My paying gig is writing programs for the government under contract. One of those contracts is coming due this week and we’re in crunch mode to add a little polish. My local group is already aware that I’m taking microbiology classes and is fine with it.
The tech lead and the guy who got the contract [...]
Tonight’s lab was a nice change after my disappointment with my performance during the intro to microscopy lab.
It was the standard ‘learn how to mix media, pour a plate, and swab something’ lab. I’ve read about it a dozen times, but one of the great things about taking classes is that I actually [...]
Wonder if it would’ve been better if I’d kept Data’s song in my head?
Life forms,
You tiny little life forms!
You precious little life forms
Where are you?
Data sings about life forms
I had to go to the doctor’s today. The awesome wife and I both have bacterial sinus infections. It’s like the bugs decided to make a preemptive strike. The upshot is that I studied from my notes in the waiting room, rather than read a 3 year old Southern Living magazine. My [...]
Part of the reason I’m taking a class is to find out how I like the reality of microbiology. It is easy to think of microscopy as pretty simple, especially if you’re only used to dissecting scopes or the 200x deals from middle school science class: Place slide, coarse focus on low magnification, switch [...]
The prof’s enthusiasm wasn’t just a first day fluke. Today, she had as much energy and good humor. We got through the slides almost exactly on time both days. I wonder if she does a practice run to time them? I get the impression she really wants to be teaching and wants to do [...]
0th lab was today, about as much fun as you can expect an intro lab to be. “Here’s the eyewash station, you must wear a lab coat, etc.” All important stuff, but not the reason anybody ever decided to study anything.
We did have a fun time covering our hands with fluorescent pigment, washing them, then [...]
Man, I was nervous going in. Heart pounding, wobbly kneed nervous.
Would I find out I liked reading about bugs a lot more than formally learning about them? Would I confirm that I suck at listening to lectures, regardless of interest? Would I be surrounded by kids and feel like the weird beardy non-trad student that [...]
Microbiology fascinates me. I blame it on Cholera and Wikipedia.
A year and a half ago, Cholera came up in unrelated conversations multiple times. When a topic keeps reappearing, I go to wikipedia and read. 80 browser tabs and an amazon purchase of The Ghost Map and I was hooked.
My appetite only increased with my reading. I [...]
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