I see the Wolkow group, the iCORE initiative and the Theory and Modeling gang...and if I had a Malvern Zetasizer, I could see dead people too...

So, this is way overdue but I have finally got around to shouting props out to the ENTIRE FREAKIN' COLLECTIVE OF INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE CURRENTLY, IN ANY WAY, SHAPE OR FORM, EMPLOYED AT THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NANOTECHNOLOGY DOING SOMETHING AT A LEVEL THAT IS FAAAAAAAAR ABOVE AND BELOW ANYTHING THAT I AM CURRENTLY DOING!! Like the reference to quantum mechanics I threw in there? I knew that you would... There! That should take care of any whining about how "only the lab rats involved with Supramolecular Nanoscale Assembly get mentioned"! It was three in the morning and the first thing I thought of...and I'm a FURNITURE DESIGNER...so suck it up buttercups and enjoy your new-found glory.


Speaking of NINT, there is a Nanoconference taking place in Montreal that sounds ultra cool...guest speakers, spiked punch, poster sessions, disco balls and smoke machines, Q & A sessions, Donna Summer and Earth, Wind and Fire cranked to AT LEAST 283 decibels (which is louder than The Who's last concert, in case you didn't already know that). the only thing lacking is someone to attend and provide up-to-the-minute reports 24/7 on what is going down and how it is relevant to the rest of society. Yep, they need a blogger. What do you think? Cutting edge research discoveries should be reported LIVE via cutting edge communication outlets linked directly to the NINT site, no?? 'Natch... So, I think all of you out there should begin emailing NINT with your requests for yours truly to become the OFFICIAL BLOGGER FOR THE NANOFORUM. Hell, I won't even use smashthemirror...I'll use NANOBLOG '05 and just throw a link to it from here, if I'm allowed, that is...

Think of how cool that would be, you could use images of vasculocytes or microbivores on the site, use silhouettes like this (I know, I know...I AM a furniture designer, remember??) of SEM's or spectrophotometers or atomic force microscopes on t-shirts and coffee mugs...think of what the "SEM images or adaptive extractions or nanorobot of the month for 2006" Calendar could look like! You could hit job fairs on campuses with this stuff and make HUNDREDS of kids change their majors instantly (or at least provide the Philosophy students with more things to zone out on when they're high...)

Oh and by the way, if ANY of this stuff happens and I'm not wearing cool t-shirts while drinking my joe from a swish cup while admiring my new wall art, there will be my wrath to contend with. My ideas...my involvement...non-negotiable...

Oh, and to the rest of you...hi, hope your weekend was great, watched "What the bleep do we know" for the bazillionth time, cheers to Nash for nailing the MVP, Sergio...you suck, Renault came in second (too bad, I had them all the way to the Monaco GP undefeated in my pool), finished reading David Sedaris' "Me talk pretty one day", Polly...hope you got loaded, Janine...does my back hurt your knife?, Calgary gang...get bent.

My sincerest condolences go out to the family of Afghani singer Nasrat Pasra, who was killed yesterday in Vancouver by unevolved vermin that are no longer worthy of the same oxygen which we all breathe.

ciao for now...