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You know you've worked in a lab too long when...

you find yourself trying to repair a very dead pair of shoes with lab epoxy using a 1000ul pipet tip. I'm afraid I'll have to retire my favorite shoes; even after the epoxy treatment I can see my sock in a couple places through the shoe... not such a good sign, probably. Drat.

Why oh why...

doesn't Apple realize that not everyone has huge ears? I hate the little ipod earbuds; they're way too big for my ears and they hurt. :( I wish they sold child sized earbuds or something.

I know, I know, does that sound like an over-privileged Palo Alto child's complaint or what? But they really do hurt...


It took me a long time to break down and get an ipod, partly because I always think of this comic when I hear the word "ipod," and I get worried about having a robot chase me down the street...

I'm thinking this is a bad sign...

Just a short snippet of an output file my crystallography program threw at me:

The source line number is 1. awk: Cannot divide by zero. The input line number is 1. The source line number is 1. awk: Cannot divide by zero. The input line number is 1. The source line number is 1. awk: Cannot divide by zero. The input line number is 1. The source line number is 1. awk: Cannot divide by zero. The input line number is 1. The source line number is 1. awk: Cannot divide by zero. The input line number is 1. The source line number is 1. awk: Cannot divide by zero. The input line number is 1. The source line number is 1. awk: Cannot divide by zero. The input line number is 1. The source line number is 1. awk: Cannot divide by zero. The input line number is 1. The source line number is 1. awk: Cannot divide by zero. The input line number is 1. The source line number is 1. awk: Cannot divide by zero. The input line number is 1. The source line number is 1. awk: Cannot divide by zero. The input line number is 1. The source line number is 1. awk: Cannot divide by zero. The input line number is 1. The source line number is 1. awk: Cannot divide by zero. The input line number is 1. The source line number is 1. awk: Cannot divide by zero. The input line number is 1. The source line number is 1. awk: Cannot divide by zero. The input line number is 1. The source line number is 1. awk: Cannot divide by zero. The input line number is 1. The source line number is 1. awk: Cannot divide by zero. The input line number is 1. The source line number is 1. awk: Cannot divide by zero. The input line number is 1. The source line number is 1. awk: Cannot divide by zero. The input line number is 1. The source line number is 1. awk: Cannot divide by zero.


Hmmm...

Ok, I have to admit this one had me in stitches laughing... yes, I'm that much of a geek.

You know that a) you've worked in a lab too long and b) you have an overly acute sense of smell when...

you can tell the difference between bacteria growing in lag phase and in log phase by how the culture smells.

You know you've worked in a lab too long when...

You find yourself looking at the antibiotics tube thoughtfully, thinking, "Wow, we've got needles in the lab. I could just inject this stuff and skip going to the doctor entirely."