Janet D. Stemwedel (whose nom de blog is Dr. Free-Ride) is an associate professor of philosophy at San Jose State University. Before becoming a philosopher, she earned a Ph.D. in physical chemistry. Email her at dr.freeride@gmail.com.
Yeah, sure that plush Borrelia burgdorferi (the bacterium that causes Lyme disease) is playfully cuddling the plush penicillin now. But can their friendship last?
(Actually, in light of the fact that penicillin inhibits transpeptidase in gram-positive bacrteria, and of the fact that Borrelia burgdorferi is gram-negative, maybe those two love-sick kids can make it work.)
Uttered by Dr. Free-Ride's better half upon extracting the plush penicillin from the Christmas stocking: "I'm going to have to keep that away from my syphilis!"
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Props to MrDrFR for best line of the day.
Posted by: PalMD | December 26, 2009 9:44 AM
CUTE! Santa must have know how good you were last year - congrats. We all look forward to you being just as good in 2010.
Posted by: J-Dog | December 26, 2009 10:03 AM
Love that!
Posted by: LindaCO | December 26, 2009 10:54 AM
We are geek parents. PharmKid not only received but actively asked for plush Epstein-Barr Virus (the kissing-disease virion has lengthy, full eyelashes) and Saccharomyces cerevisiae because of the cute bud scars.
I learned from the tag that "enzyme" is derived from the Greek en zume, or "in yeast," that refers to the power of the microorganism to create ethanol and CO2 from sugar.
Posted by: Abel Pharmboy | December 26, 2009 8:59 PM
I enjoyed my fuzzy Giardia lamblia until my dog got ahold of it. Boy was that ugly.
Enjoy the blog - thanks for all the useful info!
Happy New Year!
Posted by: Bushbaby | December 30, 2009 8:47 PM