On Monday Dr. Isis, the domestic and laboratory goddess, was sitting around in her office, minding her own business and posting to her humble little blogspot blog, when she received an email from the kind folks at ScienceBlogs asking her to join them. Her response was, "Shut Up!!!!." Then she checked to be sure that PhysioProf wasn't just screwing with her.
Video 1: A young artist's rendition of Dr. Isis's reaction to being asked to join ScienceBlogs.
Dr. Isis has been a longtime stalker fan of ScienceBlogs and the decision for her to join the team of top-notch bloggers writing here was an easy one. Seriously, Dr. Isis is still a little star-struck at having her blog housed together with blogs written by folks like Zuska, Bioephemera, Scicurious and PalMD. And Dr. Isis seriously peed a little when she received "welcome to the neighborhood" emails from DrugMonkey, Abel Pharmboy, and Bora (we should be clear that,although she's totally hot, the domestic and laboratory goddess gets excited really easily). She loves those guys!
So, now you know how much Dr. Isis loves Science Blogs and how thrilled she is to be here. The question, however, is "Why should I love Dr. Isis?" Allow me to illustrate with a picture of all the reasons you're going to want to check back here an awful lot:
Figure 1: Reasons why Dr. Isis is totally, amazingly hot
A - Those are Dr. Isis feet wearing Naughty Monkey shoes. Dr. Isis loves shoes. And clothes. And make-up. Dr. Isis posts a new shoe every week, but is also a strong believer that a woman need not compromise her femininity in order to succeed in academia. If you want a hot pair of heels and a candid discussion of the challenges women face in academia, you come visit Dr. Isis. And, if you want to email Dr. Isis a question, she'll answer it here.
Dr. Isis's feet are propped up on her dining room table. Dr. Isis's table is an important part of her day. She gathers here with her husband and young children daily and fiercely guards her family time. She is constantly trying to find ways to maximize the quality of the time she spends with them, and meal time is an important component of that. As a result, you'll get a lot of recipes.
B - Dr. Isis is a card-carrying physiologist/mommy/blogger and these are some of her favorite books:
- The American College of Sports Medicine's Advanced Exercise Physiology
- Boron and Boulpaep's Medical Physiology
- Lilly's Pathophysiology of Heart Disease
- Blogging for Dummies
- John West's Pulmonary Pathophysiology
- Laurel Gaylord's I Love My Mommy Because...
C - That's a glass of wine and Dr. Isis's Clinique lipstick in Pink Goddess. Sometimes at the end of the day, Mama needs a glass of wine. Unfortunately, Mama sometimes then gets an urge to blog.
D - Some bottles of assorteed cleaning supplies. Dr. Isis hates to clean and knows you probably do to. She'll occasionally throw you a bone to help you do it more easily.
E - That's one of Little Isis's toys. Dr. Isis has a brood under the age of two. They make her crazy, but occasionally Dr. Isis can get Little Isis to say some
F -That's Dr. Isis's pile of dirty laundry with one of her sexy little nightgowns on top. One of the biggest challeges Dr. Isis faces is how to maintain her focus on her marriage while also managing to teach, do research, write grants, raise some kids, and still look amazingly hot.
G - That's a stuffed monkey offered in homage to the men who encouraged her to begin blogging back in July and drove the first traffic to her original blog.
Dr. Isis may be completely self-absorbed, but she knows from whence she came and she is honored to be here. I look forward to the discussions we'll share in the future.
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Comments
Welcome to the family!
Posted by: Dave Munger | November 7, 2008 12:29 PM
The SciBorg assimilates another victim. As the great philosopher Bruce Willis once said, “Welcome to the party, pal!”
Posted by: Jason Rosenhouse | November 7, 2008 12:33 PM
Welcome Isis! Enjoy it while it lasts ... I hear we're going out of business next week.
Posted by: Left Hand | November 7, 2008 12:41 PM
Don't listen to him. He's deranged.
Posted by: Right Hand | November 7, 2008 12:43 PM
HURRAH!!!! Welcome to the neighborhood! :-)
Posted by: Alice | November 7, 2008 12:48 PM
Good to see you all settled in. You look comfy.
Posted by: Stephanie Z | November 7, 2008 12:53 PM
It's so new and shiny!
Posted by: LostMarbles | November 7, 2008 12:55 PM
congrats again!
Posted by: ScientistMother | November 7, 2008 12:56 PM
This is gonna be totally fucking awesome!!!
Posted by: Comrade PhysioProf | November 7, 2008 1:00 PM
This is gonna get interesting...
Definitely not my best quality. We almost never get to sit for dinner, and increasing the Q-time with kiddo means she's the most famous 4 year old in the busiest hospital in the country. She loves to round...must be an internist at heart.
Posted by: PalMD | November 7, 2008 1:08 PM
So glad that scienceblogs.com got you before shoeblogs.com did. :)
Posted by: ScienceWoman | November 7, 2008 1:08 PM
Yay! *imitates Max*
Also, love the blogroll, particularly calling the boys your harem.
Posted by: Becca | November 7, 2008 1:10 PM
You must be from SoCal. "SHUT UP!"
Posted by: Physiogroupie IV | November 7, 2008 1:11 PM
Welcome Isis! Absolutely overjoyed to have you joining us here at the 'borg. You got the memo on the quarterly deliveries of this stuff to my home address, right? kaithxbai!
Posted by: DrugMonkey | November 7, 2008 1:11 PM
Huzzah and congrats, Dr. Isis!
With shoes to address any crisis--
You can search all the earth
And find none match her worth;
A bargain whatever the priceis!
Posted by: Cuttlefish, OM | November 7, 2008 1:12 PM
Well, nice to see the new digs. Quite a lot of style as expected.
Also nice to see myself listed in the harem. Sure beats "Eunuchs waving ostrich feathers to cool the totally hot goddess off a few tenths of a degree"
So, I got that going for me.
Posted by: Nat | November 7, 2008 1:17 PM
Welcome to the family! I'm sure you'll be caught up in the fratricide in no time at all. . . but it's all in good fun.
Posted by: Blake Stacey | November 7, 2008 1:23 PM
:-)
Posted by: oldcola | November 7, 2008 1:37 PM
Wow, I've never been a part of a harem before. Looking forward to it.... ;-)
Posted by: Coturnix | November 7, 2008 1:48 PM
Welcome to Scienceblogs, Isis!
Posted by: Crazyharp81602 | November 7, 2008 1:51 PM
Congrats on the new gig!
Posted by: sciencegirl | November 7, 2008 1:57 PM
Welcome, Isis!
Posted by: Laelaps | November 7, 2008 2:08 PM
Looking forward to reading you over here! You've done a nice job with the place.
Posted by: Academic | November 7, 2008 2:15 PM
Congrats Dr. Isis! Love your new digs (and those shoes - not that I could pull them off myself but on you - totally hot!). You just made my whole day adding me to your "women Dr. Isis adores" blogroll. I am inspired to come up with some really kick-ass posts now to make myself worthy. Cheers!
Posted by: ambivalent academic | November 7, 2008 2:17 PM
Welcome!
I had to pass a link to those shoes on to my girlfriend :P
I'm looking forward to reading (more of) your blog once the RSS gets up and running!
Posted by: Chris | November 7, 2008 3:02 PM
...
Damn. My voice is already drowned out..!!
Good thing it is Friday. My wife will not notice the extra beers consumed to console myself.
. . . ...:minism:...
...tom...
P.S. You will be a smash here I am sure.
.
Posted by: ...tom... | November 7, 2008 3:24 PM
My darling, darling ...tom..., your voice will never be drowned out. Did you not notice your place in my harem?
Posted by: Isis the Scientist | November 7, 2008 3:26 PM
Congratulations on the new dig. RSS adjusted. Carry on.
Posted by: Liz D | November 7, 2008 4:22 PM
I take it back. No feed yet.
http://scienceblogs.com/isisthescientist/index.xml
On Monday's to do list.
Posted by: Liz D | November 7, 2008 4:25 PM
Welcome to Science Blogs. I'm very glad you're here, since I was almost never able to comment on the old blog -- that "Open ID" thingy almost never works at any Blogger blogs.
Since you are now here, and since Comrade Physio Prof has already conceded your overall victory in The Recipe War, and since the final "battle" is over chocolate desserts, which almost everyone loves, how about opening up the last round to entries from others here at ScienceBlogs? (And maybe consider next year having a pan-ScienceBlogs Recipe War; there are quite a few other foodies here.)
Posted by: chezjake | November 7, 2008 4:26 PM
Congretulations, Isis.
Should someone invite Sarah Palin to read your blog? If not for its scientific content then at least for the shoes!
All the best.
Posted by: S. Rivlin | November 7, 2008 4:52 PM
Welcome, welcome, welcome! So glad to have you join the borg! And I'm honored to be one of the women Dr. Isis Adores - thank you. Love the shoes. And I admire your ability to manage work, family, shoes, AND produce an awesome blog! Once again, welcome!
Posted by: Zuska | November 7, 2008 5:07 PM
Yay!!!!!!!
There have not been ANYWHERE near enough hot shoes around here. You have to fix that, girlfriend.
Posted by: bioephemera | November 7, 2008 6:17 PM
Whats up with the feed not working in reader? is it a science blogs issue or a reader issue? what will I do without instant updates of this new blog???
Posted by: ScientistMother | November 7, 2008 6:53 PM
I can't believe you actually own those shoes. Next time I see you, I'll have to hand over a few bucks. ;-)
Posted by: Candid Engineer | November 7, 2008 6:56 PM
We will all have to check back to the new space incessantly until the ScienceBlogs folks hook us up with our RSS feed to to the goddess.
Posted by: Academic | November 7, 2008 7:07 PM
"Dr Isis's Harem"! LOL!
Again, CONGRATULATIONS! No one deserves it more than you. (Even PhysioProf . . . heh heh heh . . .)
Posted by: Juniper Shoemaker | November 7, 2008 8:09 PM
Will check back when there's more to read. Not terribly interested in the shoes, but perhaps the obvious way to tie Egyptian mythology to footwear is via the theory that Egypt's well-known symbol of life, the ankh, represents a schematic aerial view of a sandal. Sandals - so it would seem - are life.
Meanwhile, for a bit of retro why not spend the day playing my favourite eighties-era computer game?
Posted by: Adrian Morgan | November 7, 2008 8:37 PM
Welcome Doc!
I think I'll stay with my Tivas though. I'm more a fan of shoes that are comfortable.
Posted by: Sandra Porter | November 7, 2008 8:41 PM
Congratulations on the move! Well done, Goddess. My links are updated.
Posted by: sandy | November 7, 2008 9:18 PM
Congrats!
I'm a lurker both at your original site, and here at the Borg.
RESISTANCE IS FUTILE!
Posted by: Muse142 | November 7, 2008 10:33 PM
P.S. Your link to Mother of All Scientists doesn't work at present.
Posted by: Juniper Shoemaker | November 8, 2008 12:40 AM
Thanks, Juniper! I missed an "s" as I was entering the sites last night. It should be fixed.
Posted by: Isis the Scientist | November 8, 2008 12:46 AM
Geeze, I have to go away for a week and look at all the changes! Bookmarks are updated... I'll still be here. Congrats on the new home :)
Posted by: Jenn | November 11, 2008 4:13 AM