Every Day Is Boss's Day

In a clever, if obvious, ploy to gain favor, one of my part-timers has just delivered a Grande Americano (to a grande americano, it's just occurred to me) upon her arrival. Unless the other one shows up with donuts, I will be expecting her letter of resignation by lunchtime.

Nice to see the Nephew's Name on a Marquee

We already knew our nephew was a great teacher, but it's nice to know that the high school where he teaches knows it, too. Congratulations, Luke!

Biochemist Cynthia Kenyon on Aging

What controls aging? Biochemist Cynthia Kenyon has found a simple genetic mutation that can double the lifespan of a simple worm, C. elegans. The lessons from that discovery, and others, are pointing to how we might one day significantly extend youthful human life.

How Much Is Mundane Squared?

Everything I know about loading a dish washer I learned from watching episodes of the soon to be defunct television program 'House'.  Wilson, faithful friend  of Gregory House MD is a bit obsessive and almost destroys a relationship with a woman he hoped to marry (or remarry as the plot unfolded) by insisting that she put large items such as pots and salad bowls on the top rack because if they are on the bottom rack they block the water from reaching the top rack. Darned if he wasn't right.  So now every time I load the dish washer I think of James Wilson MD and the episodes of House I really enjoyed.  And that, folks, is how I sometimes turn a mundane task into - well - and even more mundane task.

Each Hour Matters

It was a strange day at work today.  Everyone was tired.  No one was able to figure out what time to go to bed last night.  No one was able to get up on time primarily because they hadn't been able to figure out what time to get to bed.
I say down with daylight savings time.

It Gets Better

The message of the Trevor Project is 'Hang in there.  It gets better.'  This message is designed to keep LGBT teenagers alive until they discover that life is, indeed, worth living.

Or Longer Days Are Here

And so the twice yearly confusion sets in.  What time is it, anyway.  Are we an hour earlier or an hour later than we were this time yesterday.  Also, why do we do this twice yearly thing with the time.  There will still be approximately twenty-four hours in each day except for those long days at work when there are actually twenty-six hours and then, of course, the extra hours are then deducted from weekend off work time or vacations when we're relaxed and happy and then suddenly look at the clock/calendar and say how did the time go so fast.
Now we know how it goes so fast.