My guess is that these are of interest to no one -- but if you get a second, please take a look at a couple of work-related blogs with which I'm involved:
Harnessing Materials for Energy
I've been in San Francisco since Friday, and will be here for a few more days. Great trip so far. Lovely, spring-like weather. At the moment, though, I'm stuck inside a convention center with 4,000 research scientists.
In general, if you put me in a room with around 4,000 random people, I like to think that intelligence-wise I'd fit right in around the middle.
But at the moment, I'm in a building with 4,000 people and I guarantee you -- GUARANTEE -- that I am the dumbest guy in the room. And that's humbling yet also kind of liberating in a way. As the dumbest guy in the room, people's expectations of me are low. The way I like them.
Since you seem to have many graduate students from Berkeley there, I am sure that you are going to get me a Berkeley sweatshirt so I can piss off my co-workers. Right??? Right???
Posted by: Julie | March 24, 2008 at 12:18 PM
Consider it done.
Posted by: Bob | March 24, 2008 at 12:48 PM
Science stuff that's way over my head ... Science stuff that's way over my head ... Grad student with a bottle of Diet Coke and a roll of Mentos ... Bob doing his best Rod Roddy impersonation -- Hey! Conference! Come on down! ... More science stuff I don't understand.
Nice work there!
Posted by: amy | March 24, 2008 at 02:00 PM
Being stuck with 4,000 people of any kind would make break out in a cold sweat, but at least you're looking on the bright side! Hail to dumb and liberated!
Posted by: Susan | March 24, 2008 at 02:32 PM
If you are that (relatively) dumb, then I dare you do something really dumb. Like streak naked around the exhibit hall. It's not like you've never done THAT before.
Posted by: Joe | March 24, 2008 at 03:19 PM
No can do, Joe. In addition to the smallest IQ, I also have the smallest...assets. I'm through exposing my shortcomings to different cultures.
Posted by: Bob | March 24, 2008 at 03:45 PM