Yeah, it'll all be ok. Thanks for the kind words, gang.

Today, I just tried to avoid my fellow Irishmen, god bless 'em. So many Long Island teens. So much vomit.

yeah, surgery is the way to go.

I was thinking diet, but if surgery works, go for it.

Got the vent pipe joint that was leaking/dripping checked out along with getting some estimates for couple things around the house. Got a good news for a change in that there appears to be no water leakage from the roof and that vent pipe exit on the roof is properly covered/sealed/etc. Basically, the leaking/dripping was caused by the large amount of rainfall in short period of time (it was classified as a 50-year rain, if I'm not mistaken).

Got the vent pipe joint that was leaking/dripping checked out along with getting some estimates for couple things around the house. Got a good news for a change in that there appears to be no water leakage from the roof and that vent pipe exit on the roof is properly covered/sealed/etc. Basically, the leaking/dripping was caused by the large amount of rainfall in short period of time (it was classified as a 50-year rain, if I'm not mistaken).

Haj, if it was storm damage check with your home owner's insurance. It may be covered and even if the physical damage seems minor make them check for mold/mildew issues.

Congrats, Todd! It's been a long time coming.

Nate, what disturbing plans are you talking about?

I went drinking with new guy on amateur night at the bar. We left before things got out of hand.

I went drinking with new guy on amateur night at the bar. We left before things got out of hand.

Too bad you didn't stick around to show them how it's done!

Whipped out an assessment/document that generally takes couple of days in little under 4 hours, a result of small mistakes by few folks, including myself, culminating into a potentially big problem. Now my fingers and hands hurt from way too much typing and writing.

fixed my broken supercomputer then drove 8 hrs to lake placid, then spent 3 hrs drinking with other parents

Sliced up my face shaving with a safety razor, after not having used one in almost half a year (too lazy, just used an electric). Doin things wrong, as usual.

Still working on my presentation to an adjunct professor and my adviser. First "real" presentation as a grad student and I dont know shit!

Still working on my presentation to an adjunct professor and my adviser. First "real" presentation as a grad student and I dont know shit!

Good Profs can smell bullshit from a mile away. So don't be afraid to say, "I don't know, but I'll look it up as soon as I'm done here"......

Still working on my presentation to an adjunct professor and my adviser. First "real" presentation as a grad student and I dont know shit!

I dont know what is your field of study is but what I like from my students presentations is to see a student who is able to ''tell'' a complete story. (Meaning) You have to show that you know a subject (the easy part) AND (the difficult part) you have to bring your own personal contribution in the critical section of your work. Profs are living to find something new coming from their grad students.

Good luck.

Amicalement

All good advice. Myself I generally try to gauge the depth of understanding as well as seeing if the student has an appreciation of how their subject fits in with the broader subject matter of the discipline. And x2 on the no BS.

as well as seeing if the student has an appreciation of how their subject fits in with the broader subject matter of the discipline

It is always fun asking young cellular or molecular biologists what the physiological relevance of their project is - most don't have a clue. Missing the forest for the trees......

When I was taking advanced molecular genetics in, Um, 1995, I was relatively old compared to my classmates. On the first exam I was the only one who could actually solve the problem involving a dihybrid cross. I actually value both depth and breadth in my students, trees always make more sense in the forest.

Fell asleep at 10pm last night and woke up at 2:30 this morning. Watched some tv, then went back to sleep. Came in to work and opened a few Revoltech Transformers to put on my desk.

Well, not yet but I am on my way to The Carolina BBQ for some honest-to-god real BBQ with hushpuppies.

Woke up too fucking early, went and saw Thomas's team get slaughtered, then came back, fixed the problem from work yesterday for real, then had breakfast.

Went to work. Got harassed by one of my friends about joining him on a work trip to Frankfurt next week since he doesn't want to go alone. Told him time and again that I don't have time to go drinking for 4 days in Germany. Got an SMS from him saying that he had booked the flight for me so I just have to. Currently I'm debating how I should kill him...

That's easy. Shovel.

A hammer is more my style...

Spring break over. Headed back to campus. I sad.

kill him in a drinking contest in Frankfurt.

What about entering him in one and then saying that because you did, he has to participate?

That could be a plan.