February 2010
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January 2010
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insect experts
I think it would be really cool if I knew everything there was to know about insects and I was some awesome entomologist and I could spout off the characteristics of any species of bug.
Too bad live bugs creep me out. In theory, they’re really cool.
What do you do when a professor tells you to stop by their office sometime, but…
a) they don’t give you a time to stop by b) they don’t hold office hours c) you can’t find where their office is located, after hours of scouring the university website
???
rawr. frustration.
“Everything we do is a choice: oatmeal or cereal, highway or side street, kiss...”
– Ned, Pushing Daisies (via quote-book) (via euphoricdetachment)
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In Urban Dictionary:
word son: a phrase signifying somethings high quality and implying ones anticipation of utilizing such a high quality product.
dude #1: yo i got some new trees. dude #2: are they word son? dude #1: yeah. dude #2: word son.
http://word-son.urbanup.com/2053850
In English:
awesome: a phrase signifying something’s high quality and implying one’s anticipation of...
How to Forget Fear →
psychotherapy:
Imagine if you could rewrite your mind as quickly as a document on your computer. No more painful memories, no phobias or ingrained fears, just a blank slate where the scars that mark each human life used to be. This may sound like the stuff of Hollywood fantasy but last month it came a step closer to reality at New York University. By manipulating memory a research team managed...
“Anything you dream is fiction, and anything you accomplish is science, the whole...”
– Ray Bradbury (via booklover)
Believing You Can Be Smarter Actually Makes You... →
I am intelligent!
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“Everything WILL be okay in the end. If it’s not okay, then it’s simply not the...”
– Unknown (via dailyinspiredthoughts)
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MMMbop | Hanson | 1997
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Selective Breeding
I just learned today that Dalmatians have been bred so that they do not have white hairs in their black spots. The gene that causes Dalmatians to have white hairs in their black spots is linked to another gene that allows uric acid to be converted to allantoin (which can be excreted like sweat and stuff). Because Dalmatians cannot excrete uric acid, it builds up in joints, a.k.a. gout. ...
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“All that is valuable in human society depends upon the opportunity for...”
– Albert Einstein (quoted by Maura Cullen, a diversity speaker)
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“The study of the inheritance of genetic traits in humans is complicated by the...”
– iGenetics: A Mendelian Approach by Peter J. Russell
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Cells function as a result of many...
I started reading the first chapter of my genetics textbook in preparation for my first class on Tuesday. For some reason, this line just seems to resonate in my head:
Cells function as a result of many, interacting biochemical pathways, each step of which is catalyzed by an enzyme (or more than one enzyme).
I think, this is what I live for: interacting biochemical pathways. How one function...
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WatchThank you stranger for putting a real smile on my face!
a day too late
I just found the perfect summer program for me, for what I want in life, the location, the stipend, and the experience. The deadline to apply was yesterday. Fml.
I better keep looking then…
Mushroom Growing →
I just spent the last 30 minutes on this website. Is it sad that I only enjoy watching the mushrooms procreate until they die out and really have no interest in the actual “game of life”?
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“let’s blow the dust out of those hard to get to crevices and hope that we...”
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The Box
There are Moments when I feel like I’m going to e x p l o d e.
Moments when I feel as if I don’t want to exist.
Moments when I don’t know who I am,
what I’m doing here,
where I’m supposed to be.
I just want to push it all away in a box, close it, and lock it up tight.
So that’s what I’ll do.
I’ll throw myself into a world that’s not...
Myths - and Facts - About Sleep | National Sleep... →
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“There’s never enough time to do all the nothing you want.”
– Calvin (of Calvin and Hobbes)
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hello, me!
I’m welcoming myself to tumblr by writing a post. I think congratulations to me are in order for successfully acquiring my first blog since blogspot about five years ago. Let’s hope this one lasts longer!
-trace