musings on this, my 40*cough*th birthday

drmollytov · 15 hours ago · discuss

I love my mother, and also her most consistent skill is to disappoint me on my birthday. This year is no exception. This year, she disappointed me because I was today years old when I discovered the Integrated Taxonomic Information System exists: https://www.itis.gov/ I learned this from refdesk.com. Not from my mother. *Who is a botanist.* She says "I thought everyone knew about ITIS." Mother. Mom. Momther. Are you serious right now. Mom. What. Why. Mother. Seriously. (I am only half joking. She is aces at disappointing me on my birthday, usually by giving me gifts that are things she...