Tiff Hudson
@tiffhudson.com
Writer, maker, inactive pilot, weird skills accumulated over decades. Heavily vaccinated
"I've been called 'Tiff' all my life. It's a long story."
"I've been called 'Tiff' all my life. It's a long story."
I'd have liked the resolution of Leonard's relationship with his abusive mom in Big Bang better if he'd cut her off with court order and lawsuit. Or shoved her down the stairs. Maybe he could have gotten her a nice rocking chair in the upstairs bedroom.
December 17, 2025 at 2:58 AM
I'd have liked the resolution of Leonard's relationship with his abusive mom in Big Bang better if he'd cut her off with court order and lawsuit. Or shoved her down the stairs. Maybe he could have gotten her a nice rocking chair in the upstairs bedroom.
"I'm not the asshole!" screamed the mom whose children no longer speak to her.
I get it. Some moms are just shit. And some can't stop momming. They're so cloying that avoidance is the only sane option. They truly don't understand why the kids don't call every damn night.
I get it. Some moms are just shit. And some can't stop momming. They're so cloying that avoidance is the only sane option. They truly don't understand why the kids don't call every damn night.
December 17, 2025 at 2:54 AM
"I'm not the asshole!" screamed the mom whose children no longer speak to her.
I get it. Some moms are just shit. And some can't stop momming. They're so cloying that avoidance is the only sane option. They truly don't understand why the kids don't call every damn night.
I get it. Some moms are just shit. And some can't stop momming. They're so cloying that avoidance is the only sane option. They truly don't understand why the kids don't call every damn night.
(Oh, and three half-lives is only 7/8ths done.) :-)
December 16, 2025 at 10:52 PM
(Oh, and three half-lives is only 7/8ths done.) :-)
"More hamsters!" they cried. "More hamsters!"
December 16, 2025 at 10:45 PM
"More hamsters!" they cried. "More hamsters!"
Seriously, did you ever see The Tripods TV show? It was like a Tom Baker Doctor Who episode about a planet where The Doctor never showed up to save them.
December 16, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Seriously, did you ever see The Tripods TV show? It was like a Tom Baker Doctor Who episode about a planet where The Doctor never showed up to save them.
"Right next to the Tripod-faced Boy!"
December 16, 2025 at 10:39 PM
"Right next to the Tripod-faced Boy!"
It reminds me of a powerpoint presentation I did for a class of freshman engineers. It was on how NOT to use powerpoint, with each lesson illustrated by using an annoying feature to demonstrate why it should not be used.
December 16, 2025 at 10:25 PM
It reminds me of a powerpoint presentation I did for a class of freshman engineers. It was on how NOT to use powerpoint, with each lesson illustrated by using an annoying feature to demonstrate why it should not be used.
Meanwhile I'm waiting for either The Doors of Winter or The Winds of Stone. It's been so long that I'm starting to forget...
December 16, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Meanwhile I'm waiting for either The Doors of Winter or The Winds of Stone. It's been so long that I'm starting to forget...
In other words, companies use consultants exactly the same way that assholes use the bible.
December 16, 2025 at 4:57 PM
In other words, companies use consultants exactly the same way that assholes use the bible.
Something I learned from a professional consultant I worked with: Don't question the customer. Find out what the customer wants, then give it back to him on glossy paper.
It turns out that a "lost" company isn't looking for the way out. They're looking for "divine sanction" for their own plan.
It turns out that a "lost" company isn't looking for the way out. They're looking for "divine sanction" for their own plan.
December 16, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Something I learned from a professional consultant I worked with: Don't question the customer. Find out what the customer wants, then give it back to him on glossy paper.
It turns out that a "lost" company isn't looking for the way out. They're looking for "divine sanction" for their own plan.
It turns out that a "lost" company isn't looking for the way out. They're looking for "divine sanction" for their own plan.
"Mostly dead is slightly alive" is one we use a lot
December 16, 2025 at 4:53 PM
"Mostly dead is slightly alive" is one we use a lot
You aren't 'old' when your favorite band from your high school years goes on their we're-middle-aged-and-out-of-money tour. You're 'old' when your *kids'* favorite band from *their* high school years does that.
December 16, 2025 at 4:08 PM
You aren't 'old' when your favorite band from your high school years goes on their we're-middle-aged-and-out-of-money tour. You're 'old' when your *kids'* favorite band from *their* high school years does that.
"You can't marry your softball coach" is where Everybody Loves Raymond would have gone if it had lasted a few more years.
December 15, 2025 at 11:11 PM
"You can't marry your softball coach" is where Everybody Loves Raymond would have gone if it had lasted a few more years.
If I ate 1800 cal/day, I lost weight.
If I ate 2000-2200 cal/day, I maintained.
If I are 2400+, I gained.
The study made me more calorie-aware, and more aware of which foods gave me cravings to consume even more.
Cinnamon Bears remain a weakness.
2/2
If I ate 2000-2200 cal/day, I maintained.
If I are 2400+, I gained.
The study made me more calorie-aware, and more aware of which foods gave me cravings to consume even more.
Cinnamon Bears remain a weakness.
2/2
December 15, 2025 at 10:52 PM
If I ate 1800 cal/day, I lost weight.
If I ate 2000-2200 cal/day, I maintained.
If I are 2400+, I gained.
The study made me more calorie-aware, and more aware of which foods gave me cravings to consume even more.
Cinnamon Bears remain a weakness.
2/2
If I ate 2000-2200 cal/day, I maintained.
If I are 2400+, I gained.
The study made me more calorie-aware, and more aware of which foods gave me cravings to consume even more.
Cinnamon Bears remain a weakness.
2/2
Concur. I was in a weight loss study with lots of instrumentation: full body density scans, etc. They put me under a hood to measure my resting metabolic rate. I burned 1670 cal/day just lying on my ass. That's roughly the same as a 16-mile run.
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December 15, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Concur. I was in a weight loss study with lots of instrumentation: full body density scans, etc. They put me under a hood to measure my resting metabolic rate. I burned 1670 cal/day just lying on my ass. That's roughly the same as a 16-mile run.
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...as Higgs' future mother-in-law. :-)
December 15, 2025 at 10:07 PM
...as Higgs' future mother-in-law. :-)
I CUT OPEN THE ROCK!
It's malleable. The pocketknife 'smeared' the inside if the rock as it cut through, making the lighter-colored stripes. The lighter-colored area stops where the rock popped open from the pressure.
It looks less like crystal and more like a compressed mass.
It's malleable. The pocketknife 'smeared' the inside if the rock as it cut through, making the lighter-colored stripes. The lighter-colored area stops where the rock popped open from the pressure.
It looks less like crystal and more like a compressed mass.
December 15, 2025 at 4:38 PM
I CUT OPEN THE ROCK!
It's malleable. The pocketknife 'smeared' the inside if the rock as it cut through, making the lighter-colored stripes. The lighter-colored area stops where the rock popped open from the pressure.
It looks less like crystal and more like a compressed mass.
It's malleable. The pocketknife 'smeared' the inside if the rock as it cut through, making the lighter-colored stripes. The lighter-colored area stops where the rock popped open from the pressure.
It looks less like crystal and more like a compressed mass.
We actually used that line when we found it.
December 15, 2025 at 6:09 AM
We actually used that line when we found it.
