So after a year’s hiatus, I’m back. I’m sure this website and all 10 posts were dearly missed by my eight readers.
In celebration of my highly-anticipated comeback, here’s an episode of Kablam! after the jump.
I went to lunch with my old neighbor today. Over burritos and Styrofoam cups of ice water, we talked about his current job. He’s a neuroscience major and wants to work in research. Right now, he is has a student worker position with a prominent local anesthesiologist’s study on the brain.
I made the mistake of asking what he does in the lab. He answered my question by telling me that he kills rats, takes out their brains and cuts them into little slices to be placed on slides. I made another mistake of asking to elaborate.
“In order to preserve the brain, we load the rats with ketamine to numb the pain. While they’re tripping balls, I put them in a vice so they don’t move while I cut them down the middle (Keep in mind, they’re still alive) and inject poison into their hearts. It was cool at first, but after a while, it gets depressing.”
I wonder if I should ask him to lunch again.
