Minor victory thread
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Is that like hanging a condom from a doorknob? DO NOT ENTER, CROCHETING IN PROGRESS.I recently got the urge to take up crocheting so I bought some basic crochet hooks and some yarn. I watched a few YouTube videos and then found a pattern. I decided to make a scarf for my mom because the minute she heard I was thinking of trying crocheting she started hinting that I should make her something. So I found a scarf pattern and decided to give it a whirl and below are the results. I know it isn't perfect but I think it turned out fairly well for my first attempt and I am kinda proud of it (especially since I kinda just jumped into this whole crocheting thing on a whim).
I'm pretty sure you're supposed to hang a tie, Adam.
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Condom on the junk, tie on the doorknob. Ties aren't very good at birth control. Unless it's one of those stupid fish ties. Those things will repel any woman in a 10 mile radius.
Booked my hotel for New York City
I made the geeky love of my life so happy. He told me about an article on a new discovery involving Heisenberg's uncertainty principle. He had read about the article on a science site. When he followed the link to the article itself he could only access the abstract because the journal that published it wanted you to either buy it or subscribe. Being the amazingly brilliant wife I am, I signed into my school's online library, accessed the journal in another college's library, and downloaded the entire article for him. 
So, I have been at a postdoctoral position for that last 6 months, and it has been a really tough transition. I went from Microbial populations to Human genetics (Trans-population genetics). It has been has felt like my PhD was worthless, and that I didn't know squat about science. However, the last two weeks have been an improvement. I started being a bit more proactive about my poor Unix/command line skills and my lack of knowledge about population statistics (LD, haplotypes, etc), and I think I have turned a corner. I found a SNP that is likely the causal variant for a gene associated with lupus. I'm going to try to keep a positive mindset and not beat myself up about what I don't know, and keep working and just jump in and figure stuff out.
The best scholars I know, are those who feel like they're completely and utterly idiots (including myself). I think that's what really drives people to be successful. If you really feel like you know everything, especially in academia, it usually means you don't.
My old breakfast routine was just fine for ~2 cups of coffee to go with it. Then I stopped the cereal and bagel and switched to a breakfast sammich. I kept making the same amount of coffee because I had just the right ratio that cut through the barely awake fog. Problem was, I rarely drank that second cup before I left for work.
So I went and got the Hamilton Beach The Scoop single cup coffemaker. Uses regular grounds, so it's less than half the cost per cup as a Keurig, and is marked well enough that I don't have to do any just-out-of-bed math for a decent cup.
So I went and got the Hamilton Beach The Scoop single cup coffemaker. Uses regular grounds, so it's less than half the cost per cup as a Keurig, and is marked well enough that I don't have to do any just-out-of-bed math for a decent cup.
1st step: Admit that you know nothing.
That explains so much...
Bottled the first 1/2 gallon of my first batch of mead. This one was spiced with cinnamon, cloves, peppercorns, and green cardamom pods during secondary fermentation (for about a week to a week and a half). It took some time for the cloves to mellow out, and if you drink it too quickly the cloves can build back up on you, but if you sip it, it's awesome. It's a semi-sweet mead, so it's not terribly cloying like some sweet meads can be, but it's not completely dry either. All in all, for 6 weeks' worth of time and having used a beer yeast instead of a wine yeast, this is already better than any commercial mead I've had, and it will only get better with age. I still have the other 1/2 gallon of this first batch to bottle, too. This 1/2 gallon didn't get any spices, so it's just a "traditional" mead, and is also semi-sweet.
Now I just have to wait a bit longer for the rest of my batches of mead to finish fermenting and start aging. Because apparently making one's own mead is less of a hobby than it is an addiction.
Now I just have to wait a bit longer for the rest of my batches of mead to finish fermenting and start aging. Because apparently making one's own mead is less of a hobby than it is an addiction.
We spent three hours cleaning out our hall closet. Lots of things getting thrown out, donated, and rearranged.
Earned my vidya game time today. Walked for about a mile and a half (gotta work on getting back to 4-5 miles) and started work on rearranging the extra room for my old game consoles and my brother's keyboard.
figmentPez
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Cast iron is awesome. One of the best ways to cook a burger, IMO.
I really need to make cornbread in mine at some point.
I really need to make cornbread in mine at some point.
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You did the best thing you could do, in my opinion. You got a post-doc in your field, but not directly in your line of expertise. That's the way to do it. The doctorate is about establishing your expertise, but the post-doc is about establishing that you can stand on your own two feet.
Thanks - I hope you're right!
figmentPez
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My dog is dead you insensitive clod!
It's the ones with the yellow caps, right?Local Kroger is carrying the Passover Coke again.
Neat thing is, there's more of it on the shelves than regular HFCS Coke.
That is correct. Look for Hebrew text on those yellow caps.
My work made us all go and get a biometric health screening for our health insurance purposes. I was a little concerned just because I haven't gone to the doctors for awhile. I knew I had been eating healthy and my results should be fine but I was still nervous. I just got my results back in and everything came back fine and I am in excellent health. My blood pressure was just a little high but it was just barely high and that could have been caused from numerous things so I am not really concerned about it. 
*edit* I should also probably mention part of the reason this is a victory for me is because when I was younger I was really unhealthy (overweight,junk food diet,no exercise,etc) but several years ago I made a decision that I wasn't going to live like that and now I am healthy and in shape.
Heart Tests
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TRIGLYCERIDES: 112 mg/dL
CHOLESTEROL, TOTAL: 136 mg/dL
HDL CHOLESTEROL: 40 mg/dL
LDL-CHOLESTEROL: 74 mg/dL (calc)
CHOL TO HDLC RATIO: 3.4 (calc)
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GLUCOSE: 81 mg/dL
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BMI
Reference Range: 21.1
BLOOD PRESSURE
Reference Range: 125/79
*edit* I should also probably mention part of the reason this is a victory for me is because when I was younger I was really unhealthy (overweight,junk food diet,no exercise,etc) but several years ago I made a decision that I wasn't going to live like that and now I am healthy and in shape.
Heart Tests
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TRIGLYCERIDES: 112 mg/dL
CHOLESTEROL, TOTAL: 136 mg/dL
HDL CHOLESTEROL: 40 mg/dL
LDL-CHOLESTEROL: 74 mg/dL (calc)
CHOL TO HDLC RATIO: 3.4 (calc)
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GLUCOSE: 81 mg/dL
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BMI
Reference Range: 21.1
BLOOD PRESSURE
Reference Range: 125/79
Amazing haul from Half-Price Books today:
The Art of Warcraft: $5.99
Chronicles of War - Warcraft: $5.99
Fallout 2: $3.99
Walking Dead - Season 1 - Blu Ray: $9.99
I will be playing the Fallout games (Ordered pt1 from Amazon for $6.00) for the first time (I started with Fallout 3 then New Vegas but never played 1 &2) as soon as I'm done with Dead Space. I'm pretty stoked.
The Art of Warcraft: $5.99
Chronicles of War - Warcraft: $5.99
Fallout 2: $3.99
Walking Dead - Season 1 - Blu Ray: $9.99
I will be playing the Fallout games (Ordered pt1 from Amazon for $6.00) for the first time (I started with Fallout 3 then New Vegas but never played 1 &2) as soon as I'm done with Dead Space. I'm pretty stoked.
