Hey there, hi there, ho there!

Well hello there and welcome. I suppose I should say a few words about myself before I launch into some tirade or otherwise witty banter. As one may guess from the title of this blog, I am indeed a scientist. Whether or not I am truly mad depends on the day. Whether or not my "musings" are worth reading depends on what else you have going on. If you need to scrub the tub or balance the checkbook, settle in and let's chat. Anything else even a tinge more important, stop right here. I am most likely going to write drivel.

Let's right off the bat talk about what I won't be writing about here. I don't have kids so there are no cute anecdotes of what little Pizza Pie did today. Yes, you read that correctly. Pizza Pie. This is the name of our not-yet-conceived child-to-be. I forget exactly how this name was thunk up, but the rationale was that everyone loves pizza! We often talk about this mythical Pizza Pie creature, but until we actually get off our duffs to make Pizza Pie, there will be no cutesie stories.

By now you may have surmised that I am married. Although I want the record to show that I do not personally believe that one has to be married in order to bring forth a little person, but I do believe that it is easier just to do the whole wedding/marriage thing than it is to listen to the inevitable sound of disappointment in one's parents' voices. I'm just saying. Anyway, being married also won't provide much fodder for ranting and raving-I got pretty lucky in that department.

Most likely I will use this blog to jot down my thoughts, however random, in a stream of consciousness manner in order to get them out of my head. And into yours *insert maniacal laughter here*. No, really, I thought this would be a good way to journal and satisfy that little part of me that every avid bookworm has. You know the part I'm talking about. It's the one that wonders if he or she can write. Now I know, realistically, that while I feel I have plenty to say, that does not mean I have important stories to tell. Nor does it mean that I am able to couch my senseless babbling in prose so beautiful and sensual the reader loses his/herself in it and comes out on the other side a changed person. It's just not that kind of party. When it comes to scientific writing, yes, I can do all that. But this blog will be a bit more amateurish and silly. I will from time to time (or a lot of the time since I like to make people aware) get on my soapbox about issues in academic research, and how it is designed to chew up and spit out the junior investigator, but I don't want to scare anyone off right away. We have to work up to that.

So let's sum up. I have little of importance to say, but I am going to say it anyway. I have no cute stories about children, and I don't really complain about my husband. I will fill you in on all the quotidien and ho-hum stuff that transpires in my life. I might attempt to discuss matters of political importance. Well that sounds just terrific, so hold onto your hat!