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I just walked into lab to find one of the gel-running setups sparking a bright yellow flame, reeking of electrical fire. But no one noticed or did anything about it because IT WASN'T THEIRS.

I am preparing some freeze-downs, then I'm going home, where I will give out candy and watch PK Subban be a weatherman until I forget what dumbasses some of my ( Read more... )

I just cleaned out the storage dewar, which Post-Doc had refilled with liquid nitrogen. She suggested that I thaw some vials and try them myself, maybe they'd grow for me. Because obviously, re-freezing the cells that died would bring them back to life? I cannot even begin to parse her logic ( Read more... )

FFUUUUUUUUUUCK ( Read more... )

My laptop battery died last night. Which, you know, you'd think that if I plugged it in to an AC power supply, it'd reboot and life would go on. So that's what I did: plugged it in last night and left it alone ( Read more... )

Totally stolen from shutyourfaceName me a character in one of my fandoms, and I will tell you ( Read more... )

I was supposed to go to Austin to see Girl In A Coma tonight, but everyfuckingthing at work conspired against me. Someone horned in on my TC time, a piece of equipment malfunctioned, Post-Doc W had some issues, and then another colleague wouldn't take my word for it that it would be faster if she just let me collect the data for her this first time ( Read more... )

I can't even. This day has been made of fail since the moment I opened my office door. The latest incident ( Read more... )

Dude. I had every intention of writing up a thoughtful post about ACL Festival weekend and the week's work plus The Constellations' show at Fitzgerald's the other night.

But if you saw my last tweet, even if you didn't really understand the details, you probably understood that it was Not A Good Thing To Do ( Read more... )