Category Archives: storify

I want my babyback babyback babyback…

Posted on May 31, 2021 by Travis

The most interesting thing from our first visit to a Chili’s restaurant in over a year of pandemic isolation was the genuine surprise that our server expressed in discovering she actually had to tell the cooks our order, not simply … Continue reading →

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Sticker shock

Posted on April 2, 2021 by Travis

Hello, Mr. Komplexify. I’m calling you to give you a partial update on your truck, which my records indicate hit a deer on March 28. The current Blue Book value for a 2007 Honda Ridgeline is $6000. Examination of the … Continue reading →

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Rookie mistake

Posted on March 30, 2020 by Travis

So I just finished a “crucial conversation” with an irate parent demanding I fire one of my professors for the crime of terrorizing his straight-A student with a failing exam grade. While demanding to know how this happened, I asked … Continue reading →

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AM/PM/PJ

Posted on March 18, 2020 by Travis

Since I’m now working remotely from home, I got up and changed from my sleeping pajamas into my work pajamas. These are weird times we’re living in.

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Bad moon rising II

Posted on March 12, 2020 by Travis

So in the space of 24 hours, both my presentation at the Sanford Deep Underground Lab AND my keynote address at the MAA section meeting have been cancelled. To no one in particular, I joked: “They say it’s the coronavirus, … Continue reading →

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