This was my first year of blogging. I discovered the 'sphere in Jan/Feb., and started my own thing in March. But that won't stop me, I'll still play along with Drug Monkey's "12 mo of..." meme. I have had quite a bit of fun getting to know everyone as I start my adventure on the tenure track. So thanks to everyone that stopped by and made me feel welcome both here at LabSpaces and in my original Blogspot home. I appreciate all of the advice, insight and camraderie. I hope that next year is even more fantastic!! So here goes with the first year of Balanced Instability:

Mar: Hi.

Apr: I am suffering from an unfortunate fact: I can exist in only one place at a given time.

May: So, I finished my second marathon yesterday!!

Jun: Well, I'm sure that this is to be expected, but still I am finding this pretty funny (thus the hilarity tag).

Jul: So, what should you do when you think that a colleague is taking advantage of a graduate student?

Aug: I made it back, and nothing went horribly wrong while I was gone.

Sep: When I was writing my first postdoc fellowship, Dr. Advisor told me that there were 2 rules of grant-writing*:

Oct: I really do!

Nov: I'm looking for some insight from folks out there that are (or interact with) new graduate students.

Dec: Today I had to fire someone.