Archive for February, 2007
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Wednesday, February 28th, 2007I’d almost forgotten the Demotivators. This one suits my current job really well:
I am also fond of this one:
This one just plain makes me laugh:
I could go on, but I’ll stop here.
Hold onto your socks, it’s a weekend recap
Monday, February 26th, 2007Here’s an interesting website that you can use to waste time. It’s a site that lets you go back in time and see what your favorite websites used to look like. I spent some time perusing the September 11th archived sites from CNN.com and the like. Interesting, but creepy. Really creepy. So creepy, in fact, [...]
LOST is lost, pretty much.
Friday, February 23rd, 2007Hey, so does anybody besides me still watch LOST? Just curious. After last night’s episode, however, I may not be watching for much longer because, geez. Talk about boring. Boring and also lamer than FDR’s legs (sorry, couldn’t resist). An entire episode dedicated to Jack’s tattoos? Seriously. I [...]
Job search: part deux
Wednesday, February 21st, 2007At work, I have been doing a lot of HPLC lately. High Performance Liquid Chromatography (in case you care) is basically a pump attached to a fat steel tube (the column), and the column contains silica particles with various things attached to the particles. The particles separate out chemical compounds from one another, and the [...]
The job search: Round 2
Wednesday, February 21st, 2007[A sad way to start the morning: ordering cheese grits then discovering there is no cheese in the grits when you get to your office. A bland breakfast for what will probably be an equally bland day.]
You see, I have been doing a lot of HPLC lately. High Performance Liquid Chromatography (in case you care) [...]
Some people have children. We have fish.
Monday, February 19th, 2007We upgraded our fish tank yet again. But before I show you what we did with it, here is a summary of the pre-upgrade dynamics in the tank:
We have one big male opaline gourami who has established himself as Boss of the Gouramis. He cannot stand any of his brethren to be near [...]
Some people have children. We have fish.
Sunday, February 18th, 2007We upgraded our fish tank yet again. But before I show you what we did with it, here is a summary of the pre-upgrade dynamics in the tank:
We have one big male opaline gourami who has established himself as Boss of the Gouramis. He cannot stand any of his brethren to be near [...]
Funny bunny
Friday, February 16th, 2007I was surfing the web tonight and looking at knitting stuff when I came across the most awesome picture in the entire world. This, my friends, is an Angora rabbit.
I can’t stop laughing. Three cheers for Wikipedia. If you would like to see more Angoras, you can go here.
Hell is wearing corduroy in an elevator while drinking sweet tea
Wednesday, February 14th, 2007Let’s see: it’s 8am, I’m alone in the lab, and I have absolutely nothing to write about. Hey, I know! How about a meme? According to this one meme I saw somewhere (exactly where, I don’t remember), I’m supposed to tell you 6 weird things about myself. Hoo boy, I am definitely running low on [...]
Some guy says what I’ve been thinking for the past 6 months
Tuesday, February 13th, 2007This article–written by a scientist for scientists–may interest some of you. It’s a little on the pessimistic side, but I’d have to say it sums up EXACTLY my feelings/thoughts about why science is not a feasible career for everyone.
A few lines I particularly enjoyed:
“Young Americans have generally woken up to the bad prospects and absence [...]