Inspired by Stephen’s U2 fanboy post, and by a stellar gig last night, here are some witterings about my top five live music experiences.
In no particular order:
Cell has a featured preview today of a paper titled “STIM1 Clusters and Activates CRAC Channels via Direct Binding of a Cytosolic Domain to Orai1”[1], with STIM1 standing for stromal interaction molecule 1.
The title of the preview?
Short on time earlier today1, I popped over the road into my institute’s staff and patient canteen to buy something for a working lunch at my desk. In doing so, I noticed for the first time that the canteen staff have symbols on their ID badges that allow them to use the city’s disaster response routes.
So, rest assured that if you’re in Vancouver when The Big One hits, you’ll still be able to get your crappy sandwiches, boring salads, and muffins that are erroneously labelled as “double chocolate” (“double baked” would have been more accurate – I almost broke a tooth).
“10 boxes of egg salad on white bread to Sector 3, stat! Hurry man, there’s no time to lose!”
1 Before anyone says anything along the lines of “what are you doing on here then”, I’m waiting for the next draft of the grant that’s due tomorrow. Should be here by 3.30.
I just can’t seem to help myself… after the dodgy limericks and Shakespeare adaptations of the last couple of big deadline weeks, I’ve found yet another outlet for my caffeine-fuelled craziness creativity. Here’s my Facebook status from Monday:
(Please note that while I’m more than happy for you all to know my full real name, I don’t want Google to bring this blog up when people search for me. Not a problem when it’s embedded in an image… but please don’t use my surname anywhere on this blog. Thanks!)
All five signatures have now been procured, checked, and couriered. One less thing to worry about…
Deadline is Friday afternoon. Drinks with Infinite Science are Friday at 6 pm. Escape to Sun Peaks is Saturday morning. Must. Remember. To breathe.
Not least because they make for a quick’n’easy post in a very busy week.
These two commercials are getting a lot of airtime on Canadian TV.
The first one warms the heart:
while the second one engages the brain:
That was quick! I think this might be the first ever blog post I’ve written while waiting for a kettle to boil.
Grant deadline week!!!!!!!!
To be followed by ski trip!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yeah, I’m pretty busy. So instead of a proper post, here are a couple of snippets from the web.
Look who wants to be the next Canadian Prime Minister! This was all over the TV news yesterday, and I say, how frickin’ awesome would that be??!! Too bad he doesn’t appear to be serious.
An amusing headline choice from the BBC. “Liquid water” would have conveyed the same information, and not made me think of aliens turning on a tap to fill a kettle.
See you on the other side…
