The past few days, I have been in Amarillo, TX at the Southwestern branch meeting of the Entomological Society of America ( Read more... )

I know this should seem self-apparent, but hear me out:

DO NOT try to catch bees while high.

The bees don't care for it, and unlike you, they have both stingers and friends.

Also? Kill jars are way more effective when they are charged. Otherwise, they're pretty much Non-Kill jars.

So for those of you not in the know, I've been busting my ass the past month or so studying for my comprehensive exams. How these exams work varies from school to school (and even from department to department), but here at A&M they work thusly ( Read more... )

Son of a whore, I ran my experiment on the wrong goddamn species

Unexpected pigs are unexpected! I got the call at 7:30 on Friday that my pigs were in, so I had to scramble to get my shit together. And of course, it completely shot all my plans for this weekend, whihc included fun things like miter sawing and the Gennder Bender Ball, which starts about the time I need to be going to bed ( Read more... )

Sometimes, science is hard ( Read more... )

What I did at work today:

( An interesting day, in pictures )

It was suggested that the world would benefit from being exposed to my short illustrated work

"What Happens To You After You Die"

One day, you may be casually mocking John Travolta in "Saturday Night Fever" after a few too many Jagerbombs.

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So I'm trying to come up with three theoretical experiments to use as part of my final class project. (It's OK, I'm not cheating by asking for help ( Read more... )

What is that mess on the lab door?


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