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About Me

OK, so people are bugging me to put something about myself up here. Which makes sense on one hand, since one really wouldn't join one of these things if they didn't want people to know about them. On the other hand, these requests are coming from people who know me, and as they all know, my life is pretty much an open book (and oft-times a book with waaaaay too much information) to them. For the benefit of those who haven't had the pleasure of getting to know me yet, my life can be summed up as long, strenous periods of intense scientific study broken up by brief bouts of binge-drinking. That may sound boorish of me, but you try studying the urination patterns of rats for 6 years and see if you don't need a drink or two. In fact, I dare you to read my publications and not need a drink yourself (or at least a nap).
My friends, many years ago, saw fit to nickname me "Bull", for reasons that became strangely prophetic but unknown to most of the people who actually knew me. I include it here because if you met me anywhere other than work or way back in high school, its probably the only name you actually know me by. And to be honest a lot of times, I'm freaked out by that....like after the time a girl turned me down for a date because she could never see her name ever becoming "Briana Bull".
I'm sure I'll get into my hobbies and likes and dislikes and all that either in a later heading or in my blog, so I really won't get into them here. Instead I'll give you some little known facts about me:
1) I've recently been offered a deal to write a book entitled "10 Habits of Highly Intelligent and Boring People"
2) Phil Collins and I are genetically the same person
3) ever since a rat bit me in the lab I've had super powers that I've been hiding from my friends by wearing glasses.
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My Blog

Blog moved...

So, I've moved.  Both myself and my blog.  I've moved myself to the University of Groningen in the Netherlands to complete my postdoctoral training.  I've moved my blog to jbeckel.blogspot.com, where ...
Posted by on Wed, 22 Apr 2009 01:46:00 GMT

There’s a yummy Friday special at Stouffer’s....

I know, confusing title.  It's a lyric from a song in the musical "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying".  The song's called "Been a Long Day".  God damn....has it ever.Funn...
Posted by on Thu, 11 Dec 2008 21:42:00 GMT

Random encounter with a prankster

I've parked my car in Oakland too many times to count.  I've never worried about my car when parked in Oakland, while I know a number of my friends do.  Of course, I drive a light blue 1996 ...
Posted by on Fri, 05 Dec 2008 06:25:00 GMT

I’m never going to DC again.

Seriously.  That place is out to kill me.DC and I have a history. The last time I traveled to DC, I was in a car accident with an uninsured motorist, stayed in a hotel room that had blood on the ...
Posted by on Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:10:00 GMT

gone too far...

OK....the Frederick's catalog was something funny to write about.... but the Just My Size bra catalog is going too damn far......My mailman is looking at me like some sort of sick pervert.
Posted by on Sat, 15 Nov 2008 16:38:00 GMT

Someone in Phoenix has it out for me....

I just went down to check my mail, not because I'm being lazy, but because I'm pretty sick and tired of getting bills that I don't have the money to pay.  But today the pain didn't come in the fo...
Posted by on Fri, 14 Nov 2008 02:35:00 GMT

National Anthem Followup....

My brother called today.  I mention it, not because it's a rare occurrence (which, actually, it is), or a monumental event, but because when my brother calls me either something bad has happened,...
Posted by on Mon, 27 Oct 2008 00:41:00 GMT

An apology and the National Anthem

I have to apologize for that last blog.  It really wasn't up to snuff.  I know you were reading it, hoping that I would get to my normal acerbic tone, ripping those dumb ad execs a new one a...
Posted by on Fri, 24 Oct 2008 00:24:00 GMT

vacation

So, I'm doing something I haven't done in about four years.  I'm taking a vacation.  Yep.  A whole week off.  It's been wonderful.  I haven't done much of anything all week.&n...
Posted by on Thu, 23 Oct 2008 13:24:00 GMT

CMU students are too dumb to cross the street

I know, Kristy.  Just read and I promise you'll get over your indignation.So, I'm riding into work today on the trusty 61A.  I call it trusty because it always shows up to take me to work, w...
Posted by on Thu, 25 Sep 2008 15:35:00 GMT