The Two-Body Problem

This week's post for the ACS Chemical Biology Community is up, on the two-body problem.

formatting the resume

This week's post for the ACS Chemical Biology Community is up, on what I've learned about how to format my resume.

word of the day: quisling

The word of the day is quisling:

Etymology:  < the name of Major Vidkun Quisling (1887–1945), Norwegian officer, diplomat, and fascist leader, who collaborated with the German forces during their occupation of Norway from 1940 to 1945 (from 1942 as Minister President).

 

A person cooperating with an occupying enemy force; a collaborator; a traitor. Also in extended use.

SHRDLU:  Greetings, fellow quadrupeds.  Peace be upon you.
LADY CHARM:  Peace?  You ride with the enemy.
SHRDLU:  Tom Taylor is no threat to you.  He means to save our world.  And he has the power to do so.
LADY CHARM:  What do we need to be saved from, if not the scourge of man?  Stand aside, quisling, or with one gesture, I'll put you among the things that were.

 - "Wheels Within Wheels, Fires Within Fires", The Unwritten Volume 8: Orpheus in the Underworld, Mike Carey and Peter Gross


I think this is an anachronism.

Word of the day: cold-cock

The word of the day is cold-cock:
  
to knock (a person) unconscious (U.S. slang). (OED)


"The guy with the hand is Lucas Filby.  I was about to arrest him when he cold-cocked me.  Next thing I know, I'm here."

 - Didge, "Live Like Lazarus", The Unwritten Volume 8: Orpheus in the Underworld, Mike Carey and Peter Gross

starting salary data

In this week's post for the ACS Chemical Biology Community on the ACS Network, I discuss the latest starting salary data for new chemistry graduates.