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lynne
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response 152 of 413:
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Oct 16 16:10 UTC 2003 |
I am really really grouchy because after having my advisor tell me to include
a specific manuscript in preparation with my postdoc application, giving him
a sample packet on Saturday of the materials I intended to send, and working
my ass off to get everything together and sent off yesterday, I came in to
an email this morning informing me not to include said manuscript and
reprimanding me for wanting to. In addition to an email instructing me to
run additional pointless controls (examining fluorescence response in pure
water and organic solvents because the results in buffer weren't good enough
to reflect the environment in a cell. But, you know, organic solvents are
a *great* mimic of intracellular conditions. Rrrrgh!)
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michaela
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response 153 of 413:
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Oct 17 08:53 UTC 2003 |
I had to reformat my hard drive and reinstall Windows and all of my programs
and such. This has been utter hell.
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gull
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response 154 of 413:
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Oct 17 13:39 UTC 2003 |
Unfortunately it's routine maintenance for Windows systems. After two
or three years they start to suffer from creeping cruft and get slower
and slower.
(For a humorous look at this, see
http://www.doc.ic.ac.uk/~sue/475/cruft.html)
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michaela
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response 155 of 413:
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Oct 17 19:41 UTC 2003 |
Well, this was due to a bug that got in, despite pop-up blockers, Norton
Auto-Protect, Spybot, etc. *sigh*
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richard
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response 156 of 413:
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Oct 18 02:53 UTC 2003 |
IBB I ordered a book from a third party seller through amazon.com. I was
expecting it in the mail, and I got an email directly from the third party
seller saying they didn't carry the book in stock. So if they didn't ahve
the book, why were they listing it on amazon? Probably so they could get
my name and address, which they now have obviously, to put on their
mailing list. They re-credited the money back to my credit card but it
still doesn't make it any less annoying. Plus I was looking forward to
reading that book too... :(
,
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tod
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response 157 of 413:
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Oct 18 14:18 UTC 2003 |
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vidar
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response 158 of 413:
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Oct 20 12:37 UTC 2003 |
IBB every time I go to perform at the Erebus Haunted House, my mood
falls and I can't help but think about someone close I lost some years
back. So I spend the night contemplating a pilgramage to her grave.
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tod
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response 159 of 413:
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Oct 20 15:18 UTC 2003 |
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scott
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response 160 of 413:
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Oct 21 02:50 UTC 2003 |
Less than two weeks, and I've already finished the 900+ page new Neal
Stephenson book.
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gull
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response 161 of 413:
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Oct 21 13:41 UTC 2003 |
I've been waiting for over two months now for an import CD I ordered
from Amazon.com. The estimated delivery date is now "Oct 24 - Nov 13".
It hasn't shipped yet.
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krj
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response 162 of 413:
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Oct 21 16:40 UTC 2003 |
Ewwww. I had a similar experience this summer with amazon.co.uk..
My new rule is: if Amazon US or UK doesn't say "ships in 24 hours" or
"ships in 3 days," I go looking for a source in the originating country,
unless I'm feeling *really* patient -- hopefully a source which has
the disc in hand.
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gelinas
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response 163 of 413:
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Oct 21 23:57 UTC 2003 |
IABB I didn't update my calendar to reflect the rescheduling of the Grex BOD
meeting.
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other
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response 164 of 413:
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Oct 22 00:06 UTC 2003 |
likewise
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michaela
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response 165 of 413:
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Oct 22 04:22 UTC 2003 |
DAMMIT. A fabulous few weeks after the boy's major bout of depression, and
now the depression is back... no warning, just BAM. He's gone from loving and
sweet to snapping at me almost overnight.
Fortunately, I JUST went through this, so I know what to expect, but that
doesn't make it easy. I wasn't ready to deal with another bout so soon. I
wanted to be happy for a while. :( I feel bad for him because he hates it as
much as I do, and he knows how much it affects me, but he still won't take
his damn medicine because he hates taking medicine. *sigh*
I would have been fine with it popping up again if it had just WAITED. :(
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keesan
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response 166 of 413:
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Oct 22 13:53 UTC 2003 |
Does the medicine have side effects?
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edina
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response 167 of 413:
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Oct 22 14:20 UTC 2003 |
Would he take medication if he had diabetes of high blood pressure?
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happyboy
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response 168 of 413:
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Oct 22 15:13 UTC 2003 |
good question.
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mynxcat
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response 169 of 413:
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Oct 22 16:24 UTC 2003 |
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mynxcat
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response 170 of 413:
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Oct 22 18:02 UTC 2003 |
Michaela - is he bipolar?
My hair is too damned short!
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other
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response 171 of 413:
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Oct 22 21:25 UTC 2003 |
IBB I'm all geared up to get done some things I've been putting off for
too long, but I can't do it now because the cello lesson my next-door
neighbor is giving would be really badly affected by power tools.
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jiffer
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response 172 of 413:
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Oct 22 22:39 UTC 2003 |
IBB my life is overwhelming me right now. I want a quiet vacation in the
middle of nowhere, with no electricity, no phones, nothing! just nature, a
few hungry bears, and other flea infested animals.
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mcnally
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response 173 of 413:
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Oct 22 23:00 UTC 2003 |
I can recommend some good USFS cabins in SE Alaska.. If you want grizzlies,
though, you'll either have to go further north or over to the mainland.
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tod
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response 174 of 413:
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Oct 22 23:04 UTC 2003 |
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mcnally
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response 175 of 413:
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Oct 23 00:19 UTC 2003 |
Talk to Special Agent Smithers, he'll get you a 10% discount on the cabin
and a skiff to get back and forth to town..
In real life, unfortunately, the only serious crime I was ever involved in
(as the victim) I proved totally useless as a witness.
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glenda
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response 176 of 413:
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Oct 23 01:35 UTC 2003 |
Can I come with you, jiffer. Three 300 level computer science classes plus
Calc II with History thrown in for fun is leaving me little time for anything
else, including eating, sleeping, and talking to my family.
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