I think I should hide all the non-academic posts on the blog under a password and use it as personal brand building tool.

I recently discovered that I have a marketer’s mindset and am really good at marketing-style self-promotion. Rule #1 (which actually exists and which I arrived upon myself) is offer something of value 4 times before you ask for something once.

Klara has learned to say “guys.”

“Hello, guys. What are you doing, guys?” she says to me and her father and laughs.

Then she gets all pensive.

“Mommy, are you guy?” she asks incredulously.

I still haven’t figured out how to explain the sexist language rules.