This is seriously the best idea that anyone has ever had: Privacy PopTent
for your bed.
BuzzFeed brings us 17 problems only book lovers will understand.
Planting our Pennies talks about stretching her boundaries and adorable tiny baby turtles.
Surviving academia talks about the benefits of daycare.
Chacha discusses self-publishing.
Not of general interest finds that sometimes charts and lists don’t work.
This page explains why we can’t get amazon affiliates links to work on our blog.
Ann Friedman discusses men and women and empire building.
this is weird
kawaii baby griffin is scared to fly; also funny: Mutual startlement
more grammar fun from the oatmeal. Do it for the steeds.
I am very glad that my mom has confidence in me. I can’t imagine how crushing it would be to have her tell me I couldn’t handle both work and kids.
What now’s partner got the job she wanted!
We were an editor’s pick in this week’s carnival of personal finance!
Grumpy Rumblings (of the formerly untenured) 
August 24, 2013 at 2:38 pm
But how would I stare lovingly at myself in the ceiling mirror…does the poptent come with a skylight?
On second thought, that must be for people worried that their cat will try to tickle them awake at night, a concern I can understand. Sure, you can use a water pistol as a deterrent, but the clever midnight tickler will flee at the first movement, dashing away in the shadows, and leaving you to wet various bedclothes, walls, or innocent bystanders. Stern talking-tos only result in a blank stare. Shutting the door won’t work unless you can sleep through hours of yowling about the atrocity of a closed door. So clearly a poptent is the only solution.
August 24, 2013 at 3:07 pm
I don’t think we want to know about your ceiling mirror…
August 24, 2013 at 4:01 pm
The sleeping whales are so cute!
August 24, 2013 at 4:13 pm
inorite?
August 24, 2013 at 6:47 pm
Danke schoen for the love. =)
August 26, 2013 at 7:29 am
Is the poptent designed for dorm settings I guess?
Loved the book thing. I walked to town this weekend and the library was having their book sale and it was the last day, and it was fill a box for $5 and they were closing in 10 minutes. That’s the only reason I left with a handful of books instead of boxes. cuz they were heavy and it was a 15 minute walk home.
August 26, 2013 at 11:05 am
thanks for the link! <3
August 26, 2013 at 11:15 am
also: love the Ann Friedman piece. Going back to the recent discussion here on identity … what Ann has to say about female professionals’ [possible] lack of vision [possibly] affecting their upward mobility was very interesting.
Not 100% sure if I read into the piece exactly what she intended, but that point was very instructive.
August 26, 2013 at 11:16 am
We get a lot more push-back when we mention our ambitions too. So even when we have ambition it’s harder to vocalize it.
September 8, 2013 at 7:06 am
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