Thyme & Tweed

Yesterday I committed to another year of school, before beginning work on a Master’s degree, by adding a second degree to my degree program. In addition to a BSBA, I’m also going for a BA in Communications. It made sense to work on them side by side because I can share all the required classes between the two degrees. This...

Watching The Hatred on Netflix. It’s ever so mildly creepy, and the script is sorry of dumb, but I’m so impressed with it anyway. It’s an all-female horror movie that not only passes the Bechdel test, but has educated, smart young women characters. It’s an admirable attempt at making a horror movie where women aren’t just floozy victims.

Closing in on being able to cut out paid tv service altogether. We currently have PlayStation Vue for practically the sole reason being that we like to watch Adult Swim live at night. This week I discovered that the Adult Swim app has a live stream, for free. The only other channel we need live is ABC because Scott likes...

I’ve been watching Violet Evergarden on Netflix. I’m a little confused about the basic premise of the story, but I’ve been really enjoying it. Episode 10 just about broke my heart.

My niece, aged 20, thinks that I know everything. I believe this is a quality that she finds equally impressive and obnoxious. She often asks, “How do you know that?” And I reply, “I don’t know. I read it about it at some point.” I do not know everything. But I read. A lot. And when I find something I...