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Created on 2007-06-19 19:23:44 (#13199119), last updated 2009-11-24

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Name:	atgatg
Location:	Ames, IA

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Why atgatg? The DNA letters ATG are the "start codon" that may indicate the start of a gene. A stop codon is coded by the letters TGA, TAG, TAA. The RNA polymerase is moseying along, aimless, until it sees "START." Sometimes it needs to see START again -- like "Start already!!"

I've been wondering: why blog? To fight entropy. Being alive is an astonishing violation of entropy. Better to try to push that a little farther. Better to do it with others. Doing something good requires energy. Will this be any good, or just more dissipative energy? I don't know, but I also don't like thinking that I am going through life turning food into heat, burning up all those little ATPs in my head, keeping all my thoughts to myself. It's firefly season as I start this. The fireflies hover at dusk, dipping their butts a little and turning on the light. They are trying to communicate. (No, my butt doesn't glow. Don't ask again.)

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architecture, bioinformatics, biology, climbing, evolutionary theory, gardening, ideas, inline skating, little languages, plants, skate skiing

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