Monthly Archives: January 2012

Tuesday, 31 January 2012

Posted on 31 January 2012 by Robert Bruce Thompson

08:22 – I just filed my North Carolina E-500 Sales Tax report. As always, I deeply resent being forced to function as an unpaid tax collector for the state of North Carolina. North Carolina already has self-reporting of use tax … Continue reading →

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Monday, 30 January 2012

Posted on 30 January 2012 by Robert Bruce Thompson

10:28 – The book is complete and off to the editors. For the next few weeks, I’ll be working with the editors and layout/design folks, answering queries, incorporating edits, and otherwise cleaning up before the book actually goes to print. … Continue reading →

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Sunday, 29 January 2012

Posted on 29 January 2012 by Robert Bruce Thompson

08:51 – We should finish the manuscript today, with two days to spare. Barbara is cleaning house this morning and then heading over to her parents’ house for lunch. We’ll shoot the final images this afternoon. While I was doing … Continue reading →

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Saturday, 28 January 2012

Posted on 28 January 2012 by Robert Bruce Thompson

10:41 – All of the chapters are complete and off to the editors except the Introduction, which is in progress now. This weekend, we need to shoot some images to replace placeholders in the text. We also need to build … Continue reading →

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Friday, 27 January 2012

Posted on 27 January 2012 by Robert Bruce Thompson

08:09 – I should finish the lab session on simulated DNA gel electrophoresis today and get it off to the reviewers. Finish in the sense of finish writing it. I haven’t actually done the lab session yet. I’ll do it … Continue reading →

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Thursday, 26 January 2012

Posted on 26 January 2012 by Robert Bruce Thompson

08:44 – I sent off the preface and lab safety chapter to the reviewers yesterday. That leaves the introduction, which is well in progress, and a lab session that I wasn’t sure I’d have time to do before deadline. That … Continue reading →

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Wednesday, 25 January 2012

Posted on 25 January 2012 by Robert Bruce Thompson

07:49 – Heads-down writing continues, as it will for the next several days. I was just reading an article to Colin yesterday about new evidence that dogs have been man’s best friend for at least 33,000 years, back when we … Continue reading →

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Tuesday, 24 January 2012

Posted on 24 January 2012 by Robert Bruce Thompson

10:18 – The chapter on Equipping Your Lab is finished and off to the reviewers. I’m working on the Preface now. 15:29 – I’m still working on the Preface, but I did finish writing the Dedication. To Charles Darwin (1809 … Continue reading →

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Monday, 23 January 2012

Posted on 23 January 2012 by Robert Bruce Thompson

11:12 – With eight days left until deadline, I’m in serious heads-down writing mode. The lab sessions are complete, with one exception, and I’m working on the narrative early chapters now. There are four of those: Preface, Introduction, Equipping Your … Continue reading →

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Sunday, 22 January 2012

Posted on 22 January 2012 by Robert Bruce Thompson

11:39 – While she was watching basketball yesterday, Barbara finished packing and labeling 60 each of five groups of solids: amoxicillin capsules, ascorbic acid tablets, dextrose, lima bean seeds, and carrot seeds. She’ll finish up agar and Rhizobium innoculum today. … Continue reading →

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