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Monthly Archives: June 2011
Sulphurous
One of the things that people find slightly problematic about our lab is the results of some of the things we grow. While most of the highly flammable gases floating around our lab are odourless (thankfully), some of the organisms … Continue reading
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Doing and Being
Last Sunday was Father’s Day in the US, although not in New Zealand, for whatever reason – it turns out that Father’s Day and Mother’s Day are fairly arbitrarily placed throughout the year depending on where you are in the … Continue reading
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Where I’m From
I think perhaps the hardest part of dealing with the ongoing earthquakes in Christchurch, over here, is that you can’t really talk to people about it. The Monday aftershocks got a one-line mention on the morning news, but overseas natural … Continue reading
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Not In Kansas
It’s been summer-hot and dry here this last week, the sort of weather that never lasted for more than two or three days at a time back home, and it was the same yesterday morning, twenty degrees by the time … Continue reading
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