Thursday, Feb 26 2009
Every Wednesday during the semester my department has Research Round Table, or RRT. Research Round Table is a great name to describe the weekly meeting; RRT is a horrible acronym. It may not look like a horrible acronym, but try saying it out loud. Quickly. You sounded like a hungry gawking seal, didn’t you? So [...]
Categories: Academia, Daily Grind -- Tags: Michelle, Peer ReviewTuesday, Feb 17 2009
An undergrad that works on one of my research projects in the lab told me today that she is going to send me things “to keep me up to date.” Wow. Just wow. I don’t really feel old, but for fun I like to joke about feeling old. Sometimes, though, I do get pure glimpses [...]
Categories: Cats, Daily GrindWednesday, Feb 11 2009
Not long after beginning this blog in August, 2008 I added a plug-in that tracks, among a number of things, the search engine searches that have led people to my website. As a way to celebrate the 6-month birthday of Moore Tokens, my dear friend, Amy, gave me the idea of listing some of [...]
Categories: Blog -- Tags: FriendsThursday, Feb 05 2009
La persistencia de la memoria (1931) is Salvaldor Dalí’s most famous painting.
Dalí died exactly twenty years ago last month, and it’s too bad, because I would have loved to have invited him over for dinner this week. I’m sure as we would have stood in the kitchen, sipping sangría, laughing, and wildly trilling our r’s [...]
Categories: Daily Grind, HomeMonday, Feb 02 2009
Scout: I saw my shadow. Winter is over. Let me in now, my job is done.
Me: You have that backwards. When Punxsutawney Phil sees his shadow, like he did this morning, that means we have six more weeks of winter.
Looks like someone could use some cheering up, perhaps with a new catnip toy. Either that [...]
Categories: Cats, Daily Grind, Special Event -- Tags: Groundhog Day, Scout