- Face-to-face impromptu chats with colleagues
- Students knocking on my office door
- My microscope
- Taking the bus or metro
- ADHH on Tuesdays
- Walking across the Fairfax campus in the Fall or Spring
- Journal club in person
- Upgrading to business on my points
- All things Alaska, especially Toolik Field Station
- Friday Evening Lectures in Lillie Auditorium