There has been lots of shopping lately and hanging out with friends (mostly Jacque). I've seen two movies: Marie Antoinette and the new Bond. I liked them both, though Marie Antoinette didn't have any point. I guess I'm alright with a movie having no point, as long as it's a pretty movie. I like the new Bond, he's hotter than Pierce Brosnan, but I didn't like that it was more gratuitously violent (or was I just imagining that?) Basically, the highlight of the last month was last Monday, when I spilled a dangerous chemical on my week-old jeans and they had to be disposed of as hazardous material. Man, I love being a scientist! Everyone keeps asking me if I was wearing a lab coat. First of all, a lab coat would not have protected my jeans, and second of all, scientists don't actually wear lab coats. I guess if you're a klutzy scientist like me, it's not a bad idea. Alas, the jeans have been replaced, and all is right with the world again.
I'm happy to announce that my orphan-shoe adoption program is doing well, and I recently welcomed these darlings into my home:
I've wanted those Adidas sneakers since I was in high school. I realize they might make me look like a child, or a pre-teen at least, but I don't care. They're pink!
Do scientists really not wear lab coats?
ReplyDeleteYeah, biologists don't. Chemists probably do, but I don't know. Sad, isn't it? Of the four labs I've worked in, I've only seen a few people wear lab coats, and that was only when they were handling really dangerous chemicals. It's not really an issue if you're not a total klutz.
ReplyDeleteBut you still wear those big plastic lab glasses though, right?
ReplyDeleteBut Kusems, every time I see a scientist in a commercial trying to sell me something, they are always wearing a lab coat. Are you trying to tell me that my TV is lying??
ReplyDeleteYes, John, your TV is lying. And yes, Will, we do wear the huge, ugly safety glasses, though the ones we have at work are far more chic than the hideous things I had to wear in college chemistry labs.
ReplyDeleteMy husband worked for a microbiology lab for 7 years and HAD to wear a lab coat every day in fear of FDA regulation violations. I suppose it depends on where you work.
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