Brief Bio

I was born and raised in Kalamazoo MI. I earned my bachelors of science in biology from Western Michigan University. I met and fell in love with a big goof of a man named Cliff. I have a fat lazy cat named Kerby and a dog named Bear.

Scientists Find a Microbe Haven at Ocean’s Surface

July 28th, 2009 at 8:59 pm (Ecology, Microbiology, News)

From the New York Times, a cool finding about a microlayer of microbes at the oceans’ surface. These microbes form an oily biofilm which maybe involved with gas exchange in the ocean.

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Life is full of disappointments

July 24th, 2009 at 7:49 pm (About Me, Thoughts)

So it’s just not that Obama is acting like Bush on certain things, it a bit more personal. What happens when you find out that people you admire are bat-shit fucking crazy? So I’m reading about a celebrity “atheist” who seems to me to hate science. Especially the branch of science that I love the most, my little buddies the microbes.

Obviously I disappointed that someone doesn’t live up to my standards. So now I feel like a little kid that whining that there’s no Santa. Because after all, that’s life, where you have to deal with crazy Aunt Tilda in the attic.

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How the turtle’s shell developed

July 11th, 2009 at 9:39 pm (Evolution, News)

From BBC News, A look at the embryonic development of turtles, mice and chickens show that the ribs of the turtle migrate upward to form the turtle’s shell.

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