Dear Natural Selection,
I am writing to personally thank you for a development in human anatomy that I am particularly grateful for today: the nasal septum. When did you come up with this little bit of cartilaginous genius? Was it a just a hop, skip, and a leap once you'd settled on bilateral symmetry? Well, I suppose it must seem kind of like old hat to you so many eons later, but I just wanted to let you know that I still appreciate it.
Of course, I could do without the bugs that are holding their own bacterial Glastonbury Festival in my sinuses. They are partying at all hours and making quite a mess. Could you kindly direct me to whomever invented "glamping"? Because I've got some other words for that fellow. These bacteria are getting faaaaaaarrrrrr too comfortable in there.
But at least I can breathe out of one of my nostrils. It was a really good idea for us to have two of them. Thanks for that.
Hugs,
AA
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- Better Half - My sweet and charming significant other, also a very talented scientist.
- DangerDog - My contribution to our fur family. He is adorable and hyper-excitable and would probably be easier to live with if Ritalin were approved for dogs.
- GrAdvisor - My well-meaning PI/graduate advisor. We have our differences, but I can chalk most of them up to disparate communication styles, which makes it easier to live with the fall-out of our communication-fails.
- New PI - So far an awesome mentor. Needs a moniker. Will take suggestions.
- Thing 1 & Thing 2 - BH's cats. Actually, I'm not sure if they really are cats or some alien life forms bent on world domination.
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