Thought for the Day, Rejected

"Love is something that you can leave behind you when you die. It's that powerful."
--John (Fire) Lame Deer, Lakota



In other news, my fish FA review was rejected. They said it didn't fit the scope of their journal, though their description of their "perspectives" articles seems like exactly what I did. Oh well, they gave a couple of suggestions to improve the manuscript, so I'll see what I can do and resubmit somewhere else.

Meet Herr Krumm

I'd like to introduce you to Herr Krumm, resident of 1000 ppb Atrazine, Fish Room, Computing Center, University of New Orleans. This is the best picture one of my lovely minions (undergrad assistants) has been able to take of the elusive Herr Krumm, which is German for "Mister Crooked," but she was able to obtain a video of him. He's a plucky little fish who doesn't let his gross morpological deformity stop him from swimming quite fast and obtaining his daily TetraMin flakes. What an inspiration to his tankmates!

Thought for the Day

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Everything is sent, plus a plug

I uploaded my FA manuscript, and I emailed the copyright form to the journal -- all yesterday morning, on 09/09/09. Gotta have some luck in that.

Now I move on to more analysis of data I have, I sit down with our departmental animal development guru for developing a staining protocol for my fish, I sit down with our departmental statistics guru (yay, we finally have one!) and figure out how to analyze some other data I have, and I get started on my fellowship app, my grant app, and my SETAC poster.

I'm going to go finish reading The Summer Tree, and I'll flip through my friend Marrus's new book that just arrived in the mail today. Marrus is a one-of-a-kind woman who lives life on her own terms and is obviously comfortable in her own skin, and Lightsurfing is partly about how she got to be that way. She's a fabulously talented artist (see her latest painting) who doesn't receive nearly enough recognition or money. Please, support her talent by purchasing her book here.

/shameless friend plug

No, I did not get a free book for typing that. I paid the $33.95 -- but the butt balloons Marrus drew next to her inscription to me were free. I love my friends! ::grin::

The time has finally come

I think I've finished all my formatting on my research review. All I have to do is write the cover letter, then I can get this opus submitted for review and hopefully acceptance into Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. I'm going to try to submit it tonight. Any prayers/well-wishes/candles lit/etc. would be greatly appreciated.