Thoughts I am sitting at the table. The table is a train wreck, as always. There are marks all over the surface. Blots, scratches, chinks, cuts, burns, what have you. There are scratches from scratching, ink stains from pen leaks, and discolorations from chemical spills. There are tiny bumps and ridges from split glue and […]
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Thoughts I am sitting on the roof, in the shade, cross-legged amidst rows of potted plants. It is hot. I handle the heat remarkably well; nevertheless, I am sweating lightly. The ground is dirty and green, spotted with algae or moss, I can never differentiate between the two. I had to reshuffle a couple of
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Thoughts I am eating cheese with chopsticks. Or, more accurately, I was eating cheese with chopsticks. I melted a bunch of cheese in a cup as a snack for this whole writing session, but then finished it in one go while I was procrastinating over a keyboard. I think that says a lot about me
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A Brief Overview of the History, Use, and Mechanism of Stains I recently invested in microscopy stains. Some 100 mLs of Lugol’s Iodine and Methylene Blue, nothing too fancy. They got me thinking about microscopy stains as a whole, and, diving into it, they’re fascinating. I want to share some of my findings here. The
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