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just ducky
Happy 2008 ( Read more... ) -
the ordinary and momentous
Early this morning it was gray and surely looked like the rain the meteorologists predicted. Gradually the clouds thinned. I was walking down the street and a woman pushing a baby stroller was walking toward me when the sun poked out through a chink in the clouds, bestowing on us its pale clear wintry light. The woman half-turned, half-lifted her ( Read more... ) -
got milk?
Today I baked spekulatius (almond spice cookies) and gingersnaps so now my kitchen smells good.
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randomly reading the dictionary yields timely vocabulary
serotine adj. and n. occuring or developing late in the day, year or season; autumnal; late flowering. A late-flowering plant, also a type of bat.
related words: serotinal, serotinous
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business as usual
Labelling tubes is very tedious. -
epiphany of the day
You know when it's been too long since you've done any benchwork...
...when labelling Eppendorf tubes and using a pipette makes you ridiculously happy.
Yes, I'm a nerd or something.
