Ouch. One thing you don't know about me is that when I was in grad school, I did plenty of syntheses inside nitrogen-filled gloveboxes. To assess whether there was too much oxygen and moisture left in there, I would intentionally break light bulbs, then plug them in. The length of time that the light bulb stayed on was inversely proportional to the oxygen plus moisture content in there. If my light bulb didn't last for six hours, the chamber wasn't clean enough.

How many P.h.D.s does it take to change a light bulb?
Only one but it will take 8 years. :)

Sorry, khalling. We have hijacked your post for a little levity.

Too good. Tweeted from the movie's Twitter account. https://twitter.com/AtlasShrugged/status...

It certainly is. I've just gotten hooked on that show. And zombies freak me out! I sometimes leave the room when it's on, haha.

LOL!
Well, I'm sure that you will still change the world.

I have no idea why this post headed in this direction, but clearly it 's of interest and people have an opinion about it. sigh

Calibration is so VERY important.
One positive result of having inherent talent, skill or ability is that eventually you fall into and pursue precisely what is within you to do.

Perfect comment! +1!

By the time you get a Ph.D., you realize that you know nothing, and neither does anyone else. - jbrenner, Ph.D

My wife has a PhD camera (push here dummy)

When I was in graduate school I saw some PhD candidates who for all practical purposes were super-glorified technicians: profs had the money to pay them maintain and operate sophisticated, difficult to calibrate instrumentation system. So, they became deep experts at a method that did not exist anywhere else. The philosophy part of the degree was forgotten.

OMGoodness, what a wonderful parallel.
And my party (Democratic) already had their brains eaten.
HELP!
I think they got McCain, too.

ribbens, welcome to the Gulch!

I work in IT and five years ago or so I started becoming interested in old world skills that people are forgetting.

I now make a pretty good sourdough bread.
I am also starting on homemade pickles.
I also know a little bit about foraging for choice edible mushrooms.

I look forward to your future blog posts.

awesome! for a new blog, you've generated quite a bit of anticipation

I would not know what standard is objective there. I have had a blog since January 2011 and post just more often than once a week on average.

I was hooked by your promise of anti-biotics. You will note that I am a subscriber.

Looking forward to it. I subscribed to your blog; got my first update message. Thanks.

Great. I have your blog bookmarked so I can follow it.

You will notice that the blog was launched a couple of weeks ago, and I've posted something every few days. Is that insufficient?

You're too kind.

I'm currently adding technique videos to supplement the penicillin post I'm working on. I'm hoping to have that posted August 6 (Alexander Fleming's birthday).

littlered, that comment was NOT to you. I enjoyed the levity ;)

No, just a little Monday morning levity. I am amazed at the thinking ability of many people. I grew up in a family where common sense was the most valuable asset. As I peruse the Gulch, I marvel at the depth of thought given to the various topics. I don't always agree, but that's ok. It will aid in sharpening my own thinkin.

I don't know who dinged you a point on this, someone being obnoxiously literal I guess. I have posted the CDC checklist on what to do in a zombie Apocalypse many times. My favorite item on the checklist: update your contacts information frequently. ;) I have been waiting to see the Walking Dead, it's not available on my Netflix.