Pouncing Cat Style!

The ever-reliable Roman has discovered another beautiful example of what the internet is for. Putting goofy captions on inexplicable pictures. :-)

Photo courtesy of Dan W., who is the only known person to take a picture of Tobu that didn't reduce him to a black blob with eyes.

Modern Labor-Saving Technology

Work continues apace, but the pace has recently accelerated enormously.

Jorge used some of the grant money to buy an autosampler for the HPLC. Sounds boring, but what it actually is is a robot which takes over one of the most tedious and time-consuming tasks I have to deal with. Hooray! A week's worth of injections done automatically overnight with no human input!

Man, the more of my job which can be taken over by robots the happier I will be.

Scientist needs food badly.

This year, for Hannukah, my Dad got me "Kitchen of Light", a Scandinavian cookbook. Anita and I were a bit perplexed, not having really thought of Swedish as one of the world's great cuisines, but we've finally gone ahead and made a meal from the book.

What you're looking at there is honey and mustard marinated salmon, rosemary apples, and spinach soup with tarragon-poached eggs. Good lord, is it tasty. We're not quite ready to move to Oslo just yet, but my goodness. Even the apples, which are just Golden Deliciouses sliced up and sauteéd in butter with a sprig of rosemary, are really outstanding. Thanks, Dad!

Add a little Annbjørg Lien music in the background for atmosphere, and you'd darn near mistake us for Norwegians. I'll get Anita to stand on my shoulders and wear a blonde wig. The illusion will be impenetrable.

We've got apple crisp (non-Scandinavian - from the ever-reliable Joy of Cooking) in the oven, and it's shaping up to be a very pleasant evening.