For those of you playing at home, studying junior qual + thesis orals has NOTHING on phd comps. Nor should it.

Less than 100 hours to go...

Puppy cam!

They're six weeks old, so who knows how long puppy cam will last. The cam doesn't seem to broadcast all the time, either.

Phoenix Lander, may you rest in peace.

BBC News: Legal case against God dismissed.

Thank you, Ernie Chambers, for wasting the judicial system's resources.

'Glowing' jellyfish grabs Nobel

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Really? The jellyfish won the 2008 Nobel Prize in Chemistry? Not Martin Chalfie, Roger Tsien and Osamu Shimomura, but jellyfish?

*headdesk*

As was demonstrated in an interview with Katie Couric, Sarah Palin is unable to name any Supreme Court Case other than Roe v. Wade ( Read more... )

It be Talk Like A Pirate Day! Shiver me timbers!

-Swimming lessons: yes, I know how to swim, but not efficiently.
-Grouse Grind: made it up in 62 minutes.
-Food: sushi, sushi, sushi.
-Games: Lego Star Wars.
-Portland: I was there. Were you?

Coming up:
-Group camping trip
-More lab work
-Not classes/TAing

Dear University,

Why do you not have a subscription to Journal of Heterocyclic Chemistry?

Yours truly,

A student performing chemistry with heterocycles!

PS Lamesauce

Unlike Portland's bike route planner, Vancouver, BC's supplies routes that make sense. Go team Canada!