...an assay that FINALLY gives beautiful data after 2 weeks of not cooperating. I hope the reviewers of my manuscript are happy now.

I shall now leave the lab happy. In the last 5 years, I can probably count the times that's happened on 1 hand!

...must come to an end. I go back to lab tomorrow, and Gavin starts day care.

Any suggestions for how to make the transition from home to work easier? I'm sure some parents out there have some wisdom they can share...thanks!

Day 3 of my week-long trip to the east coast, and I miss A already. Gavin does, too--I can tell. Luckily, the little guy has been a great sport, being cute for all the visitors and sleeping fairly well. Yesterday was a record day for going through outfits, though. Between spit-up and, well, other things, he went through every sleeper I'd ( Read more... )

Show me the thechemgoddess!

Which movie was this quote from?

(I must do homage to a very special English professor, who taught me that "quote" is a verb, and "quotation" is a noun. I may be in science, but I remember some grammar!)

My son is 13 days old today. So far we've been through a lot ( Read more... )

So my brain's been working pretty hard lately. They say that pregnancy can make you dumb, or something silly like that, but I think I'm doing OK ( Read more... )

So I stayed home from SCA meeting tonight to work, and for the most part, I've done a good job of staying on task. Sometimes I put the TV on low volume in the background while I read or write, and I've found that Wednesday night TV generally sucks. But at 10 PM, Extreme Surgery comes on, and today it's an awesome show about a guy who fixes ( Read more... )

Quite a few nice things happened today. It's not often that good things come in bunches so I thought I would list them ( Read more... )

...and according to this article, I am ( Read more... )

Your results:
You are Mr. Freeze
Mr. Freeze
64%
Apocalypse
59%
Venom
57%
Poison Ivy
52%
Mystique
52%
Dr. Doom
50%
The Joker
49%
Dark Phoenix
48%
Magneto
47%
Green Goblin
44%
Juggernaut
36%
Lex Luthor
32%
Riddler
32%
Two-Face
32%
Catwoman
29%
Kingpin
27%

You are cold and you think everyone else should be also, literally.


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