Just when I was sure that the only person to ever see the words that I type on this blog was me, my little sis went and left a comment on the last post. Despite my claim that the humor in the Lady Gaga in a labcoat video was mainly for the lab rat set, she was there to let me know that it did have a more broad appeal. Well, this can't be. I have failed the most sacred tenet of this blog. For just a brief moment, this blog brought a smile to the face of someone that is not me. I will not let this stand. If the last post was not sufficiently nerdy or dorky enough to turn off 99% of population, then I will make sure this one is. And for that I will turn to the comic strip Piled Higher and Deeper (PhD). It is based entirely around a group of poor, struggling graduate students and their eternal struggle to get there degree and move onto a job market that can't support them. Now that is insider humor. Try to enjoy this Teen. A comic strip about how what we publish in scientific journals gets hopelessly twisted by main stream media and the average lay person (insider and elitist - now we are talking reader repellent). Of course most people publishing articles in scientific journals would consider themselves lucky someone even read their work let alone have it wildly distorted by the main stream media.
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Sorry, Mat. I read your blog AGAIN and I thought the strip was worth a chuckle. AGAIN! :) Guess you just can't get me to quite reading your blog - even if it does turn boring and filled with "insider" info. :)
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