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Yesterday I hit my 800th Tweet. In commemoration of this momentous occasion, and because I am putting all my mad writing skillz into writing this big ole report from my recent work in Yellowknife and thus have none left for blogging so I decided to steal my previous writing from Twitterland, and besides, everyone loves […] →Read more
I just received an email about a new service from TheScientist.com, “the magazine for life science professionals”: LOOKING FOR A SYMBIOTIC RELATIONSHIP? And finding the world is a crowded petri dish? It’s not always easy to find that certain person for a great symbiotic relationship. Enter Science Connection. The Scientist has partnered with Science Connection […] →Read more
At last! Someone has combined two of my biggest pet peeves – pointless, annoying Facebook apps and ridiculous spelling errors! All they needed to do was make this “Is spiders and the Calgary Flames really ment to be yours?” and it would be perfect. Name and profile pic have been blurred to protect the annoying. […] →Read more
In case you were wondering, I haven’t actually dropped off the face of the earth. The lack of blogging around here has been due to me spending the last several days marking exams. But I am finally, finally, finally done with the marking! Rejoice! And now that all the students, some of whom apparently read […] →Read more
… as described via Tweets on a night that the Calgary Flames play the San Jose Sharks in a winner-take-all Game 7: 8:01 p.m.: The world’s largest flying insect is in my kitchen and it’s freaking me out!!!! HELP!!! 8:03 p.m.: Seriously, I can’t get to my tea ‘cuz the bug is over there 8:23 […] →Read more
The pictures don’t really do it justice, but here is *the* skirt: The tale of this skirt is one of intrigue and mystery. OK, not really, but it is a tale of social networking, nerdy geeky goodness. And it goes like this: My freakin cool and totally hot friend Jen sends an email to a […] →Read more
I went to Starbucks at lunchtime for a wee bit o’caffeine to get me through the afternoon and when I handed over my travel mug and asked for an Americano, the dude¹ said, “But it’s Earth Day. You get a free drip coffee.” My response, “But… [long pause]… I don’t like your coffee.” The long […] →Read more
It’s exam time, which means I’m now faced with a giant pile of exams to mark. *sigh* And they don’t seem to be marking themselves, so I’m resigned to the fact that I will, in fact, need to mark them myself. *double sigh*. And, because I have this crazy idea that university should be about […] →Read more
I B in ur internets, writin’ abt ur Prime Ministrs. Name William Lyon Mackenzie King Born: December 17, 1874 in Berlin (now Kingston), ON Died: July 22, 1950 Party: Liberal Held Office: December 29, 1921 – June 28, 1926September 25, 1926 – August 6, 1930 October 23, 1935 – November 15, 1948 Best known for: […] →Read more
I saw this news story on CNN the other day – a man was arrested in Las Vegas the other day in possession of the biological agent ricin. The news articles didn’t say any reason why this dude was making ricin, or what he planned to do with it. Freaky. →Read more