get through this book. Something I mentioned in the last review, may have been slightly incorrect, as I need to consider that I’m reading the books in publication order instead of chronological order. Anyway, we do hear from a couple of our familiar characters as The Horse and His Boy takes place…

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~Sent from my iPhone

Let me begin with the title of this post is honestly one of the most terrifying things a college student can get from their professor. It strikes fear in a similar way that I think this was supposed to in the piece of media that I will be reviewing today. When it first came out, I was interested in what Baby Reindeer was about. I love a good crime drama, but I have tons of other ones that I have…

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Jolly Good Show

Since I��ve been on my PhD journey, I’ve gotten really into random shows that I thought I was too “old” to watch when I was younger. When your brain needs to decompress it will decompress. Now adays, I’ve gotten into some older kids cartoons that I didn’t give myself permission to watch. Well, now that I don’t care, I’ve just finished watching Regular Show. I wanted a cute little show that I…

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So, I am getting toward the end of my Ph.D. journey, I hope. According to my committee, they also agree. Which means that for the next academic year, I will be busy. Busy finalizing my experiments, writing my dissertation, preparing my defense, final class and degree necessities, preparing my CV, job searching, keeping my sanity, sleep, eat, and all the other things that I do on the side. I’m need to somehow get everything done and keep my boundaries to keep going. Things are going to get hectic as I’m moving onto the next section of my life. I’m going to do my best to keep up with everything, but at this point I can promise nothing. I’m just hoping that it all works out. I am also going to be venturing out into social media again as I was as “market” myself. I’m going to need all of the help I can get.

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Come On, Grab Your Friends

Recently, I’ve been having a blast watching cartoons from a couple of years ago that I didn’t get to watch. I was probably too busy watching something else, but I have finally gotten back to them. They are a great way to decompress after spending hours in the lab running experiments. This week’s addition to that list is Adventure Time. I remember not really watching this show because it was…

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How Does It Hold Up: The Lost World: Jurassic Park II

I’m back after watching another part of a series movie that was a core memory of some people’s childhood. I did watch movies with dinosaurs in them, they just never included humans. I may have just been busy watching cop shows. (Let’s be honest, it was definitely the cop shows.) Either way, I have made my way through the second Jurassic Park movie soon after watching the first, and I have some…