daughter asked if she could list my sister’s live-in partner as “uncle” on a college app to his alma mater.
i said only if they didn’t have a check box for “Aunt’s Baby-daddy”.
She said she’d check.
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Haha, I doubt they’d ask for a marriage license; she should be good.
That said my great grandfather went to a particular Ivy League school and when my cousin applied they said there was no record. I mean, he graduated in like 1912 or so, but my dad & uncle are quite certain that’s their grandfather’s alma mater. My cousin didn’t get in, but he wasn’t treated as a legacy. My great grandfather was notoriously cheap. He died in 1968 worth several million… which was a lot back then. My grandmother claimed she never ate a whole piece of fruit until she was on her honeymoon because her father would ask the grocer for the fruit that was being thrown away. He was a multimillionaire who was literally too cheap to buy a banana. (Insert Arrested Development meme) It’s a pretty safe bet that he never donated a penny to the school, which is what they’re trying to reward. Oh well; my cousin seems to be doing fine. 
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I butt-dialed a coworker today. 
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Hopefully you sent an IM or email asking if it was ok beforehand.
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I bought a whole cauliflower and have eaten it piece by piece. I am left with the stump. I was about to throw it into the trash can (at work) but then said to myself, “Self, that’s a big piece of organic material that you could throw into the compost bin at home.” So, now I’m going to pack it in my briefcase to bring home and hopefully remember it’s in there before Monday.
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It’s Monday. Where is stump?
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Thankfully, in the compost bin at home. :tup:
Much of my stupid stuff I do is mostly dad-joke level stuff.
I suggested that ‘with ears like that, they could play an extra in a LOTR movie’ about my granddaughter. My daughter, chip off the old block, commented that her ears probably came from my side of the family.
When I take students fishing, I’ll sometimes tell them ‘say hi to your mom for me’, lol.
engaging here at GA is kinda stupid of me lol
I form up the meatloaf, pop it onto a baking sheet, preheat the oven, and fire up the timer.
5 minutes later, I notice the baking sheet is still on top of the stove.
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I just committed to making a quilt for one of you dorks.
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That’s just double extra preheat
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When I take students fishing, when I drop them off, I often say ‘say hi to your mom for me!’.
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Sounds like something I would do. At least you only lost 5 minutes… could’ve been worse.
“No, you don’t need to pay $70 extra for assembly and disposal of the packaging on that 7 piece patio furniture set you just bought. I can set it up for you.”
One of the dumber things I’ve ever said. I owe this person some favors, but argh!!!
At least I have a decent socket wrench set. The wrenches that came with the furniture weren’t even the right size for one of the bolts!
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On the bright side, it’s absolutely gorgeous weather to be outside working on a project.
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I set up the coffee maker as per usual and flipped the on switch. I wondered why there was no coffee in the carafe after a couple of minutes: woulda helped if I put water in the reservoir.
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It must have been a coffee-mindless error weekend. I forgot to put the pot back under the grounds. I stepped away to get laundry and when I came up the stairs I saw the coffee overflowing onto the counter. I brought the coffee pot to the laundry room for some reason and left it there. Had to clean wet grounds out of everything.
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I made rice in my rice cooker and forget to add water once. Took much less time than usual.
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