So, for all three of you out there who have ever read a scientific paper, you may get kick out of this. I certainly did, but that's because some morning I'm going to wake-up and discover that I have been elected "Queen of the Nerds ( Read more... )

As Albert calls it, the summer-time blues have begun! And we were doing so well. But, at least we had three weeks of not fighting to enjoy. It's just so ridiculous how quickly things escalate. One minute we're talking about pants, and the next thing he's getting upset that we're broke. But were not, cuz we both work full-time. Seriously, man ( Read more... )

Considering that it's been over a month since I last updated, I'll bring my journal up to speed. I decided to apply for the HHMI grant, despite the fact that I had two days to write my proposal. Which I managed to do, but I was pretty sure it was the worst piece of crap ever. Despite that, I was still damn proud of it cuz I've never done ( Read more... )

I've been wanting for awhile to post about my job, because it has been so satisfying as of late. Recently I was given a promotion of sorts. While there's no change in title, there was a $1.05 raise (my biggest ever!) and a bunch a cool new duties. So, now I get to assist in research. This means mostly extracting DNA (our model in this case is a ( Read more... )

The beginning of this year leaves me wondering if it's gonna be any better than last. It started with Al falling asleep instead of kissing me at midnight.... And we hadn't even been drinking ( Read more... )

Getting into a rollicking discussion of whether or not a null hypothesis is truly necessary. Like, hello? How you can test your alternative hypothesis if you don't have something to compare it to? Silly economics majors!

Happy World AIDS Day, everyone ( Read more... )

I've been meaning to update this thing for awhile ( Read more... )

I've been reduced to the quite state. I'm just shocked, and stunned. Somebody who was once very close to me, but then wasn't abruptly, has contacted me! Why I use such vague terms I don't know. Maybe because it seems so unreal! I've always thought that if I could ever talk to her again that I would apologize. And it felt really good, ( Read more... )

As many of you may or may not know, lemmings do not actually commit mass suicide to avoid over-population. Apparently, the way this myth got started was from good ole' Disney. My ecology prof. told us that the film crew just herded the poor bastards right off the cliff ( Read more... )