Smoke in the T

Now I'm in the T and the train stopped. The problem is that there is a lot of smoke in the car. Well not a LOT but some. The people here are getting uneasy with the situation but they announced everything is fine. At least some excitment. I was complaining of boredom. LOL

It's getting kind of boring

The work is nice and I've read and studied a lot of cool stuff but life in general here is a bit boring and obviously lonely. I've met a few people in the lab but nothing that makes me start enjoying the life. I miss my kids, my wife, my house, the shower in my house!!! Everything actually. I guess it's a question of time an I'll get used to it. At least I have started new activities not related to work such as this blog. But tomorrow everything will be the same. If at least the secretary in the lab could prepare my letter, I could then join the gym. Tomorrow I'll have to lie and say that due to medical (knee) I have to exercise every day. Let's see if it works.

This is going to be hard...

... but I like it!!!

Just finished reading the first paper Prof. B gave me. Wow!!! This is going to be hard. The paper has more information in 3 pages (paper from Nature) that most of my papers have in 15. It's dense... really dense! I'll read a related one now but first I need some coffee. I think I'll have to read this same paper another couple of times today. 

More lab photos

I've managed to get the photos from iPhone without loading iTunes. I didn't want to loose the music I have in the iPhone. My iTunes library is in the HD at home. 

But anyway, here are some more pictures from the lab. The first two photos are from the conference area while they last is from the entrance of the lab. Note that the entrance contains pictures of the cover of the Nature and Science journals with works from people here in the lab. 

At Cambridge Common

I forgot to talk about what happened at Cambridge Common, this nice bar I went on Friday. I went with an Italian friend and after a couple of beers I had one that had "with hint of Licorice". I confess that I heard about Licorice a few times but I really didn't know (I still don't) what it is and what it looks like. Anyway, I've asked the girl serving what licorice was and she and the italian didn't believe that I didn't know what it was. I've asked them what it taste/smell like and the whole thing began. 

She said it smelled like "Sambuca" which is a italian spirit that I know and I've had in the past. Luigi (the Italian) almost when nuts saying that licorice has nothing to do with Sambuca and that he knew very well since his region of Italy produces Sambuca and also licorice. It was funny because the girl was very upset with the Luigi because she thought he was a bit rude and that he was shouting... but Italian do shout, this is what they do best right? The discussion didn't end there because the girls almost went on the entire bar asking everyone else, doing a poll or something, if Sambuca smelled like licorice. To simplify things, Luigi asked for a Sambuca so that I could see (or smell) it. For me, Sambuca smells like anise which meant that Luigi was happy and the girl serving us not. Eventually she agreed that it was anise but told me to buy some twizzlers to which I said I would. However, I don't like candy so it is unlikely I will but next time Kalil or Adele have a twizzlers I'll make sure I'll smell it. 

For now, I still don't know what licorice actually is.... I'll check Wikipedia. 

Homemade sub

Talked to Sarah and she just had Quiznos. I didn't but I've made my own sub with chicken, mortadela and cheese. The so called "mortachicken with cheese". I had to walk on a lot of snow. Here is the picture from the university (just outside my building).

More snow

This morning I woke and saw that we had snow the whole evening. This means that it is going to be hard again to get to the T Station unless people cleaned their sidewalks. But today is Sunday and I doubt they will do it. We had probably something like 5 inches.

I think I'll go to the lab and eat something around there. I will buy a baguette and ham and make a sandwich. It's cheaper this way and fresher than the subs they sell in the supermarket. I'm looking forward to the Spring because I can walk to the markets and buy fruits and such. But Spring is still a long way away.