Now it’s time for another exciting edition of NAME THAT PLANT! I ran into today’s contestant at the Saturday Berkeley Farmers Market (which is, by the way, proud to be GM free, but I was with people I knew so I refrained from trying to provoke people I didn’t know). Raw, the outer flesh tastes [...]
Posts from ‘September, 2008’
Another day
… another grey hair. (Sorry, no picture) Incidentally this is post #50. I couldn’t believe it either. Science is going well. Started my first rotation. I alternate between listless boredom and information overload, but I think I’m at a near optimal ratio between the two. Scientific Fact of The Day: Mutualistic relationships between species rarely [...]
Thank You All
This one goes out to all of you who’ve made me tasty food. My friends: The girl I live with: My girlfriend: And my friend’s girlfriend: Thanks also to my ex-girlfriends (food not pictured), my friend’s ex-girlfriend (food not pictured) and my girlfriend’s friend (additional pecan pie not pictured).
Ads
On the one hand I love this dialogue: “You know what they say about [high fructose corn syrup].” “What?” “um….uh…” “What it’s made from corn? ::girlish giggle::” On the other hand, this kind of heavy-handed low-info advertising reminds me a little to much of the “We Call it Life” ads that came out a while [...]
Point Lobos
On the retreat this weekend we had a three hour break in our schedule and a bunch of us drove down to a park on the coast called point lobos. Pictures have been posted to flickr.
First Retreat
The department gathered in Monterey (home of the apparently famous pebble beach golf course) to discuss science and meet/embarrass the new grad students. Highlights (in no particular order): The people who study magnetic bactera are really enthusiastic about the science they’re doing. The logic regarding how the bacteria are gaining an advantage by producing magnetic [...]
Obama on Science
“Advances in the genetic engineering of plants have provided enormous benefits to American farmers. I believe that we can continue to modify plants safely with new genetic methods, abetted by stringent tests for environmental and health effects and by stronger regulatory oversight guided by the best available scientific advice. “ – Barak Obama’s answers to [...]