Chemist s Diary Day One Walked into the lab full of enthusiasm Today is a great day for science 5 minutes in Spilled a reagent Now the table is changing colors like a chameleon 10 minutes in Colleagues are asking why my flask is smoking Good question 15 minutes in Learned the hard way that add slowly is not just a suggestion it s a survival rule 20 minutes in Lab is airing out and I m writing an incident report Great day for science postponed