Tales of a frustrated academic. You can contact me at miocyon at-sign gmail period com #flickr_badge_source_txt {padding:0; font: 11px Arial, Helvetica, Sans serif; color:#333333;} #flickr_badge_icon {display:block !important; margin:0 !important; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0) !important;} #flickr_icon_td {padding:0 5px 0 0 !important;} .flickr_badge_image {text-align:center !important;} .flickr_badge_image img {border: 1px solid black !important;} #flickr_badge_uber_wrapper {width:150px;} #flickr_www {display:block; text-align:center; padding:0 10px 0 10px !important; font: 11px Arial, Helvetica, Sans serif !important; color:#3993ff !important;} #flickr_badge_uber_wrapper a:hover, #flickr_badge_uber_wrapper a:link, #flickr_badge_uber_wrapper a:active, #flickr_badge_uber_wrapper a:visited {text-decoration:none !important; background:inherit !important;color:#FF0033;} #flickr_badge_wrapper {background-color:#ffffff;border: solid 1px #FFFFFF} #flickr_badge_source {padding:0 !important; font: 11px Arial, Helvetica, Sans serif !important; color:#333333 !important;} www.flickr.com Go tomiocyon’s photostream Tumblr (3.0; @miocyon)http://miocyon.tumblr.com/<p>When do I get to graduate from hearty hugs to make-outs?! Seriously….</p>http://miocyon.tumblr.com/post/237835720http://miocyon.tumblr.com/post/237835720Sun, 08 Nov 2009 23:19:29 -0800<p>At a sports bar showing UFC, waitng for my brother’s Tom Petty/Johnny Cash cover band to start. It’s official: I’m in the Chicago burbs.</p>http://miocyon.tumblr.com/post/236564065http://miocyon.tumblr.com/post/236564065Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:17:42 -0800<img src="http://2.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ksr5nw3xvD1qz5pzpo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>This is a picture of my dad (right) in junior high with his best friend Mike, in 1965.  Just look at this picture and amaze in its awesomeness.</p>http://miocyon.tumblr.com/post/236170159http://miocyon.tumblr.com/post/236170159Sat, 07 Nov 2009 10:50:20 -0800<img src="http://17.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kspyf23hSp1qz4e21o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://un.tumblr.com/post/235561164/i-am-trying-to-understand-this-area-on-a-dogs" target="_blank">un</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>I am trying to understand this area on a dog’s paw? What purpose does it serve? Imagine if you had a toe sticking out midway on your calf?</p> <p>update: it is called the “carpal pad” above the “dewclaw”</p> <p><i>Oh, canine anatomy.</i></p> </blockquote> <p>It’s the equivalent to your heel (although on the forelimb).  Dogs are ‘digitigrade’ meaning they are basically always walking on their tip-toes.  So the wrist/heel is off the ground.</p>http://miocyon.tumblr.com/post/235662099http://miocyon.tumblr.com/post/235662099Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:14:59 -0800<a href="http://www.flashbynight.com/drench/">Drench - the world's simplest flash game</a>http://miocyon.tumblr.com/post/235238868http://miocyon.tumblr.com/post/235238868Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:32:30 -0800<img src="http://19.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ksp59nCK2e1qz5pzpo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>I’m a donor.</p> <p>Are you?</p> <p>(via <a href="http://xkcd.com/" target="_blank">xkcd</a>)</p>http://miocyon.tumblr.com/post/235079575http://miocyon.tumblr.com/post/235079575Fri, 06 Nov 2009 08:46:34 -0800<img src="http://17.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ksmxc4C6Qj1qz9qooo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://suicideblonde.tumblr.com/post/234296001/it-rubs-the-lotion-on-its-skin-or-else-it-gets" target="_blank">suicideblonde</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>“It rubs the lotion on its skin or else it gets the hose again.”</p> </blockquote> <p>Put the friggin’ lotion in the basket!</p>http://miocyon.tumblr.com/post/235068429http://miocyon.tumblr.com/post/235068429Fri, 06 Nov 2009 08:32:01 -0800<p><a href="http://doctornecessiter.tumblr.com/post/234312873/mr-rooney-ed" target="_blank">doctornecessiter</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://dvrton.tumblr.com/post/234297549/mr-rooney-ed" target="_blank">dvrton</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>You are a beautiful man.  I’d like to thank you for you warmth… and compassion.</p> </blockquote> <p>Between grief, and nothing…I’ll take grief.</p> </blockquote> <p>Sloane, dear.</p> <p>That’s my dad.  Gotta go.</p>http://miocyon.tumblr.com/post/235068088http://miocyon.tumblr.com/post/235068088Fri, 06 Nov 2009 08:31:35 -0800<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/8tqEBQjWRws&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/8tqEBQjWRws&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p><b>We Are Douchebags</b></p> <p>My question is, if you’re an ‘actor’ that can ‘play’ a douchebag this well, does that make you one?</p> <p>Also, if a douchebag smells like Axe in the forest, does anyone punch him in the face?</p>http://miocyon.tumblr.com/post/235045832http://miocyon.tumblr.com/post/235045832Fri, 06 Nov 2009 08:01:29 -0800<p>You know what’s awesome?! Leaving for a trip and having most of the weight of your bag be work you’re bringing along.</p>http://miocyon.tumblr.com/post/234022924http://miocyon.tumblr.com/post/234022924Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:29:00 -0800<img src="http://16.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ksmhetGbt61qzvqipo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>(via <a href="http://juliasegal.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">juliasegal</a>)</p> <p>Amen!</p>http://miocyon.tumblr.com/post/233937041http://miocyon.tumblr.com/post/233937041Thu, 05 Nov 2009 06:31:59 -0800<p>I’m officially too old for this shit.</p>http://miocyon.tumblr.com/post/233669407http://miocyon.tumblr.com/post/233669407Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:44:09 -0800<p>because I just spent the last hour in a cooler full of human body parts, pulling brains and brain pieces out of buckets full of fluid so we could figure out what we’re keeping and what we’re incinerating.</p> <p>Hi, I’m a university anatomy professor and this is my surreal life.</p>http://miocyon.tumblr.com/post/233106107http://miocyon.tumblr.com/post/233106107Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:18:53 -0800<p>Since that will never happen it makes for a shitty start to the day.</p>http://miocyon.tumblr.com/post/232884518http://miocyon.tumblr.com/post/232884518Wed, 04 Nov 2009 06:03:00 -0800<img src="http://10.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kskl0531Ak1qz9upwo1_400.png"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://xkcd.tumblr.com/post/232596366/orbitals" target="_blank">xkcd</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://xkcd.com/658/" target="_blank">Orbitals</a></p> </blockquote> <p>This is my life these days…</p>http://miocyon.tumblr.com/post/232617685http://miocyon.tumblr.com/post/232617685Tue, 03 Nov 2009 22:07:28 -0800<img src="http://15.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ksk65aQYGm1qzvqipo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://juliasegal.tumblr.com/post/232315622/you-know-who-likes-this-show-your-mother" target="_blank">juliasegal</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>You know who likes this show? Your MOTHER!</p> </blockquote> <p>Mother… Tell your children not to waltz my way…</p>http://miocyon.tumblr.com/post/232357921http://miocyon.tumblr.com/post/232357921Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:04:04 -0800<img src="http://19.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kse9bbNTu01qa1o5zo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://aliensandpredators.tumblr.com/post/232316514/aliens-series-comic-book-covers-via" target="_blank">aliensandpredators</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><i>Aliens</i>-series comic book covers</p> <p>via <a href="http://www.planetavp.com" target="_blank"><a href="http://www.planetavp.com" target="_blank">www.planetavp.com</a></a></p> </blockquote> <p>Definitely own the first printings of these, and they are definitely awesome…</p>http://miocyon.tumblr.com/post/232357689http://miocyon.tumblr.com/post/232357689Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:03:46 -0800<p>If you listen real closely during an exam full of pre-meds you can actually hear the sound of dreams breaking, like the tinkling of glass.</p>http://miocyon.tumblr.com/post/232273671http://miocyon.tumblr.com/post/232273671Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:30:25 -0800<p>Is showing up early for your therapy appt. a sign of progress or desperation?</p>http://miocyon.tumblr.com/post/232001314http://miocyon.tumblr.com/post/232001314Tue, 03 Nov 2009 09:25:47 -0800<p>My caloric intake has moved drastically to the small candy bar genre lately, and away from burritos. Must rectify this today.</p>http://miocyon.tumblr.com/post/231937260http://miocyon.tumblr.com/post/231937260Tue, 03 Nov 2009 07:54:53 -0800