There's a lot going on. Lots of tests, lots of living - first time living away from home. Reality smacked me around a bit in the last few days, but there were other things that padded the edges (like the fact that I'm flippin' here, doing this, in the first place ( Read more... )

You know how sometimes a group of people can get together, for just a short while, and somehow it becomes something moreLike, for a seasonal/summer job. Or a group of strangers making music together on a summer night. Or...well, Callahan's ( Read more... )

I'm working at a new job; still learning how to do it. I'm taking phone calls and I've discovered that I enjoy being thanked profusely by complete strangers after I've fixed/gave them a way to fix a problem ( Read more... )

OMG this is way too funny.
The Front Fell Off via Youtube.

I'm sure there are better ways to spend a sunny, breezy afternoon than rocking a baby to sleep on a shady front porch.

I just can't really think of any.

My brother is completely random. So he runs into the room and goes, "Quick! What was the name of Slater's lizard?"
(Blank look.) "Artie? Why?"
"No reason. It's just sad that you know that." Then he saunters out, amused ( Read more... )

So I mentioned that BossLady had a baby. He's a week old (plus almost 9 months) and the most adorable thing. She brought him in today to get some work done, and I got to hold him for an hour while he slept ( Read more... )

So my aunt very nicely brought us some plants from her garden to put in ours - along with a bunch of confused earthworms ( Read more... )

No, seriously ( Read more... )

"But very early in the history of life, a much more efficient method for generating energy and synthesizing ATP appeared. This process is based on the transport of electrons along membranes. Billions of years later, it is so central to the survival of life on Earth that we devote this entire chapter to it."

That struck me as funny, y'all ;)

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