tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-979475828992065982024-03-04T20:16:58.488-08:00ScientistMother: raising my own little experimentSScientistMotherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02540317551396323613noreply@blogger.comBlogger324125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-97947582899206598.post-73550901106169483362011-06-01T07:42:00.000-07:002011-06-01T07:42:10.655-07:00Update your RSS!So I"ve officially moved over to wordpress, http://sciencemommy.wordpress.com. The new blog title is ScientistMother: Raising Replicates. If I knew how to change the url to raisingreplicates.wordrpress.com without having to start a whole new blog I would but eh, that is life. Anyhoo I will not longer be posting here so come check out the new home and grab the RSS feed from the handy link.ScientistMotherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02540317551396323613noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-97947582899206598.post-40476418867696098862011-05-25T13:29:00.000-07:002011-05-25T13:56:45.030-07:00Need a new blog nameso i'm moving over to wordpress because quite frankly its better. I enjoyed the format when I was guest blogging at Scientopia and after losing comments and shite, I figure why not. I have time today thanks to a broken hot water tank. Problem is, scientistmother.wordpress.com already exists. So time for a new blog name. Any ideas?ScientistMotherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02540317551396323613noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-97947582899206598.post-3382755916318851312011-05-18T08:42:00.000-07:002011-05-18T08:42:07.797-07:00Finally, happy Birthday monkey***Cross-posted at Scientopia
My Dearest Little Monkey -Boy,
You turned four, oh like 5 months ago and I have not yet written you a birthday letter. If you're getting shafted by 4, your poor little sibling is going to be SOL for attention! I'd like to say its not my fault but really it is. I have chosen to be your mom while going to school fulltime, TAing 2 courses, and managing a ScientistMotherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02540317551396323613noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-97947582899206598.post-81595855557795817482011-05-11T18:52:00.000-07:002011-05-13T13:31:13.752-07:00An Open Letter to my Mom***Crossposted at Scientopia Guest Blog
Dear Mother,
Two weeks ago I invited you over for dinner, along with Dad bc you had not seen your grandson for about a month. The same amount of time it has been since Mr.SM's grandmother and parents have not seen their great/ grandson. In march, after spending the whole weekend installing floors , still have a shit load of stuff to do and ScientistMotherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02540317551396323613noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-97947582899206598.post-40065812116077800532011-05-09T11:44:00.000-07:002011-05-09T11:44:49.223-07:00Guestblogging at ScientopiaSo as some of you may or may not know, I"m over at Scientopia's Guest Blog. I could cross post here, but why do that when you can just click the link and go over there for the next two weeks :))ScientistMotherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02540317551396323613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-97947582899206598.post-48137796620866207762011-04-27T18:42:00.000-07:002011-04-27T18:42:40.394-07:00Burnt outI've burned out. The last month of family functions, marking, home renovations and trying to get data has taken its. I could not function on sunday. As in Mr.SM was talking to me and I could not understand or comprehend what he was saying. Thank fully the kitchen is finished I think. The painters came in today so I should be able to put the stove and fridge back in and cook upstairs! ScientistMotherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02540317551396323613noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-97947582899206598.post-88333406172371513472011-04-20T19:01:00.000-07:002011-04-20T19:01:34.384-07:00I'm a #SciMom and hear me roarI got that from Dr.O.
So this is mash up of two themes going on in the bloggy world. One about being a mom and a scientist (thanks Janet for the shout out) and another about being a mom who doesn't really do it all.
Be pre-warned that its a ramble. As I posted before, I've been under alot of pressure to get shit done before the release date and I'm going to just let it the ScientistMotherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02540317551396323613noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-97947582899206598.post-73460597114202814802011-04-08T13:47:00.000-07:002011-04-08T13:47:44.605-07:00Before I get into the midwife thing.Okay, so once again its been awhile since I've posted. In my defense, I'm busy people. Between kitchen reno's, lab work, family and well being anemic, blogging as been low on the priority wheel. Don't worry though, soon enough I'll be on mat leave and blogging up a storm! Hahahahaha!
Alright, so many of you are wondering about the whole midwife vs GP vs OB/GyN thingy and I'm going to get to thatScientistMotherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02540317551396323613noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-97947582899206598.post-9164453125419942102011-03-28T10:15:00.000-07:002011-03-28T10:15:43.605-07:00Pulled apartI know I owe you all a post on why I chose a midwife, and I will. Possibly today since I'm playing hooky from the lab.
I spent all weekend installing new floors in our kitchen and an adjoining room. Every muscle in my body hurts and I"m exhausted. My house looks like a tornado has gone through it. Our upstairs stove and fridge is sitting on our front stoop, I'm going up and down the stairs 100x ScientistMotherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02540317551396323613noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-97947582899206598.post-52799407720226291242011-03-04T09:43:00.000-08:002011-03-04T09:43:31.639-08:00Don't say no one ever told you.For the time first ever, I am going to write out my birthing experience of monkey. I'm doing this for a variety of reasons. (1) I want my story out there for subsequent posts I would like to do on the use of midwifery in women's health. Before I can do that, I need to have my experience out there to refer to. In follow up posts I will discuss why I choose a midwife over "traditional" medicine etcScientistMotherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02540317551396323613noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-97947582899206598.post-41083250907591535622011-03-04T08:35:00.000-08:002011-03-04T08:35:21.602-08:00Do I take the Dog or not! help help help!OK, so here's the dealio - this evening we're heading out to our ski condo up in the interior. Its a long drive (>6hours) and it can get pretty cold when we're driving up. We take our a 4 passenger pick up truck, which has no room for the dog crate inside.
Originally we were supposed to purchase a canopy for the truck, so we woudn't have to worry about our little gal (little for a pure ScientistMotherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02540317551396323613noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-97947582899206598.post-69175634050833371172011-03-03T13:11:00.000-08:002011-03-03T13:11:19.476-08:00So Cath really just wanted to bragSo this monday, I'm minding my own business at the lab, studiously working away to try and find out where on my gene of interest a particular insert has been inserted. The organization that inserted the exon (Fly trap - which makes freaking awesome tool for us!) has the information in one format, but our database (FlyBase - slow, but rocks and is run by volunteers) does not have it. This ScientistMotherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02540317551396323613noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-97947582899206598.post-87899492874489123242011-02-22T20:23:00.000-08:002011-02-22T20:23:31.181-08:00Lies, lies and more liesI vaguely remember promising to (1) post more often since I've been saved from hell and (2) to do the hockey pool update this week. Hahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!
yeah right. I'm a PhD candidate with a bun in the oven and a 4 yr old running around! What was I thinking! Actually, I'm busy analyzing all that confusing clear data. I've come up with a funky theory to explain what could be going ScientistMotherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02540317551396323613noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-97947582899206598.post-26782537956738228702011-02-16T19:09:00.000-08:002011-02-16T19:09:18.124-08:00Data oh Data what are you telling meLast year I spent a considerable amount of time writing up a mock grant. It had to contain all the thing a real grant would contain, objectives, rationales, specific aims, hypotheses etc. It was a challenge, but won that really helped me to learn more about my subject area and more about what could or could not go wrong. Painful as it was, I did learn something from it. The last few months (sinceScientistMotherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02540317551396323613noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-97947582899206598.post-82399077934301285862011-02-09T12:57:00.000-08:002011-02-09T12:57:59.626-08:00Importance of Communicating with your PII have probably lost a ton of followers and readers over the last few months. Which saddens me, but eh, what can you do when life gets in the way in of blogging. I still have to write an ode to my little monkey for his fourth birthday, but since I'm over a month late whats a few more days right?
So this post is to shine a light on the good PI's. Yes I know, its hard to believe they exist, ScientistMotherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02540317551396323613noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-97947582899206598.post-37707595002143262452011-01-29T09:58:00.000-08:002011-01-29T09:58:52.910-08:00Small Acts of Kindness - Thank youI'm inspired by Canadian GirlPostdoc to thank the anonymous skiers who were so wonderfully kind to me yesterday.
I've been having a rough time this semester as I'm TAing for the PI from Hell. S/he is very passionate about teaching undergrads, really really wants them to do well and expects me to care and be as excited about the class as s/he is. I've TA'd this course previously, but s/he ScientistMotherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02540317551396323613noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-97947582899206598.post-3278981238386606702011-01-25T22:28:00.000-08:002011-01-25T22:28:38.621-08:00Shocking but true - lavaland is still kicking everyones ass
are we really that surprised? Ricardipus must be picking the linemates of her her picks, as he's holding perfectly parallel just below. Bob & GertyZ are slowing down, as am I. I guess we actually have to do things other than follow all the hockey stats, eh? That is a joke. I shouldn't be too sad, I'm sitting at 10 points for this 2 game week. Lets see if the player updatesScientistMotherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02540317551396323613noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-97947582899206598.post-18341715701135509432011-01-23T22:32:00.000-08:002011-01-23T22:32:49.888-08:00Hey Pot did you know you're black?Yep thats me trying to be funny or witty or something. You know the old saying, its like the pot calling the kettle black? When you tell someone do not something or tell someone they're being unrealistic, even though you are exactly the same? My BFF are kinda like that and when one of us got a bit preachy about the other shouldn't be so hard on themselves, they're expectations are to high ScientistMotherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02540317551396323613noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-97947582899206598.post-16708297841022006962010-12-31T08:14:00.000-08:002010-12-31T08:14:18.653-08:00Happily Saying GoodbyeTo 2010, not the blog sillies :)
This is an odd new years eve for me. Normally, I lament the passing year remembering the good times, surprised how quickly its gone and what I didn't get done. Analyzing my regrets and working out resolutions for the new year. This year. I am happy to be done with 2010. Despite some good times (The winter olympics, passing my comps), 2010 was one of ScientistMotherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02540317551396323613noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-97947582899206598.post-69133233614621100812010-12-24T16:53:00.000-08:002010-12-24T16:54:10.962-08:00Happy whatever it is you celebrateWe celebrate secular Christmas, so merry christmas! - Posted using BlogPress from my iPhoneScientistMotherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02540317551396323613noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-97947582899206598.post-62816135742457840072010-12-17T09:54:00.000-08:002010-12-17T09:54:06.216-08:00ReplicationsA common theme within science is repeatability. Are you able to get that same result more than once? How do different variables effect your outcome? As most of you know, I work with the lovely Drosophila melanogaster. I have to admit that when I first starting working with them 2 years ago, I was a bit squeamish about them and thought my PI was the oddest person ever for talking about how ScientistMotherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02540317551396323613noreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-97947582899206598.post-38865309783974377082010-12-08T15:22:00.000-08:002010-12-08T15:22:14.250-08:00Better late than Never - Hockey Pool Week9It appears as Lavaland is holding on to her lead with no worries about any of us catching up. She's steady as she goes, no matter what Gerty-Z tries, she can't manage to catch up. Though she is managing to kick all of our buts on a semi - regular basis. Chall, Lavaland and myself all tied for second highest point catch last week. Thomas is holding steady at the rear and Cath, Ricardipus andScientistMotherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02540317551396323613noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-97947582899206598.post-68298394375597393292010-12-06T15:18:00.000-08:002010-12-06T15:18:08.056-08:00Remembering PolytechniqueI don't have much to say, other than I'm choosing to ask you to take a moment and remember the 14 women that were gunned down in Montreal over 20 ago today.
I don't know what we can do to end violence against women anymore. I used to feel like we were making headway, but the more I learn about todays video games and watch tv / movies, I feel like we're moving backwards. Committing violenceScientistMotherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02540317551396323613noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-97947582899206598.post-50502644165941150452010-12-01T14:16:00.000-08:002010-12-01T14:16:02.023-08:00I"m alivebarely. i am sick with the worst head cold ever. combine with fatigue from the crappy few months, nausea and marking makes me a very very unhappy individual.
which is why i've been shockingly silent on the whole science cheerleader thing, missed the hockey pool and am over all just a grumpy ass grad student..
thought you should know.ScientistMotherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02540317551396323613noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-97947582899206598.post-58117502262273772282010-11-22T08:16:00.000-08:002010-11-22T08:16:15.026-08:00Hockey update TBAI think I'm doing the update this week. But I'm never punctual with these things. Blame it on the marking hell I"m in currently. It'll be done, just maybe tomorrow.....ScientistMotherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02540317551396323613noreply@blogger.com5