Tag: random
Back in the Saddle
March 6th, 2010, No Comments
Lots of stuff going on this weekend, so I’ll give you a brief overview of everything:- Recruiting: You saw yesterday (or maybe not) what I think about recruiting. We have been carting these kids around town, feeding them, showing them how excelle…
And They Say There Are No Original Ideas Anymore
March 2nd, 2010, No Comments
Day two of interlude until my exam tomorrow, so I will leave you with this little gem. Those of you who have kids: ever wonder what would happen if you took the nonsensical stuff they made up, the stories that they told to entertain themselves, a…
Musical Interlude
March 1st, 2010, No Comments
I feel like a jerk for not giving you any substance yet this week, but I have an exam on Wednesday that I have avoided studying for until just recently (kids! DO NOT DO THIS.) and thus I must focus on it until Wednesday. I hate to say it, b…
February Randoms
February 10th, 2010, No Comments
I have a list of several things I want to cover in separate blog posts, but haven’t had the time/volition to hunker down and actually do the literally *minutes* of necessary research, so instead I’m going to regale you with the current list of things g…
Geeking Out
February 5th, 2010, No Comments
So last night, I had the privilege(?) of driving to Chicago to watch a taping of NPR’s “Irreverent News Quiz” Wait Wait… Don’t Tell Me!. For those of you who are unfamiliar with the show, each week they record an hour long news-quiz-comedy show…
How far we’ve come
January 22nd, 2010, No Comments
One of my fellow MSP students sent out a few pictures to us this week. They’re advertisements from the 1930’s, endorsed by doctors of all people, suggesting some rather… well, let’s say interesting treatments for what ails you.Enjoy!
10 Things I Hate About… Er, Um, That Make Me Happy
January 21st, 2010, No Comments
Sorry, couldn’t pass up the reference to my favorite iteration of Shakespeare (if only because my wife looks a little bit like Julia Stiles…). Anyway, Megan over at In Training has charged me (and others) to write about a few things that make me…
99 Problems…
January 19th, 2010, No Comments
Well, this is only because it’s my 99th post… I’m guessing it’s more like a handful of problems. Here’s some stuff I’ve been thinking about…- Got the original research proposal turned in. Like Fry’s book, it was a twisted world full of …
Open Thread: Giving a talk on lab safety for grad students
January 17th, 2010, No Comments
Guys and gals, I would like your input on something. I am giving a laboratory safety seminar to first-year organic chemistry graduate students in about a week. While I already have notes from the prof who used to to this seminar, the powers that be decided that it would be best if a senior graduate [...]
Work in Progress
January 11th, 2010, No Comments
See that title up there? That’s what cropping in MS Paint and using Powerpoint “Word Art” can get you. Obviously, the title, as well as the overall look and feel of the blog, is a work in progress.(And yes, I realize it looks an awful lot like Facebo…
