I was end-labeling some RNA with ³²P earlier today and, since I didn't really want radioactive stuff on my person, I decided to wear a labcoat. It occurred to me that this was quite possibly the first time I'd ever donned such a garment since coming to Berkeley. Mind you, I have worn labcoats before (like when I used to remove brains and spinal cords from immunocompromised mice back at Jane Welsh's lab), just never here at Berkeley, and never while holding something that was as hot as a two-dollar pistol.

So obviously we decide to document the occasion. Looking suitably scientific, I visually inspect the radiolabeled RNA and ponder the yet-to-be-revealed mysteries within... science requires a lot of pondering.