Monday, February 06, 2006

The Chicken or the Egg?

Which came first, the nucleic acid or the protien? If protein regulates DNA replication and transcription, and DNA makes proteins, how are we even here?
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The weekend was good. I'm finally over my cold and I got a lot of work done, both domestic and school-related. Mike and I went out to Dave's house to enjoy the SuperBowl with the Battle Creek-ers last night, though I think the veggie tray consumed more of our attention than the game. ^_^ Saturday I got to see the Fox boys (Andy, James, and Jeremy) at my place for dinner and Cranium. I'd forgotten how hilarious (and utterly retarded) they are. I actually helped Kate cook. *gasps!* I sure wish I could fit more than 1.5 persons in my kitchen though.

I think I might house-sit for one of the pharmacy techs a week from Friday to earn some extra money for Spring Break. Plus I can eat her food. >:D Work has been good--I'm looking forward to not doing it this weekend.

Today I thought about pharmacy school again, though for a change it was actually positive. Even though I'm not holding my breath for it, I've thought once or twice about how I would react if I was accepted for this fall. I imagine a lot of joyous screaming, crying, and smothering Mike in happy kisses would occur. I think I'd want to surprise my parents--I'd be doing it as much for them as for myself. April will not come soon enough... either way.


And just because it's almost The Dad's birthday and he deserves some super-dad recognition, here's a few words to live by that he has his whole life:

"This above all: to thine ownself be true... and so it must follow, as the night the day. Thou cannot then be false to any man."

6 comments:

Michael J. Jordan said...

Ooh!  Ooh!  Probably the protein, which are formed in stars.  And then, like, somehow during a meeting they were like "I'm bored.  Let's make twisty things."  So they all held hands and made DNA.

DUH.

Boomer said...

Twisty things?! Watson and Crick would cry in shame. ;-)

Michael J. Jordan said...

Watson and Crick were pedophiles.  That's right, I said it.

Boomer said...

The plot thickens.....

Anonymous said...

The nerdy response...it was enzymatically active RNA! :O still twisty things though...sheesh, ya'll are having a bad 'not practicing watson&crick nomenclature' effect on me!

Boomer said...

O man! RNA?!

That's brilliant!

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