What was it that caused you to get nowhere?
In short, some of the precursors I required turned out to be impossible to synthesize period, impossible to synthesize on a reasonable timeframe, and a few of them I was able to make, but they formed micelles in solution which prevented the desired association event from happening. I was, among other things, able to find a system that was synthesizable and did not form micelles in solution, but it does not associate nearly as strong as the original desired targets.
What was the coolest/weirdest/scariest experiment you ever did?
Coolest - I made a molecular host and attached a dye molecule to it, which was an opaque purple. When it complexed with vertain guests it changed to a transparent light blue, so it underwent a red-shift and a change in intensity.
Weirdest - I accidentally made this:
Which was a perfect sphere hanging from the ceiling of my hood. It had the consistancy of a hornets nest.
Scariest - The scariest ACTUAL experiment I did involved making a diazo compound, which are some of the touchiest and most explosively reactive species in organic chemistry. I would have felt safer working with TNT. To make matters worse, making the diazo compound required me to do a Swern-like oxidation, which generated dimethyl sulfide, which smells like rancid ass.
The scariest thing that happened to me was I had a major explosion cleaning up a still (because my lab mates didn't maintain it the two weeks I was out of town). I had pieces of glass embedded in me, lots of bruising, and a large chunk of shrapnel hit and shattered my perscription safety goggles.
This was one of the bruises a week after it happened:
Boomerang question ... in your move, the movers for some reason pack the sun canon in line with your CD collection, and it accidentally goes off, vaporizing all your music. You get to raid one DTF member's CD collection, whose do you go after?
On one hand, I know Nick has a large legitamate collection because I've seen it in person. But Nick doesn't have a lot of the heavier stuff I like. Wolfking might have some of that stuff. I think Yorost probably has a decent collection that might be more varied. According to last.fm, Nem, carl320, and letters (banned) would also be candidiates, but letters has a lot of vinyl and I don't have a record player.
I guess I'd go with Nick, because I could always sell the stuff like Coheed and start to replace my Opeth and BTBAM, and he has complete DT, Rush, Iron Maiden, Enchant, Marillion, Threshold, and lots of other discogs, so the only major losses in terms of quantity would be Therion, Opeth, Arena, BTBAM, The Ocean, Enslaved, Epica, Hammers of Misfortune, Slough Feg, and a few others. Losing the first Power of Omens album would suck though...its worth a lot on the secondary market now.
What is/was your favorite color to play in magic?
My favorite casual deck was a super fast red/green deck back from Ice Age.
My go to tournament decks were usually black/blue discard/disc/denial/control decks. I forget the set name, but the set that came out in 2002 did this best.
While I've used all colors both casually and in tournament, I would rank them in order of how much I generally like them: Blue, Black, Red, Green, White.
How has magic helped you earn your Dr. title?
Serious answer to what might have been a joke question. Being a good M:TG player requires you to understand multiple aspects of the game, even the ones you don't utilize yourself. Higher level chemistry often also requires knowledge of things outside your area of expertise. M:TG is also about balance. Your deck has to fast, but not sputter in late game scenarios. You need to have enough mana, but not too much or you draw dead late. You need a mix of cheap casts and big casts so you options as the game progresses. You need to be prepared for a variety of opposing decks, both from a mental and deck construction stand point. There is a lot of balance in chemistry as well aside from simple stoiciometry.
Are you going to sign everything as Dr. now?
Professional documents, yes. Things like receipts from stores, no. E-mail depends on they type and frequency of correspondence.
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