Archive for the ‘Adventures in PhD Land’ Category

So Xmas is a bit of a repeat of Thanksgiving for me which means somewhere around dinner time, I will be half dead or like the other food junkies, in a food coma.  This Boxing Day, I will indeed be running a few miles to burn off the excess energy/tummy.  See below to see what [...]

So, with a little under 24 hours left in the 2011 NaNoWriMo cycle, I have won with 50255 words written in 29 days. But you know what?  I only wrote like half the novel.  I still have at least eight more chapters left to go.  However, now I get to write it at a leisurely [...]

As usual, during the second week of NaNoWriMo, I find myself lagging behind everyone.  It’s not that I’ve hit a road block and don’t have anything to write, but because I’m in Grad School!  I can’t find time to eat let alone write. Excuses, Excuses, Excuses. I’m only 3400 hundred words behind and to be [...]

The past two weeks have been insane. I have really fallen headfirst into my research project, I’m completing fellowship applications which means chasing down recommenders, and  NaNoWriMo Started! FYI – I’m about 3,400 words behind. No worries though, I plan to write my little backside off Friday night. What worries me though, are the strange [...]

So, I know that I can’t exactly brag about exercising, since some days walking to and from school is the only exercise I get.  But, at least it’s a mile and every other day I make it a point to attempt to lock in 3 miles.  My latest run resulted in the best time for [...]

I’m sure everyone remembers Bud Light’s Real Men of Genius spots. They were hilarious.  I think I’ve listened to all of them and have suggested that Anheuser-Busch release a CD compilation for Christmas. Anyway, enough nostalgia. So, you know the weirdest things happen to me either on my way to school or on my way home. [...]

The other night while listening to the couple above me argue over what movie to see … Ok, they didn’t argue, it was more like a contest to see who could drop the most f bombs in one sentence.  I was going to enter said competition, but it was clear that registration had long been [...]

I walk about a mile to campus every morning, it’s good exercise and it gives me an opportunity to clear my head before I get into mass balance equations, Shannon’s diversity index, or enzymatic cleavage of the sp2 hybridized carbon on a highly condensed, poly aromatic molecule. Dammit! I spoke science again! Back to the [...]

So today, I gave my first poster presentation, along with my lab partner.  It went well, even after all the shenanigans that went on before we got our poster set up. First, I was running late leaving the house (late for me is an hour and a half before the actual event with a 20 [...]

The Bond franchise has seen its share of handsome, capable actors.  And each time one exits the role, there is a long list of “possibles” to take his position.  Daniel Craig recently announced that after Bond 23, he will not reprise his role as Double Oh – My! I mean O – seven.  This is [...]