I am exhausted. My brain is eating itself. I've been trying to gently deal with burnout and I feel like I get two steps forward, one step back. There's progress but at the cost of constantly seeing effort wiped off the board. I don't know what good it will do to say it, but tired of keeping it in.

Because their straight bros tell them they look siiiick

Sis and I took two of the wee sprogs to see the touring Bluey play tonight! Puppetry was amazing, set and musical design were really cool. It was REALLY SHORT (40 minutes), so if it's your little kid's first play, good for attention spans, but your $/min ratio is VERY high.

Look at this guy. If this is the dude you're choosing to take moral lessons from, you gotta realign your inner compass stat.

We start with short trivia (WITH PRIZES), the talk's about an hour, and then there's a Q&A where you can ask all your burning questions. I run the mic around so folks of all mobilities can chat with our speaker. Also there's libations and snacks and fellow science enthusiasts. JOIN US.

Ha! If you've had apple butter, quince butter tastes similar but a little more towards the citrus and floral side.

I think you're right. I just looked up recipes to compare, marmelada has a lot more sugar called for, though surprisingly, sounds more tart than this butter I made.

In case you were wondering what I was making in that giant pot yesterday, it was QUINCE BUTTER! Like apple butter (no real butter involved), just a sweet, warm spice smooth spread. The quince start pale yellow like pears, but cooking turns them a beautiful deep rose color. DELICIOUS.

Another week, another time to tell everyone that I'm not on the Dropout Crowd Control episode this week as I get a bunch of messages about it. This week is episode 6 of 8 for S2. Ep 7 is out in 2 weeks, but as I was on the last one filmed, I really should automate my reply for two weeks from now.

Those are quince, and as they cook, they turn beautifully deep rose and get sweet. They are hard and astringent raw, so you have to cook them. I made quince butter, like apple butter!

Quince BUTTER! Like apple butter!

It is quince! But I didn't make marmalade! Update soon!

Update: PINK

Nope! (Hint: those aren't apples, and they are now BRIGHT PINK.)

I am. Hint: it's PINK now.

Can you guess what I'm making?

Undergrad intern: has never figured out campus email, but doesn't matter, wouldn't answer a regular email or text either, Snapchat only

A staff scientist sends an urgent request to borrow something from your lab. It is Sunday. They need it Thurs. Tech: Answer Monday. Grad student: Answer 15 min after request, offer to come in right now Postdoc: Answer 5 min after request, invite to meet, already in lab PI: Answer Monday. Maybe.

Do you enjoy privacy, low chaos, a clean house? No? Good! Can I recommend a sleepover with a 5 and 4 year old?