Wayne Riekhof
@wayneriekhof.bsky.social
Biochemist pretending real hard that I’m a microbiologist, when I actually wish I was an entomologist. I research, teach, and serve at Cornhusker U. GBR!
About to drive across town in a snowstorm to pick this up. Typewriter #9 for the collection, early ‘60’s Olivetti Lettera 32. Same model as the one Cormac McCarthy typed ~5 million words on.
Now I can write my own Blood Meridian! That’s how this works, right?
Now I can write my own Blood Meridian! That’s how this works, right?
November 29, 2025 at 3:46 PM
About to drive across town in a snowstorm to pick this up. Typewriter #9 for the collection, early ‘60’s Olivetti Lettera 32. Same model as the one Cormac McCarthy typed ~5 million words on.
Now I can write my own Blood Meridian! That’s how this works, right?
Now I can write my own Blood Meridian! That’s how this works, right?
Lincoln, NE last night. 48 years old, lived my entire life in Missouri, Michigan, Colorado, and Nebraska, and that was my first time ever seeing the aurora!
November 12, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Lincoln, NE last night. 48 years old, lived my entire life in Missouri, Michigan, Colorado, and Nebraska, and that was my first time ever seeing the aurora!
Frank likes to roll around under the ottoman, and with the color and pattern of the rug, he’s pretty effectively camouflaged…
November 10, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Frank likes to roll around under the ottoman, and with the color and pattern of the rug, he’s pretty effectively camouflaged…
My wife sent me a pic of the wiener bros and I think it would make a good album cover. Theres a vibe…
November 7, 2025 at 3:03 AM
My wife sent me a pic of the wiener bros and I think it would make a good album cover. Theres a vibe…
Lucy and her mantis friend at age 5, and hissing cockroach friends at age 13… I think she may have inherited the entomologist gene from me!
October 27, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Lucy and her mantis friend at age 5, and hissing cockroach friends at age 13… I think she may have inherited the entomologist gene from me!
The many faces of my little red weenie boy, George, who is 5 years old today!
October 23, 2025 at 9:47 PM
The many faces of my little red weenie boy, George, who is 5 years old today!
Sometimes I wonder how all the different coat colors and patterns in, say, Dachshunds came to be. Then I see posts like the one below and it’s like “oh, yeah, one popped up in a litter randomly and was selected.”
To paraphrase Monod: What‘s true of Lima beans is true of wiener dogs…
To paraphrase Monod: What‘s true of Lima beans is true of wiener dogs…
October 16, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Sometimes I wonder how all the different coat colors and patterns in, say, Dachshunds came to be. Then I see posts like the one below and it’s like “oh, yeah, one popped up in a litter randomly and was selected.”
To paraphrase Monod: What‘s true of Lima beans is true of wiener dogs…
To paraphrase Monod: What‘s true of Lima beans is true of wiener dogs…
No harm other than a strip of sod torn out, but the chunks of wheel and body panel they left in the yard after fleeing on the rim…well, we’re glad no one was hurt 😬
October 11, 2025 at 1:59 PM
No harm other than a strip of sod torn out, but the chunks of wheel and body panel they left in the yard after fleeing on the rim…well, we’re glad no one was hurt 😬
The person who lost control of their car and drove through my yard late Wednesday did manage to miss the 12-foot skeletons and for that, I am grateful 🙏
October 11, 2025 at 1:59 PM
The person who lost control of their car and drove through my yard late Wednesday did manage to miss the 12-foot skeletons and for that, I am grateful 🙏
Don’t forget George Beadle and the dog (whose name I used to know but have forgotten)
October 11, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Don’t forget George Beadle and the dog (whose name I used to know but have forgotten)
Wanna know how I know I’m making an impact? Anonymous students have started to tell jokes I make in class back to me on the whiteboard on my office door… 🤓 🧪 😂
October 10, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Wanna know how I know I’m making an impact? Anonymous students have started to tell jokes I make in class back to me on the whiteboard on my office door… 🤓 🧪 😂
Kitchen smells pretty good right now. Whole house, actually!
October 5, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Kitchen smells pretty good right now. Whole house, actually!
Last of the hot peppers for the season! Scotch Bonnet, Habenero, Jalapeño, and Habenada (a mutant Habenero that has a defective capsaicin biosynthetic pathway.)
Turning some of these into jam shortly!
Turning some of these into jam shortly!
September 20, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Last of the hot peppers for the season! Scotch Bonnet, Habenero, Jalapeño, and Habenada (a mutant Habenero that has a defective capsaicin biosynthetic pathway.)
Turning some of these into jam shortly!
Turning some of these into jam shortly!
I noticed the same thing when I grew some last year, then realized they’re closely related to Hibiscus and it made sense. Can’t go wrong with battered and deep fried okra!
September 19, 2025 at 8:55 PM
I noticed the same thing when I grew some last year, then realized they’re closely related to Hibiscus and it made sense. Can’t go wrong with battered and deep fried okra!
Guess no one in the NYT puzzle writers room has ever force-fed a mouse. Sad.
September 18, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Guess no one in the NYT puzzle writers room has ever force-fed a mouse. Sad.
Festival of capsaicin at the house tonight…
August 20, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Festival of capsaicin at the house tonight…
Text from my daughter giving @lukelukeluke.bsky.social vibes 🍄🟫🍄🍄🟫🍄 😂
July 23, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Text from my daughter giving @lukelukeluke.bsky.social vibes 🍄🟫🍄🍄🟫🍄 😂
True. I’ve been schlepping this around for 25+ years now.
June 14, 2025 at 8:38 PM
True. I’ve been schlepping this around for 25+ years now.
Yeah, still got it! (Doing yeast genetics with my own hands, that is.)
Measuring mutagenesis efficiency by EMS in 2 S. cerevisiae wild-types, by loss of CAN1 function leading to canavanine resistant colonies.
Does the BY474x background have a mismatch repair defect? 🤔
Measuring mutagenesis efficiency by EMS in 2 S. cerevisiae wild-types, by loss of CAN1 function leading to canavanine resistant colonies.
Does the BY474x background have a mismatch repair defect? 🤔
June 2, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Yeah, still got it! (Doing yeast genetics with my own hands, that is.)
Measuring mutagenesis efficiency by EMS in 2 S. cerevisiae wild-types, by loss of CAN1 function leading to canavanine resistant colonies.
Does the BY474x background have a mismatch repair defect? 🤔
Measuring mutagenesis efficiency by EMS in 2 S. cerevisiae wild-types, by loss of CAN1 function leading to canavanine resistant colonies.
Does the BY474x background have a mismatch repair defect? 🤔
Not my picture, but this lovely couple are nesting a few blocks from my house, in the woods adjacent to Holmes Lake in Lincoln. Haven't seen any juveniles yet, but here's hoping!
May 29, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Not my picture, but this lovely couple are nesting a few blocks from my house, in the woods adjacent to Holmes Lake in Lincoln. Haven't seen any juveniles yet, but here's hoping!
I did something similar recently with a 6502. Fun!
May 27, 2025 at 2:12 PM
I did something similar recently with a 6502. Fun!
I’ve been feeding the yeast inferior YPD. Found this bottle from 1992 in a retired colleague’s chemical inventory and decided to give them this well aged, vintage treat. It’s like wine, right?
May 22, 2025 at 5:34 PM
I’ve been feeding the yeast inferior YPD. Found this bottle from 1992 in a retired colleague’s chemical inventory and decided to give them this well aged, vintage treat. It’s like wine, right?
Big snotty colonies of an unidentified yeast-killing contaminant that I isolated to play around with.
Ewwwww…
Ewwwww…
May 19, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Big snotty colonies of an unidentified yeast-killing contaminant that I isolated to play around with.
Ewwwww…
Ewwwww…
I have a hunch that in 70 years, my great grandchildren will be antiquing in the West Bottoms in Kansas City and will come across a Cybertruck in the same condition as this Edsel…
The Edsel actually looks cool though, so maybe not. 🤷♂️
The Edsel actually looks cool though, so maybe not. 🤷♂️
May 18, 2025 at 4:10 PM
I have a hunch that in 70 years, my great grandchildren will be antiquing in the West Bottoms in Kansas City and will come across a Cybertruck in the same condition as this Edsel…
The Edsel actually looks cool though, so maybe not. 🤷♂️
The Edsel actually looks cool though, so maybe not. 🤷♂️