50 Ways to Eat a Donut

The problem is all inside your head, she said to me
The answer is easy if you take it logically
I'd like to help you in your goal to be greasy
There must be fifty ways to eat a donut

She said it's really not my habit to intrude
Furthermore, I hope my meaning won't be lost or misconstrued
But I'll repeat myself, at the risk of being crude
There must be fifty ways to eat a donut
Fifty ways to eat a donut

You just start at the back, Jack
Grab one in each hand, Stan
You don't need to be shy, Guy
Just listen to me
Eat one on the bus, Gus
You don't need to discuss much
Free samples are free, Lee
And often greasy

Ooo start at the back, Jack
Grab one in each hand, Stan
You don't need to be shy, Guy
Just listen to me
Eat one on the bus, Gus
Don't need to discuss much
Free samples are free, Lee
Often greasy

She said it grieves me so to see you in such pain
I wish I had a donut to give you, to make you smile again
I said I appreciate that and would you please explain
About Donut Wednesday?

She said why don't we both just sleep on it tonight
And I believe in the morning you'll begin to see the light
And then she kissed me and I realized she probably was right
There must be fifty ways to eat a donut
Fifty ways at Donut Wednesday.

-MLJ

PS-> I don’t know who picked up the wand this week, but Thanks, Mysterious Benefactor. ;-)

Donuts: Collaborative Catalyst

As most of you know, I’m heading into the final stretch of my PhD. So, as you can imagine, I’ve been working pretty hard lately. The long hours are certainly stressful (some of you have commented on this), but I really enjoy the sense of accomplishment that I get after a long day in the lab. I really enjoy what I do. I know most of you feel the same way. However, the best feeling (and one I’m not getting much of lately) is the joy of collaboration. The exchange of ideas, each of us teaching and learning, the tackling of bigger tasks than we could accomplish on our own… it’s a beautiful thing. That’s why you need to come to Wednesday Donuts. I can’t eat 36 donuts by myself. And, we can talk about science while we’re at it, between mouthfuls.

-MLJ

PS->Donuts this week courtesy of Dave Mellinger. Thanks, Dave!

Wednesday Donut Day!

Short and sweet.
This week's donut day is a tribute to Patrick Swayze, and a nod to all the donut eating transvestites of the 90's...

To Wrong Goo, Thanks for the Bismarcks! Judy Rumor (1996)
http://www.iddb.com/title/tt0086066/

The feature starts at 10:00 on Wednesday (after you've checked your email, surfed the internet, and chatted in the mail room for an hour).

And REMEMBER that driving to work alone comes with a crushing sense of inadequate environmental sensitivity - so please car-pool or ride your bike (you can park your bike between the RSF and NAL).

If you need directions let Alana or I know and, as always, feel free to pass this along to anyone that I may have neglected.
Mattias

Pre-Defense To Do List

Donut Heroes,
I’ve tentatively (firmly) scheduled my Dissertation Defense for Wednesday, June 9 at 10:00. Although I didn’t pick the day or time (it just fell out that way according to my committee member’s schedules), there is a beautiful symmetry in defending at Donut Hour, as it’s my claim to fame at Hatfield. Put it on your calendars now. I’ve been thinking over what I have left to do, and I’ve put together this to-do list (in order of priority):

1. Write 18 more donut emails
2. Eat 36 donuts
3. Genotype ~1500 rockfish larvae at ~5 microsatellites
4. Amplify/Sequence/Clone MHC genes from ~170 adult rockfish
5. Analyze
6. Write Chapter 3
7. Defend

After I accomplish all my goals, I’ll be Dr. Donut, and I’ll get an intern or a Master’s student to write the donut emails for me. Oh, what a glorious day that will be…
-MLJ

PS->Donuts this week courtesy of Matt Hawkyard. Thanks, Matt!