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Jul. 28th, 2005 08:10 amBack on my feet, more or less. Up way early coz I slept so much yesterday.
Still no coffee; I don' t think I could stomach it yet. Feeling a little sluggish, but the withdrawal symptoms lasted only one day, which is an interesting bit of self-knowledge, I suppose.
Bad news about the Harvard stuff: due to handwavy union issues of some sort, I can't quit and come back as a contractor, or anyway not without much pain & suffering. So it looks like I'm actually Just Getting Done. Still being allowed to bleed out my vacation time through August and then finish up however I want in September. It's disappointing, but more rescinding the gravy I was offered than making my originally planned situation any worse.
Was made melancholy watching a new episode of "Nova Science Now" dealing with RNAi -- RNA interference, the technique of using cells' natural antiviral hardware to experimentally shut off genes and observe the results. In theory, this could lead to treatments for every disease that involves genetic code getting mangled, which is where all the famous cancers and degenerative diseases live. It's cool stuff, but made me a little sad because it's what I'm walking away from -- this is exactly what ICCB and the Broad are working on (the show even had a Broad researcher among the interviewees).
As I've grumbled about, I wasn't doing science programming... just weenie web-work that was running next to the science. I'm still going to feel a little guilty and regretful every time I learn more about the science, but... for now, best to put my best foot forward and meet my calling.
Still no coffee; I don' t think I could stomach it yet. Feeling a little sluggish, but the withdrawal symptoms lasted only one day, which is an interesting bit of self-knowledge, I suppose.
Bad news about the Harvard stuff: due to handwavy union issues of some sort, I can't quit and come back as a contractor, or anyway not without much pain & suffering. So it looks like I'm actually Just Getting Done. Still being allowed to bleed out my vacation time through August and then finish up however I want in September. It's disappointing, but more rescinding the gravy I was offered than making my originally planned situation any worse.
Was made melancholy watching a new episode of "Nova Science Now" dealing with RNAi -- RNA interference, the technique of using cells' natural antiviral hardware to experimentally shut off genes and observe the results. In theory, this could lead to treatments for every disease that involves genetic code getting mangled, which is where all the famous cancers and degenerative diseases live. It's cool stuff, but made me a little sad because it's what I'm walking away from -- this is exactly what ICCB and the Broad are working on (the show even had a Broad researcher among the interviewees).
As I've grumbled about, I wasn't doing science programming... just weenie web-work that was running next to the science. I'm still going to feel a little guilty and regretful every time I learn more about the science, but... for now, best to put my best foot forward and meet my calling.