So my second week at LabSpaces has come and gone. It was a pretty productive week, even with a holiday (Columbus Day, for those of you lucky enough to be able to take it off) thrown in.

1. Found out that my dogs decided they wanted to be flea-bags instead. Took it as an educating moment, letting people know about the human dangers inherent in living with pets with fleas. While bug eating may be a delicacy for some, I'd strongly advise against eating fleas. After that, I was visited by yet another plague.

2. Wrote a letter about/to Kern. Not that he'll read it, but other people had nice things to say about it.

3. We kicked off the Donor's Choose Challenge this week in earnest. I'm begging for money, and I'll keep begging until the challenge is up. If you want to shut me up, donate! I also decided to sweeten the pot by offering up some of my favorite recipes, and if we meet certain goals, I'll reveal family secret recipes.

4. Based on a post by GR, I was moved to pass on some of my own hard-learned lessons about life.

5. Also managed to sneak in yet another volume of my Wednesday Micro Hits.

Next week, I hope to have my next Research Blogging article up. The astronomy article is low on microbiology and high on geochemistry which isn't my strong suit. I'm slogging through it though, and hopefully don't butcher it too badly. I'll also be posting up recipes, so keep those donations coming folks! Enjoy your weekend.