Two nights ago, I was on the chatroom answering some questions about chemotaxis and cellular mobility, when someone with the nickname "billionare" walked in. The person asked if anyone needs funding for their research, so I jokingly said that I do. He/she asked me what I do, so I explained my project briefly and what its long term goals are. So he/she initiate a private conversation with me and asked me how much I need. Jokingly, I said $1 million dollars. So he/she asked me for my Paypal account. Now if he/she asked for my bank account, I would have suspected that they're fishing for bank accounts. The fact that he/she asked for my Paypal made me realize that there is a vanishing possiblity that this person might actually want to deposit something in my account. So I said "umm no, you're not getting my Paypal and this joke ends here". The person insists that I should take the money. I ask "and you're just going the blow 1 million my way, why?". Billionar responds...

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People are perpetually cranky, and the better and easier things become, the crankier and less satisfied everyone seems to be. I've always liked Louis CK, and I don't think anyone could've said it funnier.

I've spent the past 2 weeks working near nonstop on upgrading the forums. I'm tired and I'm annoyed with all the bugs that had to be fixed. There are still some more processes to run and some kinks to iron out. I just want this to be done already! The last few days have been exceptionally taxing. Nobody should ever have to do this much coding in a short amount of time, while they're working on their dissertation research...

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