1) I earn a Ph.D.
2) Arrested Development cancelled.
3) A member of Bush family elected to presidency twice.
4) I move to California twice.
5) Economic collapse.

THHRBO – Remember when everything used to be “turbo”? Now everything is “extreme.” Actually, that should be “Xtreme.” Except for this guy, who wants to be turbo, but kind of knows that “turbo” went out in 1989. So he’s trying to start the “thhrbo” revolution.

SNEEEZE – Yes, three e’s. I imagine that “SNEEEZE” won out over to “LINT” or “BEIGE” or “NOUN.” “BOOK123” might have been an option also, but the combination of both letters and numbers was probably too exciting.

LCNSPLT – Let’s set aside the general class of idiots that can’t fit whatever message they’re trying to communicate to us in seven characters. This plate reminds me of when DT bought a fancy label maker for the group. The only use the thing ever found was when Jim Dandy labeled such items as “desk,” “door,” and “light switch.” The difference of course was that JD provided a commentary on the scope and utility of DT’s suggestions, while this driver spends $50 per year for the privilege of telling northern California that he has $50 to set on fire every year.

3) Unreproducible results
2) Broken Keck clip
1) Biologists editing chemistry papers

So for those of you who were asking, no, I didn’t get scooped, and I also didn’t have to raise at anyone. Except for myself, because I didn’t realize the Keck clip was broken.

Thank you to all for your concern with this matter.

5) Unreproducible results
4) Coworker uses up reagent, doesn’t reorder
3) Glassware missing; nobody admits to borrowing
2) Broken Keck clip
1) Getting scooped

Can anyone guess which two happened to me this week?

This is a diagram of the typical route of the CTA #174 bus from the University of Chicago to the Garfield Red Line station:

This is a diagram of the route we took last night:

The driver was clearly lost. My coworker JJ asked the driver what was happening. The driver said he missed a turn and was going to get back on course. He added that he had been driving the route all day, insinuating that JJ should sit down and mind his own business. A few minutes later, we were heading back toward campus. JJ again asked where the driver was going. He replied that he was going back to the university. My coworker then explained that he had just picked us up on campus. The driver changed his story and said that he was new to the route. Finally, he let JJ give him directions to the Red Line, and we made it there just in time to watch the train head off toward downtown.

Since I’m sure CTA doesn’t care, I will likely send this story to the IOC.

tie-5) Any of the 50 people who were standing on the trail with no intention of moving
4) The female who was rollerblading very slowly across the entire width of the trail while talking on her cell phone
3) The guy riding toward me on the far right edge on a very crowded trail and made no attempt to avoid a crash with me
2 & 1) The two guys walking toward me who were kicking a soccer ball back and forth across the trail