Saturday, November 21, 2015. A day in the life. Stash saved up from when I was way over-producing early on. I babbled on for a while after this, but it got repetitive, and I go.

The Cloacal Kiss and other Curiosities. Tuesday, April 13, 2010. Sunday, November 29, 2009. The fact human females would want sex at all outside of their monthly 6-day window of receptivity is an evolutionary problem. I suppose I should pause here to explain an important concept in evol.

A blog about the brain, science, and society. Monday, October 5, 2009. Ribosomal protein S6 kinase 1 signaling regulates mammalian life span. What do you think? Would it be ethical? Links to this post. Thursday, August 27, 2009.

Wednesday, August 11, 2010. We considered a number of options. Replacing them completely with reclaimed floorboards, stripping them, or using new machined timber floors. What really sold the white wash idea to me was these images posted by blogger Nancy Flowers. Wednesday, August 11, 2010. Monday, August 9, 2010.

Musings on life, science, and life as a scientist. Thursday, July 2, 2015. At this point, I have been at a fair number of universities over the course of my career. Small ones, large ones, rural ones, urban ones. If there is one thing that unites them all, it is bureaucracy. I have come across a variety of types of bureaucracy in my travels.

Coffee of the Week, Edition 3.

Monday, July 5, 2010. I love buying playdresses for Miss L, and boy does she love wearing them. She picks out her own clothes each morning, and she always selects a playdress and leggings. The dress in the photo above was a recent gift from her grandparents. Tuesday, June 29, 2010. Sometimes you need to make little ad.

Thursday, January 08, 2015. The other night, I caught up with a friend whom I hadnt seen since before the holiday. Mariah is married, has a child, and likes her job. She generally seems in good spirits when I see her. So I was surprised when she needed to unload a story of frustration. Which just sounded like nasty, unfounded gossip to me. Its so much easier to choose the default option of blaming the woman, like she was .

Scientopia has meant so much to me. It has been a home, a comfortable place, for so long. It has seen me through the biggest transition of my career. The people here have been a source of advice, mentorship, strength. Scientopia is a wonderful group of people.

Thursday, April 2, 2009. Twelve thousand dollars of uber nerd equipment arrived for the new lab today. I am in science mother geek heaven. Another new staff member started today so the team is also shaping up. Tuesday, March 31, 2009.