Archive for September, 2006

Rum and a bum

Friday, September 22nd, 2006

[I would first like to say that my new lab is cool. Why? Because at our 9am meeting, my boss brought in a bottle of rum, and we all did shots to celebrate various good things that had happened in the lab (e.g. acceptance of a paper, etc.). Oh, yes: 9am. And do you know [...]

Watch out for crazy people

Friday, September 22nd, 2006

So I consider myself to be pretty city-savvy. I’ve lived downtown (or close to it) for the past 7 years now. I’ve seen my fair share of weird stuff, and it really takes a lot for me to feel genuinely afraid for my safety and wellbeing (unlike my mother, who is afraid of [...]

Snippets

Thursday, September 14th, 2006

My previous entry is one of probably 3 entries spotlighting the fauna of Decatur Street. I plan on continuing them soon. Stay tuned for upcoming stories on an iguana and some fiesty crabs. But for now, I feel the need to post a few snippets of things that make me happy, excited, or otherwise moved [...]

Meet Sandy

Monday, September 11th, 2006

There is an aquarium in the lab in which I spend most of my time. In this fishtank lives one fish. Its name is Sandy. Sandy is possibly the smallest fish in the world and definitely on the list of the top 50 cutest. Sandy is a dwarf pufferfish.
Up until I started working here, the [...]

Do you like chemistry and procrastination?

Wednesday, September 6th, 2006

In between injecting crap into the HPLC and blowing my nose (I have the mother of all colds), I have spent my day perusing this blog:
blog.tenderbutton.com
Thanks to Tracey for alerting me to this amusing chemophile’s blog. A lot of it is over my head since he’s a synthetic chemist, but I can appreciate entries like [...]

Crikey, how tragic.

Tuesday, September 5th, 2006

Rest in Peace, Steve.

Crikey.

Monday, September 4th, 2006

Rest in peace, Steve.

Such an ironic, freakish death. And I really wish the media would quit freaking out about those “dangerous” stingrays. I mean, come on. I think Steve would be annoyed that the media is trying to fear-monger stingrays. Stupid people.