Not really a Karen but named Karen
@kzannarbor.bsky.social
Higher Ed nerd, ne’er-do-well. Mostly dumb personal stuff posted here, but occasional bursts of higher ed noodling
I hadn’t had a stadium nachos in a hen’s age. I plowed through 2/3rds of the tray before recalling that the no-bags policy meant I left my Lactaid in the car. Oh no.
Then I took another look at the disgusting “cheese” & figured its relationship to dairy was long severed by chemicals & processing
Then I took another look at the disgusting “cheese” & figured its relationship to dairy was long severed by chemicals & processing
November 20, 2025 at 4:10 AM
I hadn’t had a stadium nachos in a hen’s age. I plowed through 2/3rds of the tray before recalling that the no-bags policy meant I left my Lactaid in the car. Oh no.
Then I took another look at the disgusting “cheese” & figured its relationship to dairy was long severed by chemicals & processing
Then I took another look at the disgusting “cheese” & figured its relationship to dairy was long severed by chemicals & processing
Ah yes, the 10 pm work emergency emails keeping me young
November 20, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Ah yes, the 10 pm work emergency emails keeping me young
I’m worried Zvada is going to get his rib cage crushed from offensive lineman hugs
November 15, 2025 at 8:50 PM
I’m worried Zvada is going to get his rib cage crushed from offensive lineman hugs
there is some sports yelling happening in my house and the cats are ticked off again
November 15, 2025 at 8:30 PM
there is some sports yelling happening in my house and the cats are ticked off again
Last weekend a friend was discussing her love for Pantone and I was really grooving on this thinking about the color of the year and how maybe for her birthday I’d buy this cool color swatch mug I’d seen
I am sheepish about how deep it was before I realized she was talking about Panettone
I am sheepish about how deep it was before I realized she was talking about Panettone
November 14, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Last weekend a friend was discussing her love for Pantone and I was really grooving on this thinking about the color of the year and how maybe for her birthday I’d buy this cool color swatch mug I’d seen
I am sheepish about how deep it was before I realized she was talking about Panettone
I am sheepish about how deep it was before I realized she was talking about Panettone
I appreciate media coverage of increased property insurance costs (such as what I heard on @npr this morning) but IMO these stories should also include a discussion the profitability of insurance companies and trends in executive pay.
November 13, 2025 at 12:59 PM
I appreciate media coverage of increased property insurance costs (such as what I heard on @npr this morning) but IMO these stories should also include a discussion the profitability of insurance companies and trends in executive pay.
While I’m pretty upset about any escalation in museum heists, we can make lemonades out of these lemons if the trend inspires more movies about museum heists
HOLLYWOOD ARE YOU LISTENING
HOLLYWOOD ARE YOU LISTENING
November 11, 2025 at 3:29 PM
While I’m pretty upset about any escalation in museum heists, we can make lemonades out of these lemons if the trend inspires more movies about museum heists
HOLLYWOOD ARE YOU LISTENING
HOLLYWOOD ARE YOU LISTENING
Michigan Public just played an episode from the Points North podcast that described the 11/10/75 Lake Superior storm from the perspective of fishermen in a small boat who nearly died just a few miles away. 25 minutes of riveting listening. The Other Side of the Storm.
November 11, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Michigan Public just played an episode from the Points North podcast that described the 11/10/75 Lake Superior storm from the perspective of fishermen in a small boat who nearly died just a few miles away. 25 minutes of riveting listening. The Other Side of the Storm.
I stepped away from a nonprofit a few years back after some bad dynamics w/ another volunteer but still love the cause & their director. They never changed the admin rights I had on their media accounts. Today I used it fix typos. Hope they continue to allow me to provide this quiet support.
November 9, 2025 at 10:43 PM
I stepped away from a nonprofit a few years back after some bad dynamics w/ another volunteer but still love the cause & their director. They never changed the admin rights I had on their media accounts. Today I used it fix typos. Hope they continue to allow me to provide this quiet support.
Each fall, we find a weekend to rent a house. Today we find ourselves post-coffee run on a Sunday morning, draped over the furniture, good music playing, some reading, some chatting.
Not everyone can make it each year, but we always schedule it and I hope we do it till we’re in our 80s
Not everyone can make it each year, but we always schedule it and I hope we do it till we’re in our 80s
November 9, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Each fall, we find a weekend to rent a house. Today we find ourselves post-coffee run on a Sunday morning, draped over the furniture, good music playing, some reading, some chatting.
Not everyone can make it each year, but we always schedule it and I hope we do it till we’re in our 80s
Not everyone can make it each year, but we always schedule it and I hope we do it till we’re in our 80s
Three trains, five flights, and a rental car later, nine of us buddies are all in the same place together without encountering any shutdown-related travel glitches
May our good fortune last!
May our good fortune last!
November 7, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Three trains, five flights, and a rental car later, nine of us buddies are all in the same place together without encountering any shutdown-related travel glitches
May our good fortune last!
May our good fortune last!
Delta seatback video is offering videos from YouTube content creators (none of whose names/faces I recognize) and I feel 90 years old
November 7, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Delta seatback video is offering videos from YouTube content creators (none of whose names/faces I recognize) and I feel 90 years old
We have a favorite U-M athletics usher and if we ever spot her on a broadcast, it’s like we just got a glimpse of Santa Claus or won Where’s Waldo
November 4, 2025 at 1:49 AM
We have a favorite U-M athletics usher and if we ever spot her on a broadcast, it’s like we just got a glimpse of Santa Claus or won Where’s Waldo
Well, I’m gonna have to ask that this company work harder to make these jars look different because I store both in the door of my kitchen and we’ve had a little goof today with the pasta sauce.
November 2, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Well, I’m gonna have to ask that this company work harder to make these jars look different because I store both in the door of my kitchen and we’ve had a little goof today with the pasta sauce.
When you’re miserably squashed but you will not move because you were here first dammit #catsofbluesky
November 1, 2025 at 10:16 PM
When you’re miserably squashed but you will not move because you were here first dammit #catsofbluesky
If your car has an auto hold feature, you might wanna make sure you know how to turn it off before you get into a car wash
To the cars behind me today: oops sorry
To the cars behind me today: oops sorry
November 1, 2025 at 2:15 PM
If your car has an auto hold feature, you might wanna make sure you know how to turn it off before you get into a car wash
To the cars behind me today: oops sorry
To the cars behind me today: oops sorry
I really appreciate everyone who posted anecdotes about their trick-or-treaters last night. Our neighborhood doesn’t get trick-or-treaters and my child is now an adult and I kind of miss the fun of it.
November 1, 2025 at 11:58 AM
I really appreciate everyone who posted anecdotes about their trick-or-treaters last night. Our neighborhood doesn’t get trick-or-treaters and my child is now an adult and I kind of miss the fun of it.
Social media was invented so I could see high school classmates who rarely venture east of Omaha post alarmist memes about the NYC Mayoral race
November 1, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Social media was invented so I could see high school classmates who rarely venture east of Omaha post alarmist memes about the NYC Mayoral race
Monitoring extended family social media to see if someone posts snark about SNAP beneficiaries when I know that their own family got federal assistance when they were kids
I will not say or post anything to reveal what is apparently a family secret, but cannot control my eyebrows
I will not say or post anything to reveal what is apparently a family secret, but cannot control my eyebrows
October 31, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Monitoring extended family social media to see if someone posts snark about SNAP beneficiaries when I know that their own family got federal assistance when they were kids
I will not say or post anything to reveal what is apparently a family secret, but cannot control my eyebrows
I will not say or post anything to reveal what is apparently a family secret, but cannot control my eyebrows
Relevant to an earlier post: after Mom died the credit union reached out because they noticed that signatures on Dad’s endorsed checks seemed off. Turns out they just didn’t recognize Dad’s handwriting b/c Mom had been handling all the finances for years, including signing his name a lot
October 31, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Relevant to an earlier post: after Mom died the credit union reached out because they noticed that signatures on Dad’s endorsed checks seemed off. Turns out they just didn’t recognize Dad’s handwriting b/c Mom had been handling all the finances for years, including signing his name a lot
So I agreed to let a window company come give us a quote. They just called to confirm the time but said they wouldn’t come unless my husband is also going to be there.
I know they want to avoid clients saying “I can’t make a decision until I talk to my spouse about it”
But also: GFY
I know they want to avoid clients saying “I can’t make a decision until I talk to my spouse about it”
But also: GFY
October 31, 2025 at 12:51 PM
So I agreed to let a window company come give us a quote. They just called to confirm the time but said they wouldn’t come unless my husband is also going to be there.
I know they want to avoid clients saying “I can’t make a decision until I talk to my spouse about it”
But also: GFY
I know they want to avoid clients saying “I can’t make a decision until I talk to my spouse about it”
But also: GFY
Sure air traffic controllers and ER docs have stressful jobs but there’s also me: the EVP that I report to (and make slides for) strongly prefers fonts without serifs, but the VP I’m submitting a deck to requests everyone employ slide templates that use Garamond
October 31, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Sure air traffic controllers and ER docs have stressful jobs but there’s also me: the EVP that I report to (and make slides for) strongly prefers fonts without serifs, but the VP I’m submitting a deck to requests everyone employ slide templates that use Garamond
My son works close to our house so I texted him to ask if he wanted to come home for lunch today (it’s my remote day) and in the meantime, unbeknownst to me, my husband was upstairs texting him to see if he wanted to come for dinner. I’m sure he’s thinking, God my parents are lonely.
October 30, 2025 at 2:10 PM
My son works close to our house so I texted him to ask if he wanted to come home for lunch today (it’s my remote day) and in the meantime, unbeknownst to me, my husband was upstairs texting him to see if he wanted to come for dinner. I’m sure he’s thinking, God my parents are lonely.
After feeling discouraged/agitated about the recent food security angst I’ve seen in various Facebook community groups, I signed up to cook for Lasagna Love.
I just got my first match and I am SO READY
I just got my first match and I am SO READY
October 30, 2025 at 12:00 PM
After feeling discouraged/agitated about the recent food security angst I’ve seen in various Facebook community groups, I signed up to cook for Lasagna Love.
I just got my first match and I am SO READY
I just got my first match and I am SO READY
This warms every cell of my academic body
Genuinely delighted to download a PhD thesis from a university repository where the author has neglected to remove the words "BITCH THIS IS YOUR THESIS" from the filename.
October 30, 2025 at 11:50 AM
This warms every cell of my academic body