My best friend at work just signed off of IM for the last time. She's going to a new job.  I don't know who to tell about it, so I'll tell you, blogger. 

Sigh.

There will be happier times here.

Every once in a while I feel like I'm doing actual science at work.   Most of the time I feel like I'm faking it.  Repeating science jargon.  But other times I realize that I'm actually facilitating the work and I'm pulling real solutions out of info from real lab analyses done at a molecular level.   And that's kind of cool.  If you're gonna be a nerd you may as well be a real one.   It makes me feel useful.

I know it's a pipe dream but America, PLEASE go metric. I'm willing to bet you could get more kids into math & science. You want to stay in the global game, don't you?

Also, my life would become markedly easier. See what I have to deal with here?

Please?