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February 16, 2009
Day Off
Posted by Derek
Today is a holiday in many workplaces around the US today, and so it is at mine. I'm home at stately Lowe Manor, breaking ice off the shady front steps and cleaning out the cage of my daughter's guinea pig. The comparatively relaxing (and comparatively nice-smelling) business of drug discovery will resume tomorrow, as will blogging. See everyone then!
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1. You're Pfizered on February 16, 2009 12:36 PM writes...
How many other places have today off? I'm slaving away! (when not whinnig about having to work...)
Permalink to Comment2. Hap on February 16, 2009 1:09 PM writes...
Why doesn't your daughter get to clean out its cage? Litterboxes require much more regular maintenance - once a day they get cleaned out, though the cats aren't picky.
Permalink to Comment3. Sili on February 16, 2009 2:37 PM writes...
I'm disappointed that a Levi fan doesn't have a snake to clean out after.
Permalink to Comment4. SteveM on February 16, 2009 8:34 PM writes...
Re; "and comparatively nice-smelling) business of drug discovery."
I haven't done chemistry in a long time, but yeah I sorta liked the lab smells. Acetone, Ethyl Acetate, Ether (in moderation). The grassy smell of acid chlorides. The cherry smell of phenyl ketones. They were the sweet smells of what I did and enjoyed doing for a living.
Parenthetically, for a short period of time, the company hired a really good looking young woman to rotate through the labs and help clean up. And she wore this perfume called Raffine. That scent attached to that woman was absolutely intoxicating. All us meatball chemists would sidle up to to her in our lab coats and surreptitiously sniff. That was the best smell of all...
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