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by Tim F|  July 27, 20082:41 pm| 13 Comments

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I won’t bother you guys with all the stuff that I have to deal with with for my new job, but it’s a lot. No complaints though. Being busy as all get-out means that I get to spend my waking hours doing stuff that I like (TIRF-FRET FTW, bee-yotches). The downside is that I can’t even read blogs more than once every couple of days, and as Ta-Nehisi Coates points out in a post that I recommend for a wealth of reasons, a blogger that doesn’t read a ton is a weak blogger. BJ will remain John’s show until I can scare up the time to blog again on a regular basis.

Also, One Of These Days.

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  1. 1.

    mikesdak

    July 27, 2008 at 3:14 pm

    My job usually allows time to read, but not necessarily to blog. Add to that the fact that I share my home computer with my daughter and my blogging tends to be rather sporadic.

  2. 2.

    Chris Johnson

    July 27, 2008 at 3:34 pm

    Live At Pompeii version FTW…

  3. 3.

    jake

    July 27, 2008 at 3:36 pm

    Since this is an open blog I will now present my one-word review of the X-Files movie. [Ahem]

    CRAP.

    This concludes my one-word review of the X-Files movie.

  4. 4.

    harlana pepper

    July 27, 2008 at 3:36 pm

    Ah, fuck it. You do what you can. It’s still a damn good blog!

  5. 5.

    Incertus

    July 27, 2008 at 3:54 pm

    I’ve been blogging a ton because I’ve had the time–when school starts up again in 3-4 weeks, I’ll be sweating for stuff to write about and looking for time to read, so I can relate. I can see why people who have a huge audience lean on things like going over to The Corner and seeing what stupidity issued forth that day.

  6. 6.

    LB

    July 27, 2008 at 4:53 pm

    Good luck with your work. TIRF is a pain, especially the setup. Do you use a homemade microscope or a commercial one?

  7. 7.

    Tim F.

    July 27, 2008 at 4:56 pm

    Do you use a homemade microscope or a commercial one?

    Shopping around for the ‘mersh variety right now. I don’t have the time or the depth of optics knowledge to build one of those myself. And anyhow, people have to use it after I’m gone (it’s a lab of cell biologists, not physicists). That by itself is a solid argument for buying something that comes with a manual and tech support.

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    Incertus

    July 27, 2008 at 5:53 pm

    Okay, I can’t take it anymore. Not leaving a link in an open thread makes me spastic. So take a look at the bloggers of tomorrow, and weep.

  9. 9.

    Camper Joe

    July 27, 2008 at 7:56 pm

    Hey, I saw Bill Maher last night. My one word review?

    Awesome!

  10. 10.

    Tom Levenson

    July 27, 2008 at 10:40 pm

    What? Mere gainful employment gets in the way of blogging?

    If this is catching it could be the death of the blogosphere.

    Catch your breath. I look forward to more when it’s do-able from yr perspective.

    best, T.

  11. 11.

    Delia

    July 27, 2008 at 10:49 pm

    There’s a rumor going round that McMaverick is going to pick Governor Tim Pawlenty of Minnesota as his VP tomorrow. That’s as may be, but if he does, I’d like to be first in line with a new campaign slogan for the guv.

    WOULD YOU BUY A USED BRIDGE FROM THIS MAN?

  12. 12.

    Paul L.

    July 28, 2008 at 11:35 am

    Mentally Ill man sentenced to 422 Years.

    Mr. Williams’s lawyer, Arnold J. Levine, sought a lesser sentence because, he said, his client suffered from severe mental illness. He said that Mr. Williams had not spoken with him in a coherent way for a year and seemed unable to comprehend why he was in court or what he was being sentenced for.

    “I don’t think he has any clue what’s going on,” Mr. Levine said after the sentencing, adding that he planned to appeal.

  13. 13.

    Mary

    July 28, 2008 at 12:53 pm

    Shit. Maybe he really, literally didn’t see that pedestrian. Novak has brain tumour.

    (And maybe he did, and his brain tumour is unrelated to that accident. And being ill now doesn’t given him a free pass on some of his more vile actions over the years. And the tumour may not even be malignant. But, still, this sucks for anyone.)

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