Kyle MacQuarrie MD PhD
@kylemacquarrie
Pediatric oncologist and physician-scientist in Chicago, Asst Prof, big ol’ science nerd, 🏳️🌈, views my own, etc etc
When life gives you lemons (a 4 lb bag of plums from Costco), make lemonade (a plum upside-down cake).
My assistant for tonight’s final grant edits has assumed the appropriate vantage point to monitor my progress.
My Vallhund has found screaming at the lake when it’s frozen to be a great way to pass the time.
I’m pretty sure my corgi is looking to pull in some brawn to match her brains in the pursuit of food, if Fischer is looking for a job (and doesn’t mind eventually taking all the blame).
Not my area of expertise, but it’s probably bad when water is shooting UP from drains during a downpour?
Devastating office pineapple plant update - it toppled over sometime during the weekend and now looks sort of drunk when I flipped it back upright. I suspect its remaining days are numbered. 🫡
On today’s episode of Adventures in Berry Farming - about $15 worth of raspberries if they were from the store and with a bonus of getting a bunch of stabs from thorns while picking em.
Just gonna say my Chicago-based office has been tropical way before it got trendy here.
I’ve been pretty sure autocorrect has gotten worse, but this is a whole new level.
Does any member of a herding breed ever turn down the opportunity to get up to trouble? 🫠
We *were* wondering why our strawberry patch seemed slow to produce this year.
Celebrating the start of Pride in true physician-scientist fashion: working on a grant at home while also on call.
The face of a dog who does NOT APPRECIATE me taking out the trash to the bins without his help.
Look, I know the clover in our yard is good rabbit food but you’re flirting with danger here, buddy.
Office pineapple update - it shows no signs of stopping growing.
Just realized the organic jam says to use within 30 days of opening. Guess I have *no choice* but to use it by making cookies.
My typical view at like 4 am. After all, it’s only 1 hour before her breakfast time, so close enough as far as she’s concerned.
Chicago upside: unexpectedly finding this view. Chicago downside: you only found it because Apple Maps said this was the way to the nearest coffee shop, but failed to mention you’d have to jump over the railing and fall 100 feet to get there.
Time for me to repost the cough syrup recipe we found in one of our old cookbooks.
40+ degree swings in temperature in less than a week in Chicago mean the hooks in our house reserved for coats that are ‘likely to be needed’ are *struggling*.