Malkmus in an Elevator

Here's a great movie of Stephen Malkmus singing a capella in a elevator. It won't stream, so you'll have to download the whole thing to watch it. But it's worth it, at the very least to find out that you've been pronouncing his name wrong since the first time you read it.

RIP Syd Barrett

"And the sea isn't green. And I love the queen. And what exactly is a dream? And what exactly is a joke?" - Syd Barrett. RIP.

He's The Hoff

He's The Hoff. I agree with the article - from now on, any time I don't get my way it's going to be: "Do you know who I am? I'm the Hoff!"

Also, Vladimir Putin kisses a boy like a kitten. Why don't our politicians ever do this?

What I Do

For those of you wondering what it is I do, check out this article in the New York Times science section. It's a good overview of Toxoplasma gondii, the parasite I work with, and as an added bonus, my advisor is quoted in the fourth paragraph.

Of course, they neglect to note that our French collaborators were the first ones to determine that T. gondii was transported from the intestine within dendritic cells, but that is not important to your understanding of the organism.

Good story...

He was a good guy. Loved his red sox.