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The Sky is Falling!

Posted: May 24, 2012 in Humor, Weird Things While Crusading in The Name of Science
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Says Chicken Little… It’s the end of the world as we know it … again. I don’t know if any of you noticed that it is 2012 and the conspiracy theorists are yet again going crazy.   What doesn’t help this situation is the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, which has been ongoing for-like-what- EVER? [...]

Rumor had it…

Posted: May 22, 2012 in Adventures in PhD Land, Humor, Weird Things While Crusading in The Name of Science, Weird Things While Studying
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that I had perished in the chaos that was the second half of the spring semester.  But I’m just here to let everyone know that I am indeed alive and sweating like three pigs on the beach.  Man is it hot already? And despite the heat, I decided that in order to avoid the drama [...]

Exodus: Movement of NCAA Tournament Fans

Posted: March 20, 2012 in Adventures in PhD Land, Humor, Weird Things While Crusading in The Name of Science, Writing
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So Sunday night, I was in the lab- you know – making science happen.  I mean SCIENCE WAS HAPPENING! … and then the power went out. Science stopped, science is still stopped. Power going out, machines powering down too fast because generators aren’t cutting in are bad. Bad for science. For a moment, I thought, HOLY S&^#$!  [...]

Solar Flare: What If Biggest Known Sun Storm Hit Today?

Posted: March 8, 2012 in Adventures in PhD Land, The Microbial Enthusiast, Weird Things While Crusading in The Name of Science
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Solar Flare: What If Biggest Known Sun Storm Hit Today?. Apparently… NO FACEBOOK for hours maybe.  I know this disturbs many people – because what would they do in their spare time??? For those of thus who have the slightest clue of what’s going on, we’ll be outside enjoying the extension of both the northern [...]

My Neighbor My Hero: The Untold Story of a True Patriot

Posted: January 25, 2012 in Adventures in PhD Land, Creativity, Humor, Weird Things While Crusading in The Name of Science, Weird Things While Studying
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Ok so the title of this post was totally for dramatic effect, LOL!Last post, I shared my three wishes for this semester with everyone. For my third wish, I asked that my neighbors push their weekly “Party Rock Anthem” fiesta from Wednesday night to the weekend just because, you know, that makes sense.  I also [...]

Three Things I Want for This Semester

Posted: January 23, 2012 in Adventures in PhD Land, Creativity, Humor, Weird Things While Crusading in The Name of Science, Weird Things While Studying, Writing
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1.To Stay Healthy Every semester starts off the same for me.  I exercise regularly, I eat properly and I take my vitamins.  Yet, shortly after midterms, this trend ends.  Between crazy assignments, a short vacation which makes me more susceptible to procrastination.  I have to beat this trend. 2.To Write More Being a grad student [...]

Detour Left: Semester Ends Here

Posted: December 26, 2011 in Adventures in PhD Land, Creativity, Humor, The Microbial Enthusiast, Weird Things While Crusading in The Name of Science, Weird Things While Studying
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After all the toiling, paper cuts, computer crashes and bad note taking, I sit here having survived my first semester of a PhD program.  And while I thought getting a masters was rough, there are a few things about a PhD program that are far more unsettling: 1.) The reading load triples. – Yeah, this may [...]

NaNoWriMo 2011 Winner!

Posted: November 30, 2011 in Adventures in PhD Land, Humor, NaNoWriMo, Weird Things While Crusading in The Name of Science, Weird Things While Studying, Writing
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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 [...]

Uh, You’re Not Supposed To Be In Here…

Posted: October 12, 2011 in Adventures in PhD Land, Humor, Weird Things While Crusading in The Name of Science
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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 [...]