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Monthly Archives: August 2010
Update
Thanks to all for your well-wishes in the last post. My symptoms are getting a little worse (and a little more disgusting) but my mental state is getting a lot better. I still don’t know what’s wrong with me exactly. … Continue reading
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Gone for a while.
I’m going to be MIA for a while. Health issues.
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Big cats + catnip = ???
This is awesome. Someone videotaped various big cats (not all of them are ‘true’ big cats, but whatever) reacting to a bag of catnip in their environments. Most of them just roll around a lot and bat at things that … Continue reading
The Carnal Carnival: Inaugural Edition!
Bora has posted the debut edition of the Carnal Carnival! Please check it out and learn everything you didn’t know that you didn’t know about poop! Next month’s theme is my least favorite subject, barf. So get to readin’, get … Continue reading
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Safety nets
The zomg grad school carnival!!!1 is now posted over at 49 Percent, so head on over and read all the wonderful posts that Samia has collected for us. One issue that I’ve been ruminating on for a while is whether … Continue reading
No news is good news?
I’ve been pretty quiet this week, mostly because I took your advice and started reading. Stephen King (yes, now you know I’m a fan of High Literature) has written about four novels since I stopped having time to read regularly … Continue reading
Neuromuscular Junction Cookie!
This is adorable. From here, found via this science cookie roundup post that I also highly recommend you visit, if you enjoy stuff like anatomical cakes and cookies that resemble T-4 macrophages. Click to enlarge!
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Carnal Carnival, meta blogging, links.
I’m pleased to announce that I had a hand in inspiring a new blog carnival: The Carnal Carnival. With such wonderful theme topics as poop, pee, blood, and barf, you can surely understand why I’d be interested in being part … Continue reading
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Bored.
I’ve experienced something in the past week that I haven’t had happen since starting grad school. Actually, since before starting grad school. I have, literally and without exaggeration, nothing that I should be working on. I taught a first-session summer … Continue reading
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On detecting stress endocrines in hamster poop
I realize I am cutting in just under the wire, but for today’s rodent blogging, I’d like to discuss three things that are very near and dear to my heart: hamsters, stress endocrines, and poop. This wonderful little specimen is … Continue reading
