Category Archives: Mary Krauszer ’12

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Accidentally blogging through cold molasses

I had a redundant epiphany today. One where you suddenly realize something you knew all along but, as David Haskell puts it, the top of your head blows off. David actually had something to do with it. Haskell is a … Continue reading

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Public Service Announcement #2

__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________   Dear internet, there are some things I need to tell you about jellyfish.   I. The Portuguese man o’ war is not a jellyfish. Just a colonial siphonophore out there giving ‘true jellyfish’ a bad name*. As opposed to being … Continue reading

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Stick to what you know

What I know is animal sex, is fun to write about. Without letting this blog become a home for things I write that don’t get published where they were intended, here’s the second time I’ll do that. I wrote this … Continue reading

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Droppin’ Knowledge

I wish more people dropped more knowledge more often. It’s the reason strangers think I’m ‘interesting’, friends think I’m annoying, and family thinks I’m pretentious. I have a tendency to drop knowledge. Usually shallow, loosely-relevant biology knowledge. Frequently even somewhat … Continue reading

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Student Leaders

This is me with Voldemort the giant Pacific octopus. He has nothing to do with this blog entry.                                                                                                                                                                             Being a “student leader”.  It’s a head-inflating phrase. For those kids who list more jobs than hobbies on resumes and social network … Continue reading

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Science and stick shifts.

Tonight is the culmination of weeks of intense planning, continuous revision, and slaving research. I’m procrastinating on a final paper! So, instead of working on it, I think I’ll tell you about it. After birth and before adulthood comes the … Continue reading

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Junior Year (this one’s a downer)

Junior year, the time I went to school from August to June with one two-week break. Or. Junior year, the six-week tropical spring break and the four-month personal-growth sabbatical. Truth is, my “junior year” isn’t even over. I am in school … Continue reading

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Sex, sex, sex!

Tis that time of year. A sperm layer on your windshield or tickling your nose. Eggs spewed haphazardly, and by the thousands. Pheromones flying free and making monsters of worms. Mass migrations and great congregations. As the days get longer, … Continue reading

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Studying in Friday Harbor

Since this blog is supposed to be about my “studying abroad”, here’s some of that. I am taking classes through the University of Washington in Friday Harbor on San Juan Island. I am in three classes: invertebrate zoology, marine botany, … Continue reading

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MUCUS and other wonders of the physical world

Re-inspired by a recent encounter with a stranded banana slug, I think it is finally time to bring to life a blog that I started in January. It’s time to tell the story of the advent of Mary Krauszer’s love … Continue reading

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