Formerly an enthusiastic and hopeful biological oceanographer who worked in the Antarctic, alternately wearing labcoats or extreme weather clothing and hard hats. Has long since swapped survival suits for dress suits and does science management for a living.
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Category Archives: Silliness
Pregnancy? If you ask me, we’re doing it wrong
Pregnancy is beautiful – or so they say. Well, I beg to differ. Interesting or even fascinating? Yes, definitely. But also inconvenient, weird and just plain impractical. I have to disclose that, even as a young girl, I’ve always found … Continue reading
Last night at the gingerbread house..
My brother and his family visited us over Christmas. As we did the presents-bit in the evening on Christmas Eve we had some time to kill earlier in the day.. which we did effectively with a massive gingerbreadhousesweetdecorationorama. The thing … Continue reading
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Career impediments
A bit over a year ago now, sitting at Berlin central station after a three-day training seminar, sipping a latte while waiting for the train, I was chatting with a medical doctor/researcher at a big cancer research institute in Germany … Continue reading
Posted in science management, Silliness
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Something more glamorous
I just had a bit of an experience while uploading an old photo to Facebook – this one: A dirty girl, ca. August 1998 Ok, maybe it was the caption I put with the photo – but still! Anyway, if … Continue reading
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Tagged careers, deep-sea fauna, dirty girls, mud, Porcupine Abyssal Plain
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Happy birthday OT!
Dear OT, I wish you all the best for your first birthday. I apologise that this is coming a bit later than the congratulations from my fellow OT-ters (otters?), but it’s been that kind of day. And that kind of … Continue reading
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Pretty face
Remember this? This beautiful photo of a mummified seal, which was taken by my dear husband in the Dry Valleys of Antarctica, was seen by Andy Foote, a marine mammal researcher who for some reason happened to read my blog … Continue reading
Posted in Antarctic stuff, Photos, Silliness
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Galley bathroom reminder
This beautifully handcrafted sign hangs as a reminder (and maybe a warning?) on the door of the toilet that is located right next to the galley at Palmer Station, Antarctica: Apparently, it’s not a plumbing problem – it’s the proximity.
Posted in Antarctic stuff, Silliness
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Planes, trains and meeting rooms
I find myself traveling quite a bit again these days. I used to travel a lot for meetings to discuss and plan research cruises when I worked for the USAP, then not so much during my rather brief stint in … Continue reading
Posted in International collaboration, Silliness
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Lights, camera, action – or: when science goes *BANG*
David Bradley shared a link the other day that cost us a couple of hours already this weekend – he pointed us to the periodic table of videos by the wonderful people at Nottingham University. This is a series of … Continue reading
Posted in Outreach, Silliness
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Caught in a Bad Project
Can I just say that this spoof on the Lady Gaga song “Bad romance” is pure brilliance: The internet is amazing: the video was posted three days ago and I saw it this morning after a (non-scientist) friend pointed it … Continue reading
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