The worst thing . . .

. . . about science is the writing. I loathe the writing even more than figuring out how to run the stats. I dislike it mainly because between how much of it I'm having to do right now and all the measuring of fish heads I'm doing at the same time, my already weak hand and wrist muscles are seriously fatigued. It's times like this when I think having voice recognition software would be a good thing.

Cuteness warning

This reminds me of that baby squirrel Sarah and I found at the cemetery the day after my birthday, only ours was half the size of this one.



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Boooooooo

I didn't get tickets to hear Obama speak. ::sad Dawn face::

A US president will be on my campus at the same time I am, and I'll be restricted to watching him on streaming Internet video. From two buildings away.

Obama in the Big Easy

President Obama is coming to my university on Thursday. I'm trying to register for a ticket to attend, but the form isn't on the website even though it was supposed to go live 35 minutes ago.

If I miss this opportunity because of technical issues, I will be mad.

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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