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And speaking of grad school, when you are a grad student, you don’t really get vacation. Sure, you might not run experiments over Christmas holidays and you get to go to the occasional conference, but you are still working. Or, if you are goofing off, no one’s paying you to do so. But along with […] →Read more
Comprehensive exams: com·pre·hen·sive ex·ams n. an especially cruel form of torture to which Ph.D. students are subjected —Synonyms 1. comps 2. hell Props to Erika for passing her comps yesterday! →Read more
It’s late Monday night and I’m only just now getting around to blogging my weekend… where does the time go? As you know, Friday morning I did the Grind and you don’t know, Friday night I stayed home and did a whole lot of nothing. Honestly, I can’t remember what I did on Friday night. […] →Read more
Despite the fact that I was actually alive when he was Prime Minister, I don’t know much about John Turner. This is probably explained by the fact that he was the P.M. for 2.5 months when I was 7 years old. Name John Napier Wyndham Turner Born: June 7, 1929 in Richmond, Surrey, England Died: […] →Read more
See Gay Zombie. [youtube=http://youtube.com/watch?v=1ZuK_wYrqp8] Props to Kalev for passing this along! →Read more
Yesterday marked my first Grouse Grind of the year! The trail didn’t open for the season until quite recently due to the super heavy snowfall we had this past winter – they don’t open the trail until enough of the snow is gone. And apparently there was too much snow until June. Craziness. Also craziness […] →Read more
So Raul invited me to join him and some others to attend a movie premiere last night. Well, I believe he actually “informed” me that I would be attending rather than “inviting” exactly, but that’s neither here nor there. The movie was a Canadian documentary called Global Metal and it was being shown as part […] →Read more
Planning any travel in the near future? If you are and if you book through Travelocity, I encourage you to use this link: http://www.gvrsf.ca/travelocity.html A portion of the commission of anything booked through that link will go to support the Greater Vancouver Regional Science Fair. I’ve judged at the GVRSF for several years and it […] →Read more
It’s official! I will be have laser beams in my eyes on August 15th. I was given a set of instructions. You have to arrive an hour before the surgery for them to get you all ready. Wear a button down shirt so you don’t have to pull the shirt off over your head that […] →Read more
I hosted a work-related function at the Alibi Room tonight (based on some recommendations I received after Twittering something to the effect of “Help! Need a place in Vancouver that can accommodate a group of 20-40 people!”) and I can’t speak highly enough about the place. The awesome food, friendly service and funky space led […] →Read more