Currently listening... currently reading...
James Blunt. Back to Bedlam
I never liked him because I thought he sounded too whiny, and "You're
Beautiful" was overplayed on the radio, so was the MTV. It was
starting to get on my nerves coupled with his voice.
Then one day I walked into HMV and listened to his album. Despite all
my initial bias, I actually liked his music. So I bought the album.
Its been a month since, and I am still so into Back to Bedlam. There's
a certain x-factor to it which I can't place my finger on.
Someone said that its depressing. I admit that it is, especially the
lyrics. I feel that its somehow a nice kind of depression. You just
want to sink in it at the end of the day and stare at the ceiling (and
have flashbacks, and contemplate and think of the 101 ways one can
die)
FLY|The Unsung Hero of the 20th Century Science
I've always been bias towards fly work. Its afterall an invertebrate,
how representative can it be of human? Then I started working with
them. You have absolutely no idea how wonderful they are in the lab.
D.melanogaster are happy when you give them fly food. Happily grow,
mate live and die. They look happy. And I am happy. Not much guilty
pangs when you squash one by accident. Or in absolute clumsiness you
destroy a larvae during dissection. I have to admit, that I am
starting to love them.
I can imagine Dr Z. giving me his oh-so-disapproving look. He is still
into rats. He has been working with them for over 2 years now. I guess
its rather difficult to study pain physiology in flies huh? Is it even
possible? I don think they have nociception.
I've worked with rats too. They just need so much work, care and
attention. And worse still, they bite!
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