I admire Susan because of the time, energy, and thought that she puts into actually living, into actually being alive. Because of her patience and forgiveness, even with those who have done her wrong. Because she's never ever stopped being in love ( Read more... )

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The other night, Abram and I ate a coconut, Agnes. We started talking about coconuts, and revealed our ignorance. I swore that I would soon be able to tell him more than he ever wanted to know about those tempting tropical treats! So, in the spirit of that oath:

The Coconut!

* The coconut palm, which produces the fruit, has the scientific name ( Read more... )

Seen on the side of a building near the corner of Lake and Halsted in Chicago ( Read more... )

After a certain point, all that angst just gets real fucking boring. I want to want to get to work.

--mark

i want: abandonment to fate. to beat my head against a wall until all that's left are bloody pulpy fleshy bits interspersed with jagged broken bits of bone.

Which isn't to say I'm in a bad mood, or that I hate myself. This body and this mind actually feels pretty on-the-ball, and I am rather fond of myself. But, also, well...yeah. *sigh*

--mark

We have a new friend, Agnes. *blushes furiously*

--mark

Alkoxymercuration-demercurationIn this reaction, a molecule of alcohol is added across the double bond of an alkene to produce an ether. Mercuric Acetate (CH3COOHgOOCCH3, abbreviated Hg(OAc)2) dissociates forming a +HgOAc ion, which bonds with the alkene to form a mercurinium cation with a three-membered ring (two carbons and the mercury atom, each ( Read more... )

The Williamson Ether Synthesis

An alkoxide ion (R-O:) attacks an unhindered primary alkyl halide (R-X). The alkoxide must be made by stripping the H+ from an alcohol group, typically using NaOH for alcohols attached to sp2 or sp carbons, and more powerful bases (such as Na, K, or NaH) for alcohols attached to sp3 carbons. Phenols can be used as ( Read more... )

Fuck this shit! Fuck this whiny, angsty, self-pitying, self-indulgent bullshit! Fuck this neener-neener, nyah-nyah-nyah horsepoop! Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, men, women, and children of all ages, I am a motherfucking geek! (not the kind that bites the heads off chickens, though that shit's cool too) Raaar! Star Wars! Sluggy Freelance! Cat ( Read more... )