from the desk of stinkpot

biological engineering here at mit is a giving department. their discoveries give sick people hope. their innovations give scientists new tools. and, most importantly, their annual retreat gives grad students an all-expenses-paid-trip somewhere in new england. things i’m going to remember about this trip: 1) having a bizarre, alcohol- and chili burger-induced nightmare the first […]

like profoundly disoriented snowbirds, christina and i decided to escape boston in the dead of winter last weekend – by heading north to montreal.  jesse and hillary accompanied us, eager to return to the city they both attended university in. good lord it was cold.  -20 centigrade at least (or most, depending on what’s up […]

i’ve been meaning to post some photos i took over the winter break.  they’re mostly of old friends with various BACs, with some pleasing still lives mixed in. i really like these photos.  they remind me of two things: 1) i need to move back to NYC post-haste, before all my friends make their fortunes […]

i thought i’d share some photos of our neighborhood, before i go to sleep.  they were taken quite recently, thanks to the conveniently balmy weather bestowed upon the northeast by the inconvenient truth.  (usually, i find it impossible to take pictures outdoors during the winter, as i need to feel my fingers to use my […]

i’ll be heading home shortly; i thought i’d post some photos from the last time i was in new york.  i’m really proud of many of them, given that i shot them with a 35mm fixed lens.  i’ve grown spoiled by having a zoom lens over the past year. some still lives:    new york […]

i’ve been meaning to post this photo for a couple of days now.  it’s of a card my students gave me during our last office hours. i must say, i don’t think there’s ever been a more touching spider-man thank you card.  i’ve considered TA’ing 181 to easily be the most fulfilling thing i’ve done […]

my favorite part of keeping a blog is scrolling through the archives and seeing the photos i’ve posted. it’s like watching a digital zoetrope. [took a lot of googling to find the name of those things!] therefore, i’ve been very conscious of the dearth of recent photo postings. i’ve been snapping plenty of pictures – […]

i don’t think i can sleep with the previous post being my last of the night. recounting what happened last night has been in of itself a little traumatizing. to return balance to the universe, i submit two of the cutsiest photos i’ve taken in months. in fact, if cute was measured in adipose cell […]

Maggie: Don’t worry, God will help us. [Loads shotgun] Tracy: Then what’s that for? Maggie: In case God doesn’t show up. the screenwriters for pumpkinhead had enormous talent; and by god, did they flaunt it. well, i thought i’d follow their leads and flaunt my own talents. it’s taken an entire year, but someone has […]

i’ve been doing a lot of hanging out with my labmates these past weekends. it’s made me really happy; when i look back, i realize that i didn’t take demographics into account much when i joined the alm lab about 6 months ago. instead, i made my decision on silly things like advisor, research potential, […]