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Help! Help! A Giant Squid!
One of the things that a pale, befreckled person looks forward to during a beach vacation is reading. Reading on the shady deck in the morning, reading on the couch at midday and reading under an umbrella while out on … Continue reading
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Tagged beast, Bermuda, book review, book reviews, books, Etsy, friends, friendship, giant squid, graduate school, jaws, kraken, north carolina, old friends, Outer Banks, Peter Benchley, reading, roomie, Squid, the kraken
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30 DoB, Day 22: Favorite Book You Own
We’re going to go in a slightly different direction for the next subject in the 30 Days of Books list: Day 22 – Favorite book you own I suppose that the obvious answer for this sort of question would be something like … Continue reading
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Tagged biochemistry, Book, books, chemistry, cytochrome c, dissertation, graduate school, helvetica, science, thesis
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Bad Project
I know that I’ve posted a couple of these before, but I thought that this send-up was exceptional because of the lyrics (which everyone that has gone to grad school in the sciences can attest to), and (truly inspired by … Continue reading
The Kind of Better Looking Game
The last time I can remember playing soccer was in graduate school. I was a pretty reasonable scholar-athlete at the time and used sports as a good stress reliever from having a lot of work, not a lot of money … Continue reading
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Tagged flopping, graduate school, netherlands, soccer, south africa, spain, sports, world cup
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Booking Through Thursday: Grammar
In honor of National Grammar Day … it IS “March Fourth” after all … do you have any grammar books? Punctuation? Writing guidelines? Style books? More importantly, have you read them? How do you feel about grammar in general? Important? Vital? Unnecessary? … Continue reading
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Tagged booking through thursday, data, graduate school, grammar, science, scientific communication, scientific paper
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Vox Hunt: Celebrating National Pecan Day, Ex-girlfriend style
Today is National Pecan Day. To celebrate, show us something nutty. Last week, I put forth the hypothesis that my unusually aggressive knee pain was caused by an unhappy ex-girlfriend using a voodoo doll. You might have noticed that I … Continue reading
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Tagged dessert, ex's, girlfriends, graduate school, national pecan day, pecan pie, vox hunt
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Get Your PHD Today!
No – I’m not advocating carving out 4+ years to work like a dog for a sub-minimum wage salary in laboratory settings that would make an OSHA inspector blanch.* I’m talking about getting your own Diabetes PHD (Personal Health Decisions) … Continue reading
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Tagged blood pressure, diabetes, endocrinology, graduate school, health, healthcare, risk factors, science, science literacy, type 2 diabetes, weight, weight loss
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M&MM Quiz Answers
Well, it looks like Java Janie goes to the head of the class with 2 correct answers on yesterday’s M&MM nickname quiz, Grandma-P also came pretty close on two explanations. DaveB is disqualified even though he got them all correct … Continue reading
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Tagged dave casper, grade school, graduate school, high school, me, me and my monday, nickname, quiz, red hair, tennis
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Eight Things About Me
Tamzen tagged me the other day to come up with eight random things about myself. I’ve done a couple of these before, so this weekend I tried to think of some stories/events/traits that I might not have previously discussed. As … Continue reading
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Tagged catholic school, college life, dating, drinking, gambling, grade school, graduate school, high school, meme, memories, movies, religious education, school
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