Suzz recently said this in this thread - link -
Suzz isn't the only one who feels this way. This is a frequent concern voiced to the staff, but I'd like to throw some thoughts out there - and maybe get some opinions on the matter. I'm wondering if it's such a bad thing to be a thread-killer. First, let's look at our definition of "thread-killer": someone who responds to a number of threads and later looks back to realize that no one has posted after them.

A conversation started winding down long ago, the fire of enthusiasm shared by the initial thread-starters is low and fading. Then you come along and bring closure. You sum things up, bringing the often dissonant comments of others to a brief reconciliation. No one wants to touch the thread after this. Or perhaps you share a...

I seem to perform best when I wake at 4am. Something about the world being silent makes me giddy. Arriving at lab at 5am, after the night-owls leave, before the day crowd shows up - the floor is mine save a scarce janitor. Radio blasting, oblivious to the rest of the world's slumber - I work at a faster pace knowing there are no surprises beyond what is immediately at hand.

I need to do this more often.

Tt and I enjoy traveling. Road trips are a little slice of heaven. Train rides and backpacking are even more delightful. There are places that we stayed along the way for a few brief days (or even hours) where we felt immediately at home and would love to return. A list of these...

Carnia


Cerbere


Avignon


Vienna


Munich


Western Montana


St. Louis
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I was chatting with an old friend about his recent breakup. I recommended he get a fleshlight and linked him to the conversation we were having about them on the board. Opened up the floodgates - discussing how the last six months of his relationship there wasn't any sex, how he loved her and how he really wanted to settle down with her and start a family, all she wanted was anything but him - it just sounded so unhealthy.

He didn't know how comfortable I was talking about sex before tonight. He's a good friend of my husband's as well - the three of us have been friends for over a decade. He might bump around the forum some, we'll see. I kinda doubt it - he didn't seem especially interested. I will link him to pertinent discussions in the future, though.

I just listened to my friend defend his master's thesis. It was a small room of friendly faces. Faculty and fellow graduate students in attendance showed their support by asking substantial questions, to which he responded with enthusiasm. I will go through this same procedure at some point next year. I'm a bit nervous at the thought. But mainly I'm bummed that my friend is leaving. I hardly had an opportunity to spend time with him, aside from running into one another in the lab and spending a weekend together for a conference. He is done with his Masters degree, so he's moving on.

When I interviewed in 2008, he was the one who picked Tt and I up from the airport and showed us around town. Our advisor picked him specifically from our lab because we're "the same type." His personality is lively, inquisitive, and energetic. He's from California - grew up in Berkeley/Oakland, where I attended school. Proudly homosexual, yet clings to his Mormon faith...