Some things

I got my 13th mumin-mug this weekend
At work I’m forced to wear a lab-coat from the 80’s, unfortunately my outfits lack the shoulderpads to fill it up.
In our office people spontaneously burst into song – “boom boom boom boom, I want you in my room, lets spend the night together, together in my [...]

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Pigs

We talked about pigs in class today.
Or rather how to make them do what you want them to. The best way to make a 100kg animal walk in the right direction.
The teacher suggested pushing them with something that looked like the shields policemen use at riots. He pointed out that it shouldn’t have any holes [...]

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Some thoughts about today

Today I ignored my want for eating porridge in the mornings and went to get a tan instead of buying a microwave oven.
Did not get a tan since I got out around 6pm.
Did however get to spend some time with my favourite author William Gibson and read sentences like: “The Panther Modern leader, who introduced [...]

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My day

We’re having a lecture series at work. About animal imaging. And I came to the conclusion that I know nothing about it. And that you soon have to know way too much about computers to be a scientist.
One of the lecturers was from Gotenborg. He was a Chinese with a very obvious Swedish accent. Except [...]

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New Job, New city

Next month I’ll probably be living in Turku/Åbo. I got a job as a PhD student doing research on the epididymis (bitestiklarna). Hurra for that!
Now wish me luck, I think I’ll need it

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I’m a thief!

Today I stole something. When did I do it last? I can’t remember. Maybe I’ve never stolen anything in my life - I would not be surprised.
Before eating my lunch of pasta and minced meat that I brought with me to work, I took the elevator down to our cafeteria, grabbed a small plate from the salad stand [...]

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Thinking by yourself

A guy at work is presenting his dissertation this upcoming month and he is now looking for a place to have the traditional karonkka or party. When checking out different restaurants online he suddenly exclaims:
- Listen to this; vinaigrette, parfait! Why can’t they just write it in Finnish, this is just snobisms from some chefs that want their food to [...]

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…vi tar det på svenska

det kommer ner stora snöflingor där ute och jag sitter framför datorn och har kollat in fluggener hela dagen å e lite sur på chefen eftersom jag har kollat fenotypen för brinker, eller egentligen inte jag utan Evely, men stor skillnad för liksom varför ska vi göra helt onödiga saker som att kolla hur en [...]

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Male vs Female

Thursday mornings are reserved for pulla and Journal club. JC is a seminar where a PhD student have to present a resent article that they find interesting. The pulla is just there to make people show up on time – if you’re late = no pulla (bun).
Today’s presentation was about mammary gland development. A very [...]

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Something occured to me…

(Something that might not be so interesting for anyone else but me, and perhaps my mother)
Ah, I realised something yesterday! We were talking about washing dishes and one of my colleagues came out with this statement:
“It’s such hard work to fill up the dish-washer but even worse to empty it!”
Now, I would ordinarily think of [...]

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My day, John 14:27

Today I’ve taken it easy. Yes, what’s the rush!
I drowned some flies in ethanol and wondered if that would be a good way to die, with 100% EtOH in your lungs…
Then I took some pictures of mildly distorted wings. I was trying to read the book Babes in Beijing at the same time, I got through about 5 [...]

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wonderful people

Yes I really do have some wonderful colleagues!
The other day I was helping Vassileios with his Westerns and got a huge pulla (bun) as a thank you gift.
And because Shinya likes those Kinder eggs where you get a toy, I get a new piece for my “collection” every now and then. I’ve already got a dragon that [...]

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