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The Evil Monkey has a Ph.D. in Neuroscience from a southeastern university. After a postdoctoral nightmare of Inquisitorial proportions, he is currently working in a laboratory and teaching at a local community college. He is still not sure why he wrote this paragraph in the third person, and for that reason is beginning to doubt his sanity. How many freakin' people can fit into his head, anyway? No wait, my head. Oh crap.
Scicurious is a graduate student wrestling with a PhD in Physiology and Pharmacology at a southern institution. She is a nerd, a geek, and also a dork, which takes up a lot of her free time. She sees nothing wrong with talking about herself in the third person, and wonders why Evil Monkey is so freaked out about it.
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September 29, 2008
Category: Synaptic Misfires
For those who do not know, I have a Significant Other. Otherwise known as Mr. Scicurious-in-training, (Mr. SiT), he is teh awesome. If you have been stunned by my charisma, charm, and general nerditude, you shall have to compete against...
Posted by Scicurious at 11:18 AM • 9 Comments •
September 26, 2008
Category: Friday Weird Science
I think the best part about this weird Friday is that I don't have to write it! A good thing too, I have a life outside the blog (crazy, I know), and that life has been nothing short of...
Posted by Scicurious at 3:07 PM • 5 Comments •
September 25, 2008
Category: CNS Diseases and Disorders
Some people have been noticing erratic behavior from republican nominee John McCain lately. His most recent seems to be slight, but rather odd. Specifically, he appears to have developed ptosis--- a drooping eyelid--- which could of course be related to...
Posted by Evil Monkey at 12:40 PM • 7 Comments •
September 24, 2008
Category: Alzheimer's Disease
This is the third option for "things I could present in Journal Club". Please let me know if you have a strong preference! The Journal Club is, um, tomorrow. So I probably better get my rear in gear. As...
Posted by Scicurious at 9:50 PM • 1 Comments •
Category: Addiction
So here's the second in the series of "things I could present for Journal Club". I figure I'll blog the top three, and then actually prepare whichever one I want to do the morning before. Procrastination is a mark...
Posted by Scicurious at 12:47 PM • 5 Comments •
September 23, 2008
Category: Behavioral Neuro
A good while ago I did a Friday Weird Science which I thought was really cool. Unfortunately, it just wasn't...weird...enough, and so I put it into poetry, because everything is better in verse. It was on Prairie Voles and...
Posted by Scicurious at 11:43 AM • 3 Comments •
September 22, 2008
This past Saturday I got to go to the celebration in NC for the 1,000,000th ScienceBlog comment! All of us lucky enough to be in the area met up as the Asheboro zoo, where we got a fun personal tour,...
Posted by Scicurious at 11:58 PM • 1 Comments •
Category: Academia
The downside of this semester is that I am dog tired. Having 3 classes with exams all at once wasn't a good idea when I still have to work 40+ a week. I haven't had a day off in weeks....
Posted by Evil Monkey at 6:36 PM • 4 Comments •
September 19, 2008
Category: Friday Weird Science
I'm starting to think it must be a LOT of fun to be the editor of the Journal of Medical Hypotheses. First there was the one about groaning and hyperventilation decreasing blood to the cortex and enhancing the sexual...
Posted by Scicurious at 1:02 AM • 41 Comments •
September 16, 2008
Category: Blog Carnivals
Check it out! It's over at Entertaining science. My post on Parkinson's got in (obviously, I recommend it), and there's a cool article from The Big Room on categorizing the fundamental types of living beings. And of course, if you're...
Posted by Scicurious at 10:30 PM • 0 Comments •
Category: Natural Sciences
"The spores! The spores!" When I was in undergrad (which is beginning to seem a depressingly long time ago), all the Biology majors had to take Botany. The pre-meds HATED this class, which not only was not really relevant...
Posted by Scicurious at 10:20 PM • 7 Comments •
The SAUSAGE links...mmm...sausage... sorry, that was brought to you by the list of things I wish I had for breakfast. The life of a starving grad student is full of things you WISH you had for breakfast. Or lunch. Or...
Posted by Scicurious at 9:59 AM • 1 Comments •
September 11, 2008
Category: Friday Weird Science
I sincerely hope that none of you out there have ever had thoughts of suicide or death. Suicide is never funny, please don't do it, and if you ever do have thoughts of suicide or death, please talk to...
Posted by Scicurious at 10:55 PM • 5 Comments •
September 10, 2008
Category: Anxiety/Depression
Anyone who read my previous blog will probably know that I've got a couple of big interests: blows to the head, diabetes, sex (who doesn't?). I've also got a really big interest in both psychiatric disorders such as depression...
Posted by Scicurious at 10:40 PM • 3 Comments •
September 9, 2008
Category: Parkinson's Disease
Can I just say how much I LOVE these old papers! Today I present to you one of the best historical papers neuroscience has to offer, and a real classic in the field. Parkinson, J. "An Essay on the Shaking...
Posted by Scicurious at 5:36 PM • 7 Comments •
Category: Politics/Policy
This is one of those things I simply can't fathom. How does a woman pretend to be pro-women and then charge other women for basic forensic services following a rape? She justifies it as necessary to cut taxes. Which begs...
Posted by Evil Monkey at 2:44 PM • 12 Comments •
Category: Synaptic Misfires
Hi, I'm Scicurious! I am a graduate student in Physiology and Pharmacology in North Carolina, and I tried for some time to stay focused on my word, but I'm pretty sci-curious. In my free time, I am a nerd, a...
Posted by Scicurious at 11:47 AM • 10 Comments •
September 8, 2008
Category: Synaptic Misfires
In a bit of a shift, I've decided to take a co-blogger. I'm up to my ears in work and whatnot so I think it would be worthwhile to have another voice here. Look for the official introduction in the...
Posted by Evil Monkey at 1:45 PM • 2 Comments •
September 3, 2008
Category: Politics/Policy
McCain is bitching about supposed sexism from Democrats when this is what is being worn by Indiana delegates at the RNC? What a bunch of bullshit. By the way, ignore my previous post. That was IRONY, dammit :)...
Posted by Evil Monkey at 11:58 PM • 4 Comments •
Category: Politics/Policy
This is so many degrees of wrong. Start your "so this is how Palin got the job" jokes if you want, but please remember that HER DAUGHTER IS IN THE FREAKIN' PICTURE TOO YOU SICK BASTARDS....
Posted by Evil Monkey at 11:35 PM • 19 Comments •
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