“Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all.”
― Helen Keller, The Open Door

Crushing week, to be honest, and another one about to start. My manager, a woman who I admire fiercely and enjoy knowing both personally and professionally, had to step away from work very suddenly to cope with a sudden health crisis in her family. This past week I learned she will not be returning, at least not for a long while. I’m sorry, sad, a not a little tired from trying to step in a step up on our department’s workload. Here are some weeks, beloved kittens, but you’ll forgive me if I don’t stay to chat about them, as a new work week looms and I still need another nap.

But when will he run for student class president?

Why leaving a religion is so rough.

Hideous story, but important. We can’t look the other way.

Read up, kids!

I am a big fan of the pope, but found this too silly not to share.

Does what it says on the tin.

Don’t like her dad, pretty impressed with her.

Nero’s house of crazy!

We’re moving into the witching time of year, so this New Yorker piece on the Salem witch trials is both great and seasonally appropriate!

I’m not sure there’s much more to say than the headline here, but go for it.