Disclaimer:
First things first. I started another blog somewhere and forgot all about it until a few days ago...and then realized I didn't even know where to find it in this virtual insanity of internet space, let alone remember my sign in name or password. The obvious solution? To start another blog somewhere else and hopefully this time not forget about it.

I can't guarantee this will be entertaining or clever or witty by any means. I spend most of my days in the lab puttering away. Most of the things that are funny on a daily basis make no sense to people not in biology or microbiology. Example? I had my committee meeting today (read: big waste of everyone's time) and we all had a good laugh about my little slip up mentioning the "periplasm of gram positive bateria". Funny? Thought not. We certainly thought it was amusing because you see, they don't have a periplasm. Or maybe they do. There's some controversy about the whole thing really. In case people are wondering, the periplasm is this sort of empty space between the membrane and cell wall where things sort of accumulate until they're exported out of the bacteria. So this is what this little blog space is going to be...a sort of empty space where random things accumulate and maybe something intelligent will come out of the whole thing.

Onto the main event, today's first post!

I am addicted to sushi/maki. My roommate and I have come to the conclusion that there must be some sort of drug or chemical in sushi that gets you addicted. I get random sushi cravings that I can't control. I am like a well-training dog and predictably being salivating the minute someone mentions sushi. If I get a whif of soya sauce with wasabi, my stomach growls. Pavlov would be proud. At least I can take comfort in the fact that I am not alone and that other people have my "problem". We are all a bit sushi-crazy in the lab so odds are, if I am going through sushi withdrawal, someone else is too. The downside is that it's easy to get sucked into a quick excursion down the street to grab some delicious delicious takeout goodness. Sushi anyone?