Devin Berg @drb@scholar.social

Got my first Peruvian haircut. There are some lines and it's a bit uneven but I can't complain for $1.50.

Who's this dude with all the toots in my timeline?! Oh wait, @bgcarlisle changed his avatar.

If I get a review request from a journal that recently rejected my own submission, I'm legally allowed to tell them to fuck off, right?

Ugh. Rejection number two for this paper. On to the third submission...

I probably wouldn't bother if it was just me, but my coauthors are undergrads who would like to have a publication on their records.

This is an unfortunate thumbnail photo for the local news story about our new interim Chancellor.

We got to eat potatoes cooked in a huatia. This was in the highlands at about 12,000 feet!

https://video.devinberg.com/videos/watch/acfd5579-aeac-4923-9646-6eb230e259e7

My biggest complaint about living in Peru is that it is a cash based society.

The ATM only gives 50 and 100 sol bills. But almost nobody you deal with on a daily basis has change for those large bills. This means you constantly have to buy some small thing at the larger grocery store (which hopefully has change) just to operate elsewhere.

I much prefer the credit card based system in the US for ease of use.

Why am I searching for how to import a donkey to the United States? Oh, no reason.

These seem legit.

I think I'm about done with publishing in journals all together.

Over the next four nights, my family and I will sleep in three different states and two different countries.

Sometimes you have to pick your battles.

It feels really weird not to be prepping for fall semester classes. Being away for the entire next year means that I have a whole year before doing course prep again.

A large steam engine train called the "Big Boy" passed through our area yesterday. So that was the excitement around here for the week.

Son had a surgery to fix his kidney. Bill just arrived at $63k. Insurance don't fail us now!

My two dogs got in a scuffle which resulted in the older one messing up one of his teeth. Today he went in to have it extracted and they ended up removing 11 teeth. 🙁

Will this earthquake certainly isn't going to reassure my family as we prepare for my sabbatical in Perú. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/05/magnitude-8-earthquake-hits-amazon-jungle-peru-190526101100170.html

Universities really love putting up as many roadblocks as possible in the way of getting reimbursed for travel expenses. 😞