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albalark

And The Meme Goes On . . .

Jan 27, 2011 09:37

Yes, I AM procrastinating, thank you very much. I have about half an hour before an important meeting, and I need the stress relief, so stolen from courtesy of kellychambliss and cranky__crocus :

( My So Called Life . . . )

flist, nattering, dunderheadedness, meme

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therealsnape January 27 2011, 18:23:59 UTC

I hope the meeting went well! And that disappointment was a real one. Puts our whinging to shame.

Also, your swearing is the most creative of the flist. Miss M. certainly is a source of inspiration.

albalark January 31 2011, 01:10:22 UTC

Meeting was a mixed bag. I'll fill everyone in later. And yes, Miss M can inspire all kinds of creative vocabulary. :-D

cranky__crocus January 27 2011, 18:46:08 UTC

I love your icon!

Glad we are Baileys buddies. :D I tear often too; nice to know I have a misty-eyed buddy as well. (:

I want to pick up a copy of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. I've wanted to look more into her and her background since I learned of her last year or the year before.

'Hell and blast and damn' may be one of the most adorable phrases I have ever heard. Regardless, I'm sorry to hear about your trip!

I've decided that, compared to my flist, I do not sample enough ice cream.

You are not boring! Good luck with the meeting; or, I hope it went well, if it has already finished. :D Oh, science and funding... *Sigh.*

albalark January 31 2011, 01:20:15 UTC

Glad we are Baileys buddies. :D I tear often too; nice to know I have a misty-eyed buddy as well. (: If you like Nutella, too, we may be soul sisters! ::g::

Check your college library - I'm guessing there will be at least one copy, and it's definitely worth reading. As someone who uses HeLa cells as a source of human RNA Polymerase II and its associated factors, chromatin and histones, it was a read which made me think. It is unusual to know anything about the sources of the human biological material scientists use, and getting to know Mrs. Lacks and her family through this book was important to do, but it was a very interesting read on its own.

I've decided that, compared to my flist, I do not sample enough ice cream. Well, get busy! :-D So much ice cream, so little time . . . .

cranky__crocus January 31 2011, 02:59:21 UTC

I don't like Nutella. ...I love Nutella! Soul sistaaah! (; *Giggles.*

I will have to give my college library a look. Unfortunately, I don't think I'll get a chance to read through it in a long while; I haven't been able to do much pleasure reading at all lately. It's sad! I can see how it would touch you to know anything about the source of your human bio material.

Teehee. I will try to get busy on that ice-cream plan...

dickgloucester January 27 2011, 19:41:01 UTC

I had porridge for lunch. I know - odd; but I was cold. I stirred some Bramley apple puree into it and had a side helping of fruit salad (mango, orange, pineapple). I'm not sure the combination worked, but my stomach was happy.

albalark January 31 2011, 01:22:03 UTC

I have been known to eat it for dinner when I'm too harried to cook. Can't go wrong with it when you need something filling and good for you. :-)

kellychambliss January 28 2011, 02:30:10 UTC

Oh, yeah, you're boring, Ms. Bailey's-imbiber/raspberry chip ice cream-eater/scientist/singer/writer/super-strong tea-lover/Miss-M-producer! We all should be so boring /g/.

I read a few reviews of the HeLa book and have meant to get hold of it. I love to read history of science, even though if you were to put me anywhere near a lab or a real science class, everyone would soon be echoing Minerva in my icon. But I remember being so enthralled by Richard Rhodes' Making of the Atomic Bomb that I hauled the massive thing with me on a plane to the U of Wisconsin once. He really has a knack for writing clearly to lay people; he actually gave me a few fleeing seconds of thinking I understood some of the (very, very basic) principles of the atomic theory.

albalark January 31 2011, 03:46:37 UTC

Oh, yeah, you're boring, Ms. Bailey's-imbiber/raspberry chip ice cream-eater/scientist/singer/writer/super-strong tea-lover/Miss-M-producer! We all should be so boring /g/.

I don't mean to make you think I'm not grateful for my life - I don't mind being boring. I just wasn't sure any of you would find driving back and forth to work, oatmeal eating and books about scientific subjects anything but snooze worthy. :-)

If you liked Making of the Atomic Bomb, you might enjoy Surely You're Joking Mr. Feynman, a memoir by the late Cal Tech physics professor and one of the original Manhattan Project scientists. It's a hoot. I think you would like the Henrietta Lacks biography. It's well balanced and for me, as someone who has used these cells since almost the beginning of my scientific career, thought-provoking.

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albalark January 31 2011, 04:43:44 UTC

Thanks! ::g:: The only thing is, sometimes the disguise isn't very good! ::g::

Let's trade swear words . . . if I say them in German, no one will know I'm being rude. XD

I never heard of Henrietta Lacks. Not many had outside of the scientific community. Even those who had, like me, really didn't know much beyond her name. But, the book isn't just a biography, but also a meditation on the responsible use of human specimens in biomedical research, and was very thought-provoking.