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Lab maintenance tales: Biohazardous Material
"there's no such thing as the dish fairy, your dishes will not magically get clean so make sure you do all of your own dishes" [in type and left above a common area sink for the labs ( Read more... ) -
Weird results for nesting PCR.
Getting weird results for PCR is never new with algae genetics, especially unicellular algae with weird eukaryotic cell parts and genomes ( Read more... ) -
6 am.
News: we could be looking at yet another general election in Canadian politics ( Read more... ) -
Blogging.
I hate the ads on my lj, the result of my having a plus account. but if i switch to a basic account, i like the background themes even less than I like the ads. "relationships with man," "love is in the hair," what the...? -
A Day in the life and other mundane things.
"Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better ( Read more... ) -
Saw David Suzuki the other day...
He was signing books at the campus bookstore. So i got my book signed. He wrote "To--- For a mind shift, David Suzuki". It was odd seeing the in the flesh version of the man everyone's heard so much about, especially here, where he taught genetics of all things for years. Aich, was I in for a ride when i went to his talk subsequently after that. ( Read more... ) -
Real Loss (Good Will Hunting)
Real loss is only possible when you love something more than you love yourself.
Robin Williams/Sean Maguire. -
Procrastinating in the Student Union building
Just came back from a 2 hour long review session. I'm so lazy, that i'll probably attend all 7 sessions and minimally review the notes before the final. I'd like to do more, but ( Read more... ) -
it's 5 am, god damn.
Can't sleep. Sleep sched's messed ( Read more... ) -
Snowing, studying, sipping coffee, yesterday
Woke up on the sofa by the cell phone ringing next to me. Forgot I asked a friend to go study somewhere close to home. It was 12 pm. It wasn't snowing hard when I initially went out. Before i knew it I was cruising at 30 kph and the car was veering, my tires have no traction on the wet snow. On the plus side, it's beautiful and white outside, ( Read more... )