He looked up at me wearily. “Maybe a little more detail here.”
He handed back my notebook and I headed back to the lab. (3/3) #chemchat

My notebook was in reasonable shape and he flipped through experiments to find something to comment on. He landed on a failed experiment. A reagent table at the top, a quick early observation and then, scrawled in block capitals across the page, “CRAAAAAAAAP”. (2/3)

True story: I was a grad student in Paul Wender’s lab. He had asked to see everyone’s notebooks and was going through them with each student individually. By the time he got to mine, it had been a long evening already. I sat down in his office, ready to receive his wisdom. (1/2)

Resign

The bit that leapt out at me was that finding them required nine jurisdictions and the FBI, and yet these sophisticated criminals’ Achilles heel turned out to be that they seemingly told everyone who would listen that they were robbing famous athletes.

“We’ve been busy working on other aspects of our women…

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You forgot to mention the significantly faster TSA screening at SFO.

Strong Judge Smails vibe

Lucha libre at the arena Mexico!

Perhaps we’re approaching herd immunity….

I’ll see myself out.

I would also add that I will treat ANY claim that a compound was discovered using AI with extreme scepticism. If someone has solved any part of this problem, it's so valuable that it's worth exaggerating.

Hamura's saimin isn't overly obscure, but it's a delicious reminder of Kauai's Japanese heritage.

Just punching up your joke a bit…
Optimist: the cup is half full.
Pessimist: the cup is half empty.
Chemist: the cup has 118.3 mL.

If the ultimate goal is a job in Pharma, apply as soon as possible to both. If you don’t get offers you like from industry, take a postdoc offer from someone with a track record of putting people into jobs like you want.