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some thoughts from [big genetics meeting]
I may be imagining this just because I'm insecure around men or something (although I don't think that I usually am in any non-academic setting), but I feel like the male scientists whom I met yesterday who had constructive commentary on my research were also trying to intimidate me at the same time. A woman also had constructive commentary for me ( Read more... ) -
Driven Bats
Neil Patrick Harris plays a supervillain who sings about his unrequited love. I'm talking, of course, about the Music Meister.
This is what I get for visiting Chris's blog yesterday. All day long I've had this song stuck in my head in which NPH sings angrily about Batman ( Read more... ) -
my not-so-hip podcast
Stayed up a little too late Sunday night, had coffee yesterday late morning, could not fall asleep until after 3AM. Wondered if people who take Ambien tried switching to decaf first ( Read more... ) -
Hey humanity? This is why we can't have nice things.
From sactoboydave via Facebook:
Wal-Mart bans gay couple for NOT shopliftingIt gets so much worse than what the article title implies. While the gay couple were cuffed and held in squad cars, their special needs adopted children were taken to the Wal-Mart detention room and emotionally abused by security guards, such that they are still having nightmares. I ( Read more... ) -
some randomness
When you eat candy corn, do you ever notice how well the individual pieces stack with each other? Like, how you could maybe assemble them around a chocolate center and it would be like corn on the cob, and then you could bite it and OMG instant diabetes ( Read more... ) -
I fart Maine
I was farting in the shower last night and noticed that it smelled like low tide. Maybe if Maine were cool enough to have same-sex marriage I would be able to fart freakin' coffee and doughnuts. (I realize that other states have coastline, coffee, and doughnuts, but not in the way that Maine does. Trust me ( Read more... ) -
America's future
The prof in the class I'm TAing gave a pop quiz today in lecture. I graded 108 quizzes, about half of the stack. The class size is a little under 300, so this means that slightly over 2/3 of the class showed up to lecture (and felt that it was worth handing their quiz in to us ( Read more... ) -
(Untitled)
Watching Return of the King this weekend finally got me to start crying, although I wish it had lasted a little longer. There is more to get out.
Also, any viewing of this movie requires pausing at the appropriate place for Where There's a Whip There's a Way.
