Run and Tumble

Diary of a bug farmer

Archive for April, 2010

Antibacterial Mouthwash Recalled Due to not Being so Antibacterial

Tuesday, April 20th, 2010

Remember when I mentioned that bugs in the genus Pseudomonas are the Br’er Rabbit of the microbial world, renowned for eating stuff that’s meant to kill them? Well, guess what they found in some mouthwash.

GRE completed

Sunday, April 18th, 2010

Do you know how sometimes you read good news, and know it was real, but were so excited you feel like your eyes played tricks on you and you need external proof? That’s how I feel about the GRE. I’m looking forward to getting the official score in the mail so that I know I’m [...]

GRE Ahoy!

Friday, April 16th, 2010

I’m going to be taking the GRE tomorrow. I’m satisfied with my performance on the practice tests and the amount of studying I’ve done. There was an initial increase in practice scores as I got used to the test format and dusted off various geometry and algebra facts, but they’ve now stabilized.
I’m still not sure [...]

Hugo Weaving Lives in My Backyard

Tuesday, April 13th, 2010

I finished some much needed yardwork over the weekend. My compost bin is now topped off with the copious spoils of a battle with overgrown straw and overambitious blackberry vines. That’s enough mass to get the compost into the thermophilic stage; I’m looking forward to seeing it steam in the mornings.
What’s really cool is that [...]

It’s been a while

Thursday, April 1st, 2010

No long excuses, the Holidays got me out of the update habit, but I’m back.
The good news is that I wasn’t out of the growing bugs habit. Look forward to reading about my new scope, the fate of my Winogradsky columns, exploding canning jars, adventures in labware, ballistic fungal spores scaring the crap the out [...]