Ah, the ease of the computer age. K installed a wireless router, so we wouldn’t have wires running all over the place. This, of course, would make our lives easier. Except that all weekend when either of us tried to check our email, we couldn’t. Turns out to be the router. […]
Archive for May, 2004
Anyone out there with a yahoo email account that can’t access their mail? I can see my inbox, but whenever I try to click on a message, it tells me “cannot find server.” K can’t get his hotmail either. Is there something sinister going on? Or is it just us?
EA is pregnant. She announced it when we had lunch today (with the other EA, who is now married, and should be referred to from now on as EB, I suppose). This is the same EA who just had her bachelorette weekend at Tybee island. So if you’ve been keeping track: 1. […]
Two of the cold rooms upstairs broke today. SL charged into SJR’s office and announced that we had stuff in those cold rooms and needed to get it out. So SJR, AA, and I (the only ones left here at 3:00) grabbed a cart and proceeded to load up the surprisingly massive amount […]
I’ve come to believe that the bulk of my dog’s mass is made up of hair. If science could tap into the biological process that keeps growing my dog’s hair, millions and millions of $$$ would be in it. Bald men everywhere would rejoice, and worship my dog as a god.
Sadie normally sheds […]
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Going out for mexican food tonight - yum. there was a buy one get one free coupon for a local place on the back of my grocery receipt the other day. K and I only go out if we have a coupon anymore. […]
So I was at choir practice tonight (yeah yeah, I sing in the church choir) and we started practicing a new song. It was an arrangement of “all things bright and beautiful” by John Rutter. It’s a very nice piece. The women sing the first verse, and the men sing the second, […]
This is right down the road from where I’m working right now. Scary!
I got to thinking just now, after reading someone else’s blog, about how I have somehow become the “go to” person in my lab. When something is broken, I am the first one notified. Before we call the computer guy or the maintenance person, they call me. Someone once told me that […]
Here’s the fire story
Today has been really quite boring. K just called to ask if we needed anything from Publix besides hamburger rolls. I remember that there was something else we needed, but now can’t for the life of me imagine what it was. Oh well. I’ll have to go to […]
I’m watching the today show this morning. The local atlanta news keeps breaking in because there’s a pool chemical warehouse on fire east of atlanta. They’ve split the screen, the today show on the right, and the plume of poisonous smoke on the left. That’s it, just a plume of smoke. […]
OK - I have no idea why my counter links to a mesothelioma web page. Must not have read the small print. Weird And somewhat depressing.
I am so bored that I have nothing else better to do than play with my blog template. I like my new counter better - it’s cleaner. Plus I think 95% of my previous hits were me, checking out my changes, etc.
HTML is fun
I’m seriously trying to get back into reading regularly again. I used to read tons of books. One or two a week, at least. Now the demon TV takes up most of my free time.
K and I went to the library on saturday because he needed some books about Macs (ie: […]
I’ve tried this before with squirrels, but I guess there’s nothing marketable about squirrels. I’m watching a show about ice cream right now, so…
ice cream, ice cream, ice cream, ice cream, ice cream, ice cream, ice cream, ice cream, ice cream, ice cream, ice cream, ice cream, ice cream, ice cream, ice cream, ice cream, […]
What the hell? They tailor the ads in each person’s blog to the content of the blog. I’ve been talking about boring science crap 75% of the time. I write one entry about a bachellorette weekend, and suddenly the ads are about “drinker’s check up” and “drink less.” Both internet sites […]
I stole this from another person’s blog - my apologies - but it’s hysterical!
Dildo song
Are 8th grade boys and girls the only ones who have blog? Swear to God, if I read one more blog about the agony of puberty I’m going to fling my god-damned labtop out the window!
God I love grocery shopping. I love going in with a fistful of coupons. I love comparing prices. I love getting the receipt at the end and seeing that “you saved $X by shopping with us!” K and I went to 3 different places last night. Yes, a hot friday […]
Second dimension seemed to go well - and managed to blot on friday. Went in today and the whole thing hadn’t collapsed. The only thing I forgot to do was UV the gel before blotting. D’OH!!! Oh, well, this is a practice run, after all. I’ll remember it next time.
I wish Ty Pennington would come to my place and give it an extreme makeover. Also, is it weird that I tear up when they’re talking about how bad the family has it: dead father, 9 kids, etc etc. I’m such a sap!
Yay! I have a first dimension! I waited patiently all day - I held my breath while I stained the gel with EtBr. Walked it carefully up to the second floor to the UV box…and then, glory of glories…there they were. Two lanes of bright smear. Ok, well, there’s supposed […]
Well, after everything was going so smoothly with my 2D gel protocol, this happens with the first dimension. There’s the ladder - lookin’ good on the far left. But notice the rest of the gel. Nothing. Crap.
So today I had to do a rush digest, and I’m going to […]
Well – I survived the three day bachelorette weekend. Barely. Three of us went up on Thursday night, and the other three came up Friday. We got in to the house on Tybee around 9:30 pm. We were pretty tired, and were pleased to discover that EA’s aunt had the place […]
I definately don’t like this new format. Everytime I hit publish for my last post, it kept saying “site not found..etc, etc” so I kept hitting publish, thinking that maybe the server is busy. Little did I know it was actually publishing my post. So I had to go back and delete […]
Well, I managed to get everything done I needed to get done - amazingly enough. So I’m off to savannah! Not sure if I’ll have access to internet - or if I’ll be sober enough to use it! So it may be a few days before I can post anything - sorry […]
Aaaaaaaaagh! Just pulled my bathing suit out of the drawer for the first time since last summer, and it’s got holes in it! The stupid thing was new last year, and I only wore it twice! We leave for savannah tomorrow! Somehow, I’ve got to get all my work done today, […]
Check out what this guy can do!
Carved toothpicks
Cool!
Very much looking forward to the big bachelorette shindig in savannah this weekend. Haven’t been to a beach since…1999? Can’t wait! Went with another girl to buy appropriate bachelorette party supplies guarenteed to embarass the bride-to-be. You know, penis shaped this, penis shaped that. Got big penis shaped cookie cutters […]
I hate graduation day. All these parents and grandparents show up and clog traffic and take up parking spaces. And they drive so SLOW through the parking garage, like they’re going to find a spot on the 2nd floor. MOVE IT PEOPLE - TRUST ME THERE’S NOTHING AVAILABLE UNTIL FLOOR 6 OR […]
Can I just say that strawberries are perfectly in season right now in the southeast? They are probably the best strawberries I’ve ever had. Plus they’re on sale a Publix for two pkgs for $4. If you live in the southease - GO BUY STRAWBERRIES!
Cool! New format - I like it!
Whew! I need another weekend, to recover from this weekend. Friday was crazy. The next time someone invites us to a party that is OTP during rush hour, I’m going to say…NO! I know that some people choose to live a life in the […]
Mmmmmm - pleasantly drunk after a great party/wedding. Love my friends. So happy they’re married. V and E are such a great couple. Love them
Good wine, too.
shit. I just spend a half hour typing an entry where I mused about my friends getting married, and how it’s affected me, and my relationship with K. Then I hit a button and erased everything. I don’t even know what button I hit. everything is gone, and i’m too tired […]
Friends is over…OVER… ( Funny, feels like I grew up with that show. Guess I did, really. My “formative years”: 17-27. Wow am I old.
At least they tied up all the loose ends. Anyway…
Have highlight stuff in my hair, must now rinse it out before I end up with […]
Got it! With the help of the clever K, of course. Playing with fonts is fun
Playing around with font sizes. Managed to figure out how I do that for most thing…except the titles of each entry.
Oh, yeah, I’m supposed to be working…
Ow ow ow ow OUCH!
Calif. Man Recovers After Nail Gun Mishap
This was my idea - glad I’m not the only one who thought of it
They customize the banner ads above blogs based on the content of your blog. Hmmmmm…interesting…
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Miracle of miracles, the gradient worked! The ultracentrifuge did NOT explode overnight (as I was so certain it would) and my tubes did NOT collapse (ditto previous comment). After carefully carefully transporting them to the nearest darkroom and shining on a little UV light, there they were - my beautiful genomic DNA bands. […]
Ah, what useless things you can do with a blog. Now I have a blog blob. Don’t be jealous because I have one and you don’t. Be jealous because I’m WAY cooler than you!
Nope. K was napping. Too late to come up with something creative, so it’s mac and cheese and tuna fish patties.
CsCl gradient almost done - just have to wait for Antonio to show me how to use the ultracentrifuge. I’m emotionally exhausted. This is the very first time I have done this protocol, and I’m so nervous! I feel like I’m going to screw up on every step. The worst will […]
Here’s a cheap ploy to get more comments - CSI:Las Vegas or CSI:Miami? I think the characters on Las Vegas are better. And David Caruso is annoying - why does he look like he’s constipated all the time?
But I do like the blonde chick from the Miami show. Think I’ll add her […]
After a half hour and with much support from the computer savy K (aka: best boyfriend EVER!) I have added pictures to the blog. Yay - with thumbnail links! Double yay! So now you all get to see what my dog looks like…wet.
It’s been a good computer week. Michael, […]
HeeHee! This is funny: Jesus Christ Action Figure
Bought some potted herbs today. I grow herbs because I use them in my cooking, and because I can grow them relatively successfully on my balcony. Except rosemary. Anyone out there have any tips for growing rosemary? Mine always lasts about a week, then slowly slowly turns brown. I water, […]
Anyway…it’s raining. And more importantly, storming. Lightning and thunder makes me horny But still way too full from dinner at Sonny’s to do anything about it. Mmmmmm….BBQ pork….
I have a dog. She’s the best dog ever. I’m not a crazy dog person (even though K insists that […]
It does. Well, not my condo itself, just the complex, and especially the association and management. Here’s my advice to the kids out there: don’t buy a condo. Drink, do drugs, and have sex, but DO NOT EVER EVER EVER BUY A CONDO!!!
Unless you want to buy my condo. It’s lovely […]
God I love weekends when there’s nothing to do. For the first time in weeks, I have no committments: no parties, no wedding showers for other people, no get-togethers…nothing. I can just lie here on my couch watching cartoons.
Extasy.
My grandmother has been baking and cooking up homestyle classics her entire life. Her kitchen was always full of good smells. Which sounds cliche, but it’s true. My memories of childhood are intertwined with the smell of fresh baked breads, pies, and city chicken (only people from western PA seem to know […]
OK - so I’m a graduate student. I’m in my fifth year, studying genetics. (five loooooong years…).
So when I’m at a party, or some other social gathering situation, and I’m having a conversation with someone I just met, it goes something like this:
“so what do you do?”
“I’m a graduate student.”
“really? […]
