Renew… or else!

I arrived home yesterday to find a package stuffed in my mailbox. I couldn’t have been more excited. Was this an early Christmas present? Perhaps the socks I so desperately need.

Yes, I live in a castle.

Joyous rapture, it was my American Chemical Society 1 year anniversary mug. Finally, I could drink coffee on my coffee break. I should have joined ACS more than a year ago, but it never seemed pressing until I was registering for a regional meeting this time last year.

I can hardly sleep at night.

Great Gatsby, MY MUG!!!…ACS I know you are reading this. My membership renewal is in the mail.

Column of the Month (12/10)

I’ve been collecting pictures of “pretty” columns I ran, so I thought I’d share them with you on a weekly* monthly basis. Maybe I can turn it into a calendar when all is said and done. Most of my columns are colorful, but I don’t run that many, because polymer chemists are ham-fisted when it comes to chromatography. (If the difference in Rf is less than 0.75 forget about it.)

So, to keep this up I’ll need some help. If you have any pictures of attractive or interesting columns that you ran please send them to me at agiantamongmolecules@gmail.com and if they are chosen to be “column of the week month” I’ll send you a prize.

Without further ado here is your CoW CoMy.

I call this the tequila sunrise.

* Let’s be honest. I don’t run nearly enough columns to do this on a weekly basis.