Ya know what's awful? The fact that I've barely even glanced at my Google Reader in about a month.  I'm still working more than is convenient (I'm trying to be honest here.  I like my me-time and lately I'm forced to hoard it by skipping things like catching up on current events) and trying to keep at least some of my attention focused on the present moment.  It's tough.  My mind has already left for Binghamton. I'll tell you what I HAVE managed to do, though, that manages to be both entertaining and potentially useful...

http://www.getbodysmart.com/ap/skeletalsystem/skeleton/menu/menu.html

I've been playing with virtual bones.  I'm taking a skeletal biology course in the fall and thought it'd be good to brush up, since my massage school curriculum 1. didn't pay much attention to bony landmarks that weren't major muscle attachments and 2. mostly flew out of my head when I graduated five years ago.  So far I'm done the tutorials and quizzes on the clavicle and scapula...I figured I'll take the quizzes cumulatively every time I visit the site, so that by the time the semester rolls around I'll have this stuff down cold.

I've also read nearly all of Tess Gerritsen's books at this point.  One week I managed to read three despite working full-time plus.  It felt really, really good to do that...brought me back to the days when I was perpetually in the corner wrapped up in one book or another. I justify my book gluttony based on the fact that the author is a doctor, and so most of the medicine/A&P related details are thus likely to actually be accurate...making the whole series one big educational endeavor.  Or something.

Today's goal- read everything folks in the know have to say about this gorilla genome business, then report back here.  Also find something for lunch, pronto. These dill-flavored lentil chips are awesome but they just won't do.

Just for laughs

http://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org/career_magazine/previous_issues/articles/2012_03_23/caredit.a1200033

I thought this article was great, but it makes me a little sad.  The natural world is so much fun.  There shouldn't be anything wrong with good science presented with context and interest.