I spend a lot of time on my computer. Lots. I’ve started to leave my laptop in my office so I won’t be distracted by email. Plus the fact that when we removed the keys that had been in the locks for about two years, the part showing was pretty corroded and brown. I like my laptop too much.

In between email and making up exams and horrible problem sets for my students, I surf. These are my four go to sites:

http://epicute.com This is my new favorite site. It’s all about food and photography. What’s not to like? I love to look at the pictures and think “Wow. Thank goodness I don’t have that much time on my hands.”

icanhascheezburger.com Cute photos of cats with funny captions. It doesn’t get much better. I look at it three or four times a day. I also check out GraphJam across the top.

Girls with Slingshots My favorite webcomic. Treat yourself and start from the beginning.

XKCD My next favorite webcomic, only because it’s three times a week and it sometimes makes me feel out of the loop. I’ve had to look up some of the references. I totally want this shirt though.

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I spent the evening with a bunch of high school chemistry teachers. I was invited to talk at a meeting that the ACS local section holds for local chemistry teachers. I talked about fat and how to incorporate some of the ideas into an already jam packed schedule. My part went OK. I think they mostly liked my ideas about using household solvents in chemistry labs. Acetone and methanol is much cheaper from Home Depot than it is from Sigma. It works just as well in most experiments and demonstrations that they are going to do.

I really enjoyed meeting the high school teachers and hearing what some of their problems are. Turns out, we face a lot of the same challenges! I’m going to start going to the meetings. They are only once a month and I can get a lot of ideas from them for non-majors labs. Plus, it doesn’t hurt to network and spread the word about my college!

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Mmmm…. Blueberries.