I had no idea what to expect when I got the call from UPS dropping off what turned out to be this large, very light package; but I was damn excited! It was pleasantly surprising to open it up and find not only that the inner package was adorned with a drawing of a dragon but that it contained some awesome art (made by my secret santa?).

The first depicting a pair of lophotrichously flagellated bacterial cells chilling in a red medium I can only assume is HUMAN FLESH! The second was of a trio of influenza virions hanging out in what must be sputum. Third and my favourite is a textured black and white image of possibly the coolest arrangement of microscopic (un)life: a T4 bacteriophage!!

All of these are so great and I hung them up immediately using a maglite and the top of my TV for a level. Thank you so much! Very cool gifts :)

-X