Let me know if you know of any cool places to grab a bite to eat or any local scenes to take in as I head out there for a conference this weekend.
I hate baths...
I have nothing scientific to write about so I'm going to rant on this today. I love showers, I hate baths. Except for small kids or handicapped, I really don't understand why any able bodied person wants to take one, just use the damn shower. I don't care if bubble baths are relaxing, you are sitting in a cauldron of ass water and that is gross as hell. Just take a shower.
So hopefully when Kang and Kodos when the election this fall and come to power in the spring, they will ban baths because its just nasty.
Poll: Cutlery
So my parents have knives that might be old enough to have been fashioned back in the Bronze Age and they are even duller than I am. So for Father's Day, I've decided to get them a new Chef's knife or set to replace the crap that they currently have in their kitchen. I've been rocking a GLOBAL Knife (chef and boning) for the past few years and love it, especially the fact that they seem to retain their sharpness for longer than any other knife I've ever had. So I'd like to get my folks a nice chef's knife for use in the kitchen, which brand would you recommend. But I'd also like to make it as low maintenance as possible, I don't see Genomic RepairMom and Dad sharpening a knife on a weekly or monthly basis.
Worst job ever...Don't be Margaret Howe
"When you want to do research in an exotic location, you sign up to live in a house with a dolphin...when you live in a house with a dolphin you try to set up a system of communication with it...when you communicate with a dolphin you find out it wants to bone you..when the dolphin wants to bone you, you give it hand jobs and trip acid with it..."
Don't give dolphin hand jobs! Get rid of dolphins and switch to a normal job.
Mo Bluegrass: You are my sunshine...
This is version was performed by Norman Blake for the movie "O Brother, Where Art Thou?". Also this song is one of the official state songs for the great state of Louisiana.
Its a little disconcerting...
when one part of your body is swelled up 2-3X the size of its counterpart. Thank goodness for ice and ibuprofen. And its either true grit or idiocy that keeps me working through the pain in the lab today. Damn, its probably the latter.
On this day...DNA structure
Today marks the 59 anniversary of the seminal paper from Watson and Crick describing the structure of DNA. It is definitely worth re-reading. I can't believe how short it is and how long Nature papers have become.
Mo Bluegrass: Freebird edition...
As the resident southerner of Scientopia I have to make sure to keep you guys posted on all things hickish. Thus enjoy this bluegrass rendition of a favorite song of mine from some greasy long haired boys from down in Florida.
Reference available if you can find them...
So I have the unique situation of having a former mentor that is to put it best MIA. He was the mentor for my MS and is no longer in the scientific research game not because of retirement or death, but because he got squeezed out of the game. And to make it worse, the dude fell off the grid, I mean his phone number has been changed, no longer answers emails, etc. Also no one in my former department even knows where he is, for all I know he could be living in a van down by the river. He was a good boss, but this is kind of a pain in the ass now when I need to include him as a reference in my CV, but he has no current academic affiliation or contact information.
Any suggestions? I'm installing LoJack on my Ph.D. advisor to make sure this doesn't happen again.
