Life Science Tools of the Trade

Although experiments pretty much s*cked last week, I did go to a great concert on Thursday! Patty Griffin at the Cat’s Cradle in Chapel Hill, NC. What does this have to do with science? Not much but I’ll try and tie it in somehow. Can you imagine a scientist holding an audience captive for two hours and have them begging for more. Have you ever seen a standing ovation at a seminar? How about an encore…I stand up and hold my Bic lighter aloft, screaming “More, more, more”………….the crowd stamps its feet, begging for just one more slide! Perhaps the trading cards of scientists wasn’t such a good idea.
Vendor show………..Roche (Susan) last Tuesday………plenty of bagels, coffee and no b*ll$h#t. Thanks for the samples. I hope the maxipreps kits work out for us so we can give Qiagen the heave-ho. What the hell is that insoluble fuzz pellet in Qiapreps?
FYI-two sales reps (who shall remain anonymous) told me they saw their names (Susan/Roche and Rob/ISC) here. Yes, apparently someone reads these.

On the IPOD-what iPOD?
On the turntable: Steve Jordan (the Jimi Hendrix of the accordian). Yes, real vinyl.
Books on tape with the family: “Joey Pigza swallowed the key?” by Jack Gantos A first-person fictional story about a 10 year old with ADHD (ages 8-11). Both funny and sad, well worth reading for kids and adults.
Book: “The Bones” by Seth Greenland