"Stand Back--I'm Going to Try Science!"

Some of you know that while I strive for true the "mad scientist" career track, I do also, in fact, do regular science. This semester I'm finishing a second semester of independent study on sodium hypochlorite's effects on early sea urchin embryo development.

As of today I have counted (give or take 50) 9,200 embryos. I only have 400 more to count and I'm exhausted.

Because of this, tonight I'm just linking you a video clip from my ALL-TIME favorite film, Mega Shark Vs. Giant Octopus. For future reference this is what ALL science looks like. ALL SCIENCE.

--m

P.S. if you haven't seen this movie, it's on Netflix Instant and it's incredible. (Ignore that 3/10 star rating on IMDB. Those idiotic reviewers don't know what they're talking about.)

P.P.S. the comic title is from xkcd.com

Gangsta Street Movements I Can Get Behind

Although perhaps this might only be a gangsta street movement around MIT, UC Berkeley, CalTech, etc.

Still, a notion I really like. You have to understand the concept of i, the imaginary number. It is sometimes called "irrational" as well.

Someone I know said something to this effect (direct quote: "ban sqrt(-1). Keep it real.") and I don't know if he was the first or what, but I love it.

-m

P.S. Wireless internet is back at my house thanks to my brother's painstaking efforts (and perhaps I should mention incredible patience) helping me set up the new Time Capsule over the phone. So special thanks to mah broseph, 'Bert. (I'm pretty sure he hates it when I call him that, but this way I won't give the whole internets his secret identity.)