response 337 of 594:

Aug 4 23:10 UTC 2003

IBB I knocked over a flask containing coumarin 343 ( a *very* highly colored
and hydrophobic dye) all down my leg and onto the floor.  The dye spilled
on my leg came off pretty readily; not so the floor, which remains bright
yellow.  The wax soaks up the dye, so the only way to get rid of it would
be to strip the wax and then refinish the floor.  My friend Sarah just 
spent the past hour-plus getting me drunk and trying to talk me out of
quitting grad school.  It's been that kind of week already.