I realize I'm too far removed from the conference organizing scene right now, this is probably an old discussion that has already been had...

@sag111.bsky.social

I've gotten that too. "Your granddaughter is..." The irony is that her mom is only a year younger than I am. But yes, I still know exactly WHO IT WAS THAT SAID THIS.

According to Wikipedia, ultimate source to look up some knowledge or to create some*, puce is the color of the flea.
*(paraphrased from St. Colbert)

Ah c'est génial ma puce!
(I didn't know there was an English word puce)

Solidarity. And the youngest is still in private half-day preK (since our town doesn't offer the free preK that's universally offered 😭) and doesn't start until September 8! They scheduled "open house" to "ease the students in" and the open house is literally just an hour-long meet&greet on Sep 4 🙄

I shook Barack Obama's hand once, so yeah. And I briefly worked for the office of someone who later became a government official in the Netherlands so there are probably some short lines there too.

AAAND you can still do work? Wow! I have a half-sick 4 y/o and a maybe-getting-sick 7 y/o at home and I just sent them to their rooms for "quiet time" so I can catch my breath...

count the white male faces!