I have yet ANOTHER chemistry test this morning. This one covers VSEPR theory, Lewis structures, ideal bond angles, electronegativity, polarity, and so on. I actually like writing the Lewis structures, it’s like a fun Japanese game or something. But if I never hear the term “trigonal bipyramidal” again, I’ll die happy. [...]

The next biology test is tomorrow. The next chemistry test is Tuesday. The chemistry lab final is the week after Thanksgiving, and both of the lecture final exams are the week after that. My point is that I am going insane.
And then I surf through all my favorite news and [...]

If you’re new here, I went back to college this fall as a degreed undergrad to take some science classes I need to get into grad school. These are freshman chemistry and sophomore biology at a decent 4-year university. I like to bitch about my classmates because I’m 36 years old and impatient [...]

The next chem test is tomorrow, so once again I spent the entire weekend with my face smashed up against textbook and practice tests and scratch paper and calculator.
I finally “mastered” (I say that loosely) things like angular momentum quantum numbers, the Hund rule, the aufbau principle, the Pauli exclusion principle, the Bohr [...]

I hate Fridays because these are the days I have to spend all day in science labs. God, it’s hell. The biology lab is pure pain because the TA speaks very poor English (I think she’s Peruvian) and has to search for all her words, so that it takes her a full 30 [...]

Did you know that roly-poly bugs (or pillbugs or woodlice or whatever the hell you call them) are not insects, but crustaceans, specifically arthropods? And that they breathe through fish-like gills? And that their scientific name is Armadillidium vulgare? And that they live for 2-3 years and are found in all terrestrial [...]

Preamble: I’m way behind on email again. Forgive me if you’re waiting; I just can’t keep up with it lately, even with my friends and family, and I hate it but surely you understand I’m trying to make chemistry my bitch and that takes a lot of time.
Anyway, many people have asked [...]