Mostly for the ladies, but I’d like some male input as well.
Why do I do these interactive posts on friday, just before the weekend when everyone stops reading blogs and commenting? Maybe I’ll leave this up for a while.
OK, I am getting married in 6 WEEKS OH MY GOD!!! One MAJOR decision I […]
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A very important opinion poll
Published August 25th, 2006 in relationship/sex, favorites, science! and ask blogland. 39 CommentsContinue with the birthday wishes below…
Published August 17th, 2006 in science! and conversations. 3 CommentsConversation in the lab
ESC: *making a buffer* It’s always bugged me…why isn’t SDS called SLS?
N: what?
ESC: *points at bucket* “sodium lauryl sulfate” - SLS
N: that’s not SDS. SDS is sodium dodecyl sulfate
ESC: what?
N: we should have some…*looks at chemical shelf*
ESC: but…this is what I’ve been using for SDS! *panic setting in* […]
Holy crap! I JUST SENT MY FIRST EVER FIRST DRAFT OF A PAPER TO MY COMMITTEE AND ADVISOR!!!
I feel like I’ve just thrown up part of my soul, then attached it to an email. It’s a feeling of exultation and nausea…all at the same time. I’m not exactly sure what to feel. […]
ESC. 2006 “referenced by many, respected by none” …but mostly rants. 28:951.
Published July 27th, 2006 in science!. 5 CommentsThe thing that is bugging me the most about the writing, is the whole “book report” aspect of it. 90% of the writing is making sure you’ve read and referenced 10,000 other papers on the subject. Soooo many references. I have to look up every damn paper that ever vaguely touched on […]
I am deliriously happy. From Slashfood, I found out that all the clips from the muppet show featuring the Swedish Chef have been compiled in one site.
I weep for joy.
I seem to have a hard time getting the ball rolling for writing. This is how my morning schedule seems to go:
stop at lab, […]
get me out of the lab, please!!
Published July 20th, 2006 in rants, science! and friends. 5 CommentsWith one nice exception, this was just one of those days I really just should have stayed in bed.
It actually started last night on my drive home from the lab. Huh. That’s weird, this road is rarely backed up this much, this late…in the summer. Must be an accident, I shall turn […]
I survived my committee meeting. It was rough. It went both better and worse than I expected.
No one seemed to care about my bonehead mistake. They were satisfied with my plan to fix it. Or they were lulled by my homemade brownies, cheese popcorn, and bottles of coke zero. Always […]
I am again at stress con level 14 lately - committee meeting next week.
This is good and bad and scary all at once. because:
1. I have to own up to being a dumbass about something I’ve been trying to get to work now for probably about a year. And finally realizing the problem…yeah. […]
In the lab, we often want to measure out exact amounts of liquid. For small amounts - less than a ml, we use a pipetter. For larger amounts, we use reusable glass pipets. These we attach to what looks like a little gun connected to a vacuum pump to create suction, which […]
beating my muse to death with a thermocycler
Published July 6th, 2006 in rants, science! and on the teeveeee. 8 CommentsOK, I have a serious lack of interesting things to post about here. Because on a scale of 1 to 10, my stress level has reached about a 16.4. It’s hard to post something entertaining or thoughtful or dirty when I’m one dropped ependorf tube away from stabbing someone in the eye with […]
Everyone is out having 4th of July fun except ME. Until 10 minutes ago, I was the only one in the lab. One other person has just waltzed in at 3:30, I’m sure after have super Independence day fun.
I am stuck here for several more hours.
Because I know everyone is super interested in […]
my hair is awesome
Published June 7th, 2006 in misc, blogging, science!, links and ask blogland. 16 CommentsIt is. Maybe I’ll take a pic later to delight and amaze.
My week was going so well at work - seriously, I was finally getting somewhere.
Then, last night after I left, the powersupply on my 2nd dimension gel crapped out. Probably after an hour. Leaving my dna in a bright beautiful arc…about […]
Simultaneously disappointed and resolved after my last yogurt experiement, I decided to try again. Last time, if you’ll recall, I tried to recreate Activia yogurt using Alton Brown’s standard homemade yogurt recipe. What I ended up with was tangy yogurt soup. Excellent in smoothies, but not so much for other yogurt applications.
I […]
And no, I don’t mean THAT kind of fun.
So I have been very much enjoying the new yogurt product known as Activia. But hooo boy, is it a little on a pricey side. Also, have you seen the sugar content? Something like 17g per cup. Yeouch.
Something must be done!
I know you […]
I think Pat Robertson’s head just exploded.
Published May 9th, 2006 in rants, science! and Religion!. 11 CommentsLinked in BoingBoing, a very good story about the Vatican Astronomer.
my favorite bit:
“Religion needs science to keep it away from superstition and keep it close to reality, to protect it from creationism, which at the end of the day is a kind of paganism - it’s turning God into a nature god. And science needs […]
and the thong is a double helix
Published April 6th, 2006 in science! and conversations. 13 CommentsSo I’ve bitched on here before about messing with radioactivity. I hate it. It’s stressful and time consuming. And until recently, my results were never worth it.
For a long time, I would just throw on an old button down long sleeved shirt of mine, snap on the radiation badge, put on the […]
if you happened to be at a fast food establishment where you were able to fill your own drink at the soda fountain, and while you were filling your large cup with the diet pop of choice, while bemoaning the lack of CHERRY flavored diet pop in fountain form at said establishment, you noticed that […]
Why didn’t I bring a book? Or my knitting? Or SOMETHING to show my absolute disdain for the waste of time that will occur in just a little while.
What is it? Lab safety training. REQUIRED lab safety training. For everyone, regardless of how long you’ve worked in a lab. […]
after a several month hiatus on 2D gels, my advisor demanded I decided of my own free will to pick them back up again and give it another shot.
Savvy old school readers of my blog may remember my past rants about 2D gels, which I am too lazy to go back and find and link […]
It happened again. I was in the bathroom, in one of the two stalls. The other stall was already occupied.
The occupant flushed the toilet, opened up the stall…and then…
…walked out the door of the bathroom.
without.
washing.
her.
HANDS!
ew.
ew. ew. ew!
we work in a LABORATORY BUILDING PEOPLE! YOU SHOULD KNOW BETTER!
that is more […]
OK, I lied
Published January 13th, 2006 in rants, relationship/sex, misc, blogging and science!. 0 CommentsI lied in my comments in the last post. I did have some time to tweak around my template. of course, I SHOULD have used that time to knit. Or clean. But something like that just eats at me. TEMPLATE PROBLEMS! POOR, DEPRIVED READERS WHO CAN’T VIEW MY BLOG […]
Dammit.
Latest results aren’t at all what we thought they might be. Which could be fine, as it means I won’t have any more experiments to do and can just WRITE THIS SHIT UP ALREADY! Christ, this is MY OLD PROJECT! I REALLY didn’t want to have to do any more experiments on […]
Everyone stop what they are doing and read this.
Now.
It’s an article about teaching evolution for anyone, no matter WHAT your background. And how to remove the “threat” aspect of it that so many people feel is there.
But this is at the college level. We need to do this for kids. For middle […]
getting trampled on the middle ground
Published November 15th, 2005 in rants and science!. 0 CommentsI am going to attempt to tackle an issue that is a subject of much debate right now. I hate to take on serious themes here – lord knows I’d rather put up pics of cute farm animals, my clean kitchen, or talk about my sex life, but I aim to attempt to represent what […]
In the lab, talking to two other lab monkeys, and our computer guy.
me: the tea I got has directions for making tea on each individually wrapped tea bag!
lab monkey #2: so? maybe some people need more help with making tea
me: sure, it’s nice to know how long to leave the tea bag in there. […]
random sadie pic
fun with data!
The two isolates that were behaving themselves last week are now acting totally screwy. The isolates that are acting not so screwy, give me the exact opposite results that I got last week.
Nothing I do is ever straightforward. Why the hell did I go into science???
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fun underwear friday!
red lacey boy-cut. what […]
It’s over.
It went well.
I got many compliments.
My committee told me to START WRITING PAPERS NOW, DAMMIT!
I no longer feel the urge to poop.
ahhhhhh….I feel good.
The title only makes sense to me, and anyone in my lab (or formally in the lab) who might read this.
HI BRENDA!
Just gave a practice run through for my seminar talk tomorrow. I have to make LOTS of changes, which isn’t anything new, but is still disheartening. At least I’ve managed to curb […]
Julie enjoys pastries
So I got to meet Julie on Saturday! YOU ARE JEALOUS!Julie and her friend Leenie came over aroun 3:30, after I marathon worked out, went to the lab, and cleeeeaned my disgusting, dog hair covered abode. We chatted for a bit and exchanged gifts. She got me the Wiccy Magic Muscles bar! […]
and lo, the darkness fled, and light came to the land…
Published September 15th, 2005 in science!. 0 CommentsBoy, have I been bitchy and ranty lately. I’ve been all I HAVE NOTHING GOOD TO POST, SO PLEASE ACCEPT PICTURES OF KNITTING AND MY DOG TO APPEASE THE DEMANDING MASSES!!! BECAUSE IF I POST HOW I’M REALLY FEELING, CHILDREN WILL CRY! THERE WILL BE MOANING! AND GNASHING OF TEETH! BEWARE!!!
But so far, no one […]
all 4 in one post…
Published August 29th, 2005 in craftiness, relationship/sex, misc, science! and food. 0 Commentsknitting
I’ve had to learn continental style knitting for my latest project. I HATED IT…at first.
But now…NOW I…KNIT LIKE THE WIND!!!!
I kick ass. Almost halfway done with the body of the tote bag…in only one weekend.
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science
the other 50% of my 2D gel blot didn’t pan out. DAMMIT! THAT WAS THE 50% I NEEDED! So […]
another day older and deeper in debt
Published August 26th, 2005 in rants, misc and science!. 0 CommentsOnce again I went to my advisor’s office with all the wonderful things I had done this week. Gotten results (well, 50% of the results) from my latest 2D gel, I’m a few hours away from confirming a strain construction, I came up with and began implementing a FASTER way of completing the rest […]
Brenda is leaving! Today is her last day. She moves to Boston next week - to Somerville. So anyone who lives or has lived or has spent ANY TIME in Boston, please give her advice! Places to eat! To shop! To play!
Goodbye and good luck, sweetie! I’m going […]
For the love of God, E-Lo and Tash, DO NOT READ THIS!!! THIS IS MY PERSONAL PARANOIA.
In my first year of graduate school, I took a med school class called human genetics. Sounds cool, right?
No.
The majority of this class was spent studying all the horrific things that can go wrong during fetal […]
Just got word that I will finally be published….sort of.
Someone else from another lab actually wrote the paper. BUT they used yeast strains that I created. Strains I had originally created for a project that flopped, but at least they got use out of them. And I got second author on a […]
still feeling a bit of the funk (so more jokes and stories appreciated. Riz is winning the award for the best so far, for making me spit out my sweet tea last night).
But I cleaned up a bit last night, making me feel a little better. While I am a pretty messy person, […]
Brenda used a plastic pipet to drip orange gatorade into some leftover liquid nitrogen
(this is what scientists do on a friday, when they’re starving for entertainment)
it made little dippin-dot like balls of frozen gatorade, which we strained out. I have a picture…on my cell phone…and I don’t have my usb cord for it yet…and I’m […]
liquid nitrogen pics are up!
we didn’t follow any specific recipe. we just mixed one and a half bottles of mocha frappacchino and a carton of heavy cream.
It came out a little ice milky, but still very good! And we didn’t use as much liquid nitrogen as we thought, which was good. Which […]
Except I’m not short.
But I am busy today. I’m getting my CsCl gradient done today COME HELL OR HIGH WATER!
I’m also expecting a call from the insurance agent to come look at my car. (long story short: a while back I was a victim of a hit and run, from a guy riding his bike […]
1. I ran a gel to purify a DNA fragment only to find out that some how I had lost all my DNA, in all four plasmids.
2. I found out that the 5ml culture I used to innoculate my huge 500ml culture that I will be extracting DNA from tomorrow via CsCl gradient so as […]
