So, I voted. I'm planning a news blackout for the next few days. The Republican takeover, assuming it happens, will be obnoxious but it seems to be what the country wants. Democracy bites ( Read more... )

This meme was set for me by wendelah1 , who picked seven things from my list of interests, to comment on or explain:

Okay, then. I pick feminism, gardening, poetry, science and Star Trek.
Wait. I left out Arthur Ransome and Babylon-5.

If you want to play, ping me in comments and I'll pick some from your list. Divided up for length and skipaboutability ( ( Read more... )

I read this today on the blog Neuron Culture and had to share. At the time I was trying to figure out what had gone wrong with a series of experiments, and in between staring at notes and data, I was trying to think up the next scene in the Lyta/Tosh fic I'm working on. It just hit home....original article by Martin Schwartz, commentary by Randy ( Read more... )

I'm back. At least for a little while. Things I have learned this week on my road trip...

1. I still love New England.
2. I still love science, when it's not being persnickety and annoying and going wrong all the time.
3. Human embryonic stem cells are persnickety and annoying and go wrong all the time, but I still like working with them.
4. I still ( Read more... )