can one get a Mistress of Science also? are the options masculine or gender neutral?
(nb - i had to look up that master was masculine and what the femine was.)
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Magesteriate?
Reminds me of the “magesterium” of The Golden Compass movie.
My husband, younger son, and foster son are downstairs playing Uno and they’re all getting along and having fun. Happy sounds.
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I already suspected it, but today confirmed that I definitely do have the best boyfriend ever.
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DEEEEEEETZ, GUUUUUUUUUURRLLLL!!! 
Awww, he’s just really thoughtful… a lot of little things. And he’s great with Mini Me.
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Exercised a lot of stock options this year. Also bought an EV and a heat pump. Wasn’t sure where I’d land on taxes with all that but on balance I’m getting a $2,500 refund. Whew.
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This was such a nice story. Hats off to Villeneuve who found a way to make this happen.
Gift link below.
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Bonus hit the account today. Paid off the balance on my August cruise!
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Small backstory: Sister #3 has 6 kids from 2 marriages. 1st marriage had 5 kids, 2nd had 1. Each husband (H1, H2) is the father of all the kids in the respective marriage.
No, apparently not. 1st marriage - kids A, B and E are fathered by H1. C and D have different fathers. C’s father is apparently known; not DNA-established, but it’s like 99.9% certain. D has long suspected H1 is not her dad but mom wouldn’t say anything, and then one day H1 says “you know I’m not your dad.” D goes and does the AncestryDNA thing and … yep, H1 is not her dad. She connects to a bunch of people she’s never met who are purportedly on her dad’s side.
Happy thoughts: D got in touch with someone, conversations were had with people in that family, someone said “I could be your father.” They did DNA testing, she now knows who her father is.
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Did he breathe heavily and wear a black mask?
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That’s a ride.
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D might not have worried about it so much, except she had a heart murmur when she was young. It’s fine today, but after finding out H1 isn’t her father the question has anyone in your family history had _______? takes a different tone because now she can’t answer that for half of her parents. And, the family that falls out of the DNA match has 4 brothers; 2 of them died before 50 because of heart attacks, their father died at 55 from a heart attack, and D has a son who’s 4 and she’s wondering do I have to worry about a heart condition? Was my heart murmur a sign of something? Does my kid have to worry about this when he gets older?
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I hope he has always treated her as his, and views her as his, despite the genetics?
No. 
But then he treats C, who also isn’t his, like she is. And apparently he overtly treats D differently after he got mad one night and told D he wasn’t her father.
Asshole.
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Well then I guess the trash sometimes takes itself out. Sad.
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Our philosophy on family trees: like a real tree sometimes you have to prune the unhealthy parts to keep the healthy parts healthy and growing.
Also our philosophy: family is not always who you’re related to. It can be who you choose it to be.
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Just got my bonus letter this year.
Definitely a champagne-type year 
Going to celebrate on Friday in the City.
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London has good ones. But for my money these are my favourites within flying distance for a celebratory weekend.
London
Bob Bob Ricard (love their Champagne Button)
Copenhagen
Balthazar (beside Hotel D’Anglaterre)