Embarrassment of the day...

Early morning lab meeting.

A senior investigator/almost-P.I. (the one who Professor Plum is modeled after, I think) presents the specific aims of a grant he is writing.

I think to myself... "hey, self, you read a paper on some similar stuff the other day. remember that? no? maybe vaguely? you should contribute, self, and speak up."

Me: "Oh, yeah, I definitely read a paper about (potential interesting concept for this grant) the other day. I think it was just published pretty recently."


Almost P.I.: "...yeah, actually, thats right here. Its ours."


Fuck.