This all started a couple weeks ago, when one of the more complicated reactions we do just decided to stop working ( Read more... )

Courtsey of The facerizer!

Last update for the day and a good way to waste time. Get crackin' kids! :)

Bigger image of what it spat out for me

I found this pic today on Jerry's computer of me at our new building. This was back in... February-ish I wanna say. Hence the heavy clothes. It was cold in there ( Read more... )

I tried to have cereal for breakfast but the milk came out of the jug in chunks, despite the fact that the "sell-by" date isn't til the end of this week. I'd be SO MAD if I got milk in the store that was chunky and not yet past its sell-by date ( Read more... )

So some jackhole got ahold of my checking account # and routing # and charged me for about 250$ of gay porn ( Read more... )

Spent the weekend at the cottage in Michigan and, par for the course, came back with bug bites ( Read more... )

So at this point, I'm pretty sure I've eliminated academia from the question. After reading a study on how 1 in 5 americans think the Sun revolves around the Earth (and no, I don't think 1 in 5 Americans know general relativity) I think if I'm going to teach anything, it should be high school science. >But, there's not a lot of money in that, so I ( Read more... )

Jerry wants me to make a list of all the things I need to do to before I take my prelim. He likes lists. I however, have a very nice list on my head, and don't particularly feel like writing one down, so I'll do it here ( Read more... )

Yesterday I successfully burned Chromium (solid) with Sulfur (solid). While this may not sound like a big deal, it was the first step toward making a target for the reaction S(p,n)34mCl ( Read more... )

I really need to stop reading articles with titles like "Top 10 jobs for new grads" and "Salary outlook for recent grads". They just depress me. One of the characters at my favorite pick-me-up-comic Piled higher and Deeper Comics frequently laments comparing her research assistant salary to that of her friends, who took their bachelor's degrees ( Read more... )