Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all!

We had a holiday party the other day that turned out rather well.  There was lots of food.  And cake.  Mmmmm, cake.   I do like me some cake.  Other than that not much has been going on with me.

Lab work has been going fairly slowly.  I'm troubling shooting this ligation/ gel extraction that I've been doing.  By the end of today, I should have a ( Read more... )

I'm back on the caffeine.  Big. Time.  I try to go off the caffeine, or at least cut back, every so often.  Now, I know that normally I give off the vibe of drinking many, many pots of coffee.  However, that is all hyperbole on my part.  Usually, I drink about 2 cups a day, albeit they are 8-12 oz cups.  Additionally, I don't drink soda.  That ( Read more... )

The One Where S. & I Almost Get A Cat.

S. & I were upstairs cleaning my room when I heard the familiar barking.  "Uh oh," I said as I scrambled over a box and blanket bag to get to the door and race downstairs.  Opening the front door, I could see that the dog had a cat cornered underneath a pickup truck.  As I ran across the parking lot, yelling " ( Read more... )

The flying spaghetti monster (FSM) gets national coverage at the a National meeting about religion. (See Yahoo! News story)

This does bring up some interesting points.   Does a religion have to be ancient to be a true "religion"?  Is there a number of followers a religion must have in order to be verified as a "religion"? What does constitute a ( Read more... )

My First First-Author Paper just got accepted!!!  

I am a dumbass.

Let me tell you why.

Today is a holiday.  It's Veteran's Day (for all you unpatriotic thugs out there ;-)).  Ergo, there are no classes today. I knew this.  So, I figured the bus wouldn't be too crowded and I'd probably be able to catch the 9:15am bus with little problem (usually this bus is fairly full of people trying to get to ( Read more... )

My friend from high school, Rhiannon, just asked anyone who read her post to  tell the her six things that make them happy.  So, here are mine:

1.  Seeing S. this past week!

2. Experiments (finally!) working.

3. Getting my paper submitted (and, hopefully, published)!

4. Sleeping in. a. lot.

5. My friends.  It's great to hang out with everyone!

6. ( Read more... )

Well, I'm half way through the week and it seems to be getting better.  So, a few updates:
Dixie Dog
We went to the vet today.Apparently, she felt that throwing up thing was just too good to let go.  Hence, the trip to the vet.  Where she had Xrays and I was berated for letting her get into "something bad."  (as a side note, she's a dog!  She gets ( Read more... )

So, here I am again in MedShitTownVille.  Let me tell (complain) you about my drive up to this place.  First, dog was sick.  And by sick I mean liquid poop.  And by that I mean, emergency stops to let the dog out when she whined to avoid explosion all over my back seat.  Then, the rain came.  By rain, I mean torrential downpour.  So, here I am ( Read more... )