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6_bleen_7

Random Stuff XXI

Jul 15, 2006 23:23

You know what glib admonishment I can't stand?

It's okay to drink like a fish-as long as you drink what a fish drinks!Not because I'm a heavy drinker: I tipple about as often as I'm offered a free strawberry daiquiri, about once a year on average. I object to the profound ignorance of physiology displayed here ( Read more... )

random_shit, general_science, suvs, evolution, stupid_sayings, politics

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chillyrodent July 16 2006, 10:45:57 UTC

Let's hope those five "Barbies" combine their trips in that thing.

6_bleen_7 July 16 2006, 21:33:43 UTC

I'd started to wonder what the father thought of that horrible vehicle, but one commenter wrote that he had a Spongebob Squarepants Hummer. Bozhe moi, I'm still opposed to nuclear Armageddon, but I can no longer claim that its proponents are completely crazy in calling for the destruction of Western civilization.

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6_bleen_7 July 16 2006, 23:30:24 UTC

Always happy to be of service. Time-wasting excuses a specialty.

magiklabyrinth July 19 2006, 01:00:18 UTC

Shouldn't I be the one talking about osmosis and salt concentration in fresh vs salt water fishes? But I guess I was too busy in New Orleans at the annual meeting of ichthyologists :P Be prepared for some Katrina pictures...

6_bleen_7 July 19 2006, 01:21:32 UTC

Heh-heh-our big meeting, for the American Society for Human Genetics (which cutiepi314 is attending, but not I, sigh), is also is New Orleans this year, in October. I really wanted to go, but I'm going to Florida for a similar meeting in November, and our department's funding isn't quite robust enough for a mere postdoc to double-dip this year. I will look forward to your pictures.

My Ph.D. research was in transmembrane transport, so I can claim some expertise in osmotic balance. I do wonder, however, how salmon manage the transition when they migrate from stream to ocean and vice versa. Probably the same way I could eat a 12-inch pizza for dinner, when I was college, and survive the salt load by drinking water almost continuously all night.