Fred/Fnord update.

The more we stare at the "Fnord" data, the more inconclusive it looks for hypotheses Fred (ie the phenomenon we are looking for would almost certainly be swamped out if it is there). It's really irrelevant for hypothesis Duh, which the first paper is mostly about anyway (1). So we just took out most of the forshadowing about hypothesis Fred from the manuscript we are working on, and meanwhile we are currently slogging through some experiments to address the issue from a different angle. One of the cool things about EPR is that you can be like, "Oh yeah? Well try this pulse sequence, bee-yotch, and see if you can still hide from me!"

(1) Yay for short, technical, "Dear FSM I need to get my name out there and mark my proverbial territory while I work out the kinks in the cool stuff!" papers.

Gradschoolus Intteruptus

Actually I am currently MIA because I have the following on my "plate".

• Judging at a major regional high school science fair tomorrow. Don't LOL, is srys bznss. I haz 70 abstracts to read tonight.
  
• Big piles of science need to happen because S.W.A.M. is presenting at conference X in June that is so cool I can't even get in to go listen. She has promised to give me mad props if I can finish dataset Cthulhu by then.
  
• Final Exam/Paper for Scary Biophysics Class is due in a couple weeks.
  
• Annual Teaching Portfolio requirement for my Higher Ed minor due early May
• Oh, and on the subject of the Higher Ed minor, the date for the oral defense for my research requirement was moved from April 26ish to Tuesday. We -they do them in batches once a semester- were informed of this yesterday. To be fair, this wasn't anyone's fault in particular, but it still is less than fun. There is the option to re-schedule for the December slot, but I don't want to drag it out that much longer when I am so close. Will our heroine succeed or encounter massive FAIL? Check in next week to find out.