vignettes from a life in science

today was a beautiful day.
the sun shone, temperature was mild, the air was clear, the pool was open

I sorted, archived and deleted 2,200 e-mails.

Took me almost all day, though I did get an hour and a bit of walking in.

I had estimated I couldn't do more than a thousand per day, but at this rate
I'll be mostly done tomorrow.

Might even get to hit the pool before the rain moves in.

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