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A little about grant writing
It is painfully slow right now. Adviser 2 (not my primary adviser, but directs the overall project I'm working on) wants me to have the first page done by tomorrow. This is the page with the summary of the project and the specific aims of the project, so in many ways it is the most important part. It is really tough ( Read more... ) -
Picking your poison
The weather is gorgeous here today. Unfortunately, I am inside working. I have to write a grant for my oral exams coming up (sometime...maybe? end of April? scheduling has been a nightmare). It's not a lot of fun and I've really been doing everything I can to procrastinate and not work on it ( Read more... ) -
Paper is Finally Out
The Science Paper I mentioned several months ago has finally been published.
Here's a link to the abstract. Let me know if you'd like a copy of the PDF and I'll send it.
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So...how's everyone doing?
I haven't posted in awhile. Guess I just got out of the habit. I've been meaning to do it, but it's hard to get started. Lots has happened:
*My knee is mostly healed. Lots of PT for the meniscus, ITB, and patello-femoral syndrome. I ran for the first time this week. It's boring to run 1 minute, then walk a minute.
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More about my knee
I had a follow-up appointment with my sports medicine doctor yesterday. There's still a lot of swelling in the knee capsule, which should have gone down some by now. So, I got 6cc of cortisone. It was a weird experience. The cortisone was cooler than my body, so I could feel it going in the knee. It hurt a lot yesterday, but it's gotten ( Read more... ) -
Adventures in Appleland
A few weeks before Thanksgiving, my dearly loved old Powerbook G4 was having problems with the display. I would use it and there would be lines across the screen. They would go away if I tapped lightly on the coffee table or on the couch. Around November 20, the lines got worse and I could barely see the screen anymore. The trick of tapping no ( Read more... ) -
Sidelined
The day after running the marathon, I noticed a big lump behind my left knee and a lot of pain in the knee. It was nyper-extending while I was running, so I thought it was just stretched out a bit. I rested and thought it would go away ( Read more... ) -
Knitting Frustrations
I decided to tackle a more advanced project and knit something for myself, so I picked out a lacy wrap pattern. Turns out it was a little too challenging. I got about 5 inches done before I decided to "frog" (rip it all out) it last night. Now, I'm looking for an easier pattern and found this one. I'm going to try starting it today and see how ( Read more... )
