The Hortlak, by Kelly Link

[rustybutterkniv]

This is a completely random and/or insane idea I just had as I was taking the bus back to lab

Comments

[pluvius]

In pharmacy this problem doesn't exist because we don't acknowledge the existence of microliters. Micrograms are simply "mikes."

Rob

[rustybutterkniv]

That makes it much easier, we couldn't use "mikes" or "micros" unless its really clear from the context. Seriously though, I think about stuff way too much.

[kickthehobbit]

auuuuugh I love that story. Kelly Link is amazing. :P

catching up on posts, I may be in Portland next weekend if I can swing it, if you would like to go out for a birthday beer or whatever!

also we should totally be Facebook friends, and we always just call microliters micros or microliters...no abbreviation necessary. I don't deal with micrograms, so you 're on your own on that front. :P

[rustybutterkniv]

Micrograms mostly come up in the context of solution concentrations. As in, ug / mL because it's almost always most convenient to think of stuff as per / mL: mg/mL, ug/mL, ng/mL. Except for molarity of course... When you pipette however, it's almost always in terms of uL.

[kickthehobbit]

see, when we're dealing with solutions that dilute we talk in terms of ppb or ppm...you biochemists are weird. :P

[rustybutterkniv]

Anyway, I would love to go out for a beer on Friday or Saturday!

Do you know Kelly Link from Podcastle (who aired The Hortlak), or from one of her story collections?