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Oxidation of selenomethionine: some MADness in the method!
In all fairness, the rest of my lab giggled at the title, too.
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I had raw sea urchin for the first time after reading the Luxirare post—it was the appetizer special of the day at Garden at the Cellar and I shared it with my friend. Sea urchin is definitely for the adventurous foodie, but I am in complete love with the complexity of flavor and texture. Like, wow. I love intensely prepared raw seafood. (via Luxirare)
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The Hard Sciences
Yeah, I managed to pass off “Environmentalism & American Society” for that distribution requirement.
And this is why conversations go to die when I’m at local parties and tell people 1.) where I go to college 2.) that I’m studying chemical biology and biophysics, and 3.) that I’m aiming for two doctoral degrees post-college. Some are smart enough to see me as a future meal ticket, though (don’t know whether to be proud or ashamed of that. mostly ashamed).
Alternatively, there’s also those people in my hard science courses who think I’m bottoming out the curve. Babe, I can get a septum piercing and rock mechanistic enzymology.
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“It appeared that a compromise brokered Friday night on the volatile issue of abortion had finally secured the votes needed to pass the legislation. As drafted, the measure denied the use of federal subsidies to purchase abortion coverage in policies sold by private insurers in the new insurance exchange, except in cases of incest, rape or when the life of the mother was in danger. But abortion foes won far stronger restrictions that would rule out abortion coverage except in those three categories in any government-sold plan. It would also ban abortion coverage in any private plan purchased by consumers receiving federal subsidies.”This is the economic overturn of Roe v. Wade. (via AP)
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I want his hair verily much.
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Genital Retraction Syndrome
Genital retraction syndrome, generally considered a culture-specific syndrome, is a condition in which an individual is overcome with the belief that his/her external genitals—or also, in females, breasts—are retracting into the body, shrinking, or in some male cases, may be imminently removed or disappear. A penis panic is a mass hysteria event or panic in which male members of a population suddenly experience this belief. (via Sasha)
I like the term “penis-snatchers” in the article.
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Unlike Douglas Hofstadter, who is an unusual loop, I am an irrational number. Harvard undergraduate studying chemical biology and biophysics. A collection of thoughts, interests, and inspirations.
