Happy glassware redistribution day!

In a higher phase of communist society, after the enslaving subordination of the individual to the division of labor, and therewith also the antithesis between mental and physical labor, has vanished; after labor has become not only a means of life but life's prime want; after the productive forces have also increased with the all-around development of the individual, and all the springs of co-operative wealth flow more abundantly—only then can the narrow horizon of bourgeois right be crossed in its entirety and society inscribe on its banners: From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs!
-Karl Marx, Critique of the Gotha Program, Germany 1875


I. Nothing in society will belong to anyone, either as a personal possession or as capital goods, except the things for which the person has immediate use, for either his needs, his pleasures, or his daily work. II. Every citizen will be a public man, sustained by, supported by, and occupied at the public expense. III. Every citizen will make his particular contribution to the activities of the community according to his capacity, his talent and his age; it is on this basis that his duties will be determined, in conformity with the distributive laws.
- Morelly, The Code of Nature, France 1755

Comrades Mike and Dave decided to dress up to celebrate this joyous day. Power to the people!

Contest

We have been a bit disappointed by the lack or participation in contests.  Because of that, I thought I would make this weeks contest quite simple.  It will only take 2 seconds to enter.  One entry per person please.  Deadline to enter is Monday at 4 pm.

The prize is this beautiful picture frame!  We will supply the picture.

And now for the contest.  You must guess what number I am thinking of between one (1) and twenty five (25) inclusive.  Integers only.  Whoever is closest when the contest ends will win the prize!

Blog Updates

In addition to the fish feeding application that Keith mentioned, I have added a couple of other features to the blog.  On the righthand side below the polls you will find tips to heal a broken heart. 

All the way at the bottom of the page you will find that you can play tetris while you learn tips to whiten your teeth!

Lab Member Profile -- Dr. Maurice Marsini

This week's group member profile features our beloved postdoctoral colleague Maurice, shown below in his native habitat. Amy has also installed a special application that you can find at the right of the screen; please click on Maurice's face to feed the fish. On to the interview ...

1. What is on your bedside table? my watch
2. Do you have posters up on your room walls? no
3. Do you still have tonsils? yes
4. Which do you prefer - Coke or Pepsi? Pepsi
5. What is the thing you love most about Amy? her keen scientific mind
6. Did you like Amy instantly? yes
7. If you had a lot of money, where would you go on vacation? Italy
8. Which part of you do you hate the most? height
9. When you encounter a sad moment, what do you do? reflect
10. Do you have any bad habits? don't have any
11. Describe yourself in three words. pragmatic, humble, freon
12. Are you mostly a clean or messy person? clean
13. What's your favorite thing to do on a Saturday night? eat a nice dinner with my wife
14. What's your favorite song of all time? Speedway to Nazareth by Mark Knopfler
15. What would be the main reason that anyone would want to be in a relationship with you? I'm a very understanding person.
16. If you won 10 million dollars, what would you do? live off 1 million and bank the rest for interest
17. Name your five favorite foods. shellfish, duck, my wife's pizza, venison, sauteed kale
18. Are you usually late, early, or right on time? early
19. You can have one of the following things: trust or love? trust
20. Are you the kind of friend that you would want to have as a friend? yes
21. Your best friend dies: what would you do? Why don't you drive yourself: because I'm a space cadet.
22. Would you give a homeless person CPR if they were dying? uh ... yes
23. Which would you choose -- true love with a guarantee of heart break or never having loved at all? true love with heart break
24. What is your middle name? Angelo
25. How big is your bed? queen-sized
26. Who was the last person you hugged? my wife
27. What is the first thing you notice in the opposite sex? butt
28. Have you ever fired a gun? yes
29. Are you hiding something from someone? no
30. What would you like people to call you, other than your name? Apollo
31. How does it feel to lose the weight loss competition to someone twice your age? fantastic
    

Mad Libs Tuesday

This week's addition was completed by your wonderful move coordinator, Dave Siler:

Dear Aldrich:

Cheryl worked for me as my assistant for 10 years. I recommend her without bugs for the garbage collector program.

While working in baseball bat production, I often relied on Cheryl to put together red presentations, for which she described and thumped the artistic approach to the project, researching birds and photographic bad materials. Her creativity, resourcefulness and ability to see a project through really made these presentations smelly and broken.

When we went into production on the feature film Office Space, Cheryl was able to observe every box of the process, running in on meetings and working with monkeys in all areas of the production from the moment the production was set in motion through the release of the film 2 minutes later.

During this time, she was a young graduate student, often serving as my liason to scattered balloons of the crew. She also coordinated projects involving old people, and her ability to work strikingly while guiding the project quickly and smashingly was wrinkly. For example, when we suddenly needed to reconceive several action scissors that had already been storyboarded, Cheryl quickly found a new storyboard cab driver on location and worked with him, the stunt coordinator and the congressman through several drafts to make sure the new scissors worked, and then thumped with crew balloons from all departments, making sure everyone was up-to-date on the changes that were relevant to them. She even whacked in to draw a few last-minute ancient changes herself.

Cheryl`s sensitivity, stick, energy and sense of shoe made working with her a rotovap. I highly recommend her as a trashy addition to the program.

Sincerely,

Dave