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So a customer sent us an ASER sample of dimethyl sulfoxide,generally abbreviated to DMSO. ASER samples are what happens when a customer finds a problem with a chemical and sends it back to us for a retest. In this case, the DMSO was past the expiration date, and they wanted it re-tested so they could keep using it. For the tests it needed, we ( Read more... )

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All right folks, I understood fall term. But it's spring now. Even you froshlings should realize that you have to have the call number for reserve materials. We've got a gazilion of them back here; I can't find the one you need just by title, let alone subject.

Thank you,
Your Friendly Reserve Desk Worker

"Peace of mind is singing along way off key to a CD and drumming on the table with ballpoint pens in the computer lab late at night, and knowing that there's no one around to watch you make an idiot of yourself ( Read more... )

Ug, knees and ankles are not happy, and I was careful not to mess with any cart more than 1/3 full. If I had known how bad the problem had gotten, I would have looked for a different job over break. I had gotten my gait a little better since I started the physical therapy; now it's pretty much back to where it was at the end of high school. Not ( Read more... )

Grrr. We were told that there would be electrical maintenance work done over break, which would include various dorms, including Watson, the one they've got all of us staying in. I do not recall being told that this also includes all of the campus sidewalk lights between Evans and the M&D. This means that with the exceptions of the lights on in LDC ( Read more... )

I work 9-6 most days over break, which means I had to schedule physical therapy as early as possible in order to get to work on time. Luckily, Jeremy now comes in early enough for me to get an appointment at 8. I had been counting on weather decent enough to ride my bike, as Northfield Transit doesn't run that early. We got 5-6 inches of snow on ( Read more... )

I want to smack my coworker with the Calculus Book of Persuasion. Is it really too much to ask that she do the job for which the college pays her so handsomely? A bit of background: we both work in the library. She works circulation desk, and is thus responsible for the basic range of checking stuff in and out, dealing with interlibrary loan items ( Read more... )

Knee. Knee hurts. Knee's been hurting all day. Knee hurts more after first session of physical therapy. Apparently, my kneecap moves in all kinds of directions it really shouldn't, and I've got a bunch of muscles pulling things in the wrong direction. Ow.

Basketball game tonight. Unfortunately, I never seem to have a can of Whoop-AssTM around when ( Read more... )