Things about my job that make me laugh

1. I show up when I want. I leave when I want. If I get to work “late” there is no one I need to apologize to.
2. Despite this, I feel compelled to work > 50 hrs/week.
3. Dressing up = not sneakers.
4. “You really make biological tissue glow green?” Yes, yes I do.
5. Sitting and staring into space, perhaps with furrowed brow, can be the most productive part of the day.
6. Or, complaining to a colleague down the hall can be too, as long as they respond with, “You know what might work?”
7. I once had an experiment that required 3 hrs of set-up followed by 8 hr incubation time, followed by 6 hrs of work. So I set stuff up in the morning, spent the afternoon at home asleep on the couch, and returned to work at 5 pm. Got great data.
8. On April 15, I pay taxes on my salary. Those taxes will then be used--to pay my salary. Thanks, NIH!*


* Sure, sure, most of my taxes go to servicing our national debt, which is not so funny. But I prefer to think of it like this, for obvious reasons.