Doktor Archeville's Laboratory

Hi!  I am a fat 40-something white introvert in NC.  I worked in the NCSU Libraries for 13 years, then was an insurance agent working with Aflac (quack!) for about 9 months, and currently work as a substitute teacher in Roxboro & a repairer/maintainer of sewing machines out of my home. My preferred pronouns are he/him/his; my preferred nicknames are Doc or Dok, or Science Squid (or Jon). I am a fan of... things.  So many things. * Comics (DC Comics, Marvel Comics) * Tabletop RPGs (Dungeons & Dragons/D&D/DnD, Eclipse Phase, GURPS, Pathfinder, Shadowrun, World of Darkness) (My OCs, my games) * Video Games (Elder Scrolls series, Fallout series, Minecraft) * Podcasts (Binging with Babish, Critical Role) * Webcomics (Order of the Stick, Oglaf, SMBC, Schlock Mercenary, xkcd) * Geek Culture /  Geek Life /  Misc. Geekery (including memes) Basically, if it's got cosplay, fantasy, horror (esp. body horror and zombies), science (or SCIENCE!) & sci-fi, steampunk, or superheroes (or supervillains), I'll probably love it. I also try to keep up with actual science and technology, especially body modification and transhumanism. I also blog about libraries and library- & librarian-related things (including books), in part because I'd worked in a library for thirteen years, and about education (especially education in NC and education in America) due to my work in academic libraries and as a substitute teacher.  And about language and linguistics, as those fascinate me. Also about jobs and job hunting, since I've been unemployed or underemployed for an uncomfortably long time, and we could all use a little help there. I also enjoy cooking (and food), which is a type of science.  Here are some recipes I've collected. This being the internet, I also reblog posts with cute animals.  I'm especially fond of bats.  And squid, cuttlefish, and other cephalopods. While I'm listing animals, I may as well provide a link to my cat posts.  It is the internet, so there are a lot of them. I'm a big fan of/believer in people being themselves, and of consenting adults being able to do whatever they want however they want with whoever they want, no matter what others think.  (I.e., body positivity, sex positivity).  I try to keep this blog SFW -- the only porn I'll be posting here are food porn and technology porn -- but I do sometimes talk about sex (esp. sex education) and burlesque (there are some great burly troupes in the Triangle & Triad area). I struggle with mild depression and anxiety issues, so sometimes my blog may get a bit maudlin.  But I also try to give advice on dealing with those, too. ----------------------- Things I've Liked (Note: May contain some NSFW posts) My Tumblr Crushes My personal blargings About Me / It Me Getting To Know Me My TMI Tuesday blargings My Feels Conventions! * Animazement * ConCarolinas * ConTemporal * Cosplay America * Dragon*Con / Dragon Con My Face My Facebook Art-related blargings Music-related blargings Most Fridays nights I’m at the Retro Film shows at the the Carolina Theatre in Durham.  Come join me!