I bought my study guide for BMSC114, Human Biology, which I am doing this coming trimester, and it looks like what I dreaded has finally come to pass.
Make a small hole in the hind leg of your rat, use this to tie the numbered label firmly to your rat, then note the number in your […]

via Adam.
1. Go to Wikipedia.
2. In the Search box, type your birth month and day (but not year).
3. List three events that happened on your birthday.
4. List two important birthdays and one interesting death.
5. One holiday or observance (if any).
Events:
1883 - The last quagga dies at the Artis Magistra zoo in Amsterdam

1908 - First […]

Archie’s scan went fine and he is home safe and sound. No word yet on whether his thyroid was in the right place or not! Samuel & Jessica are attending for dinner tonight - looking forward to catching up with the World Tour News™!

I am greatly enjoying the World Cup. It’s great having live football on at 7am, just in time for toddler breakfast and kindy preparation. Unfortunately now most of the 4 teams I was supporting have been eliminated - Korea, Nederland and Spain - England is my only remaining hope!
I’m going to feel a bit lost […]

A lovely simulation of the Earth getting destroyed by a meteorite.

Archie has his general anesthetic tomorrow morning so we’re a little nervy around here. I’m sure it will be fine. Just hoping that he doesn’t get a cold as then they will not be able to put him under. I am also anxiously awaiting my exam results; even though I know they won’t be out […]

I had a good weekend with Dad zipping up to Hamilton and back (for my overseas readers, a “zip” to Hamilton takes about 7 hours each way). To make matters worse, the central North Island has been having the worst weather in a long time - aboslutely wintry snow - and the main road north […]

My mummy is currently in sunny Amsterdam on holiday, and she has created a blog to tell the world all about it!
Nellytravels
It’s hard having a mother who is thinner, prettier and much more well-travelled than you, but she pulls it off with such panache that I can only applaud.

Yay! I am a free woman! No reading to do, no assignments, no study - at least for two weeks until Semester 2 starts. I was fairly happy with the exams - chemistry could have been better but I am feeling very positive about biology - and am certain I passed both at the very […]