Daily Archives: May 11, 2010

Where do you write?

Posted on May 11, 2010 by

Non-writers often have wildly romantic and equally wildly unrealistic visions of how we work. Or rather, where we work. “If only,” sighs the aspiring writer, “I had a cottage on the beach, a mountain getaway, an office…”


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Weird and Wonderful: Lactococcus lactis

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A couple of weeks ago, Wisconsin’s state legislators approved Lactococcus lactis as the state microbe: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/16/us/16microbe.html Wisconsin is the only state that has a state microbe. Of course L. lactis is the bacteria used for making cheese and buttermilk. Specifically, … Continue reading →


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