cat-scratch fever

Check out this rundown of the bipartisan hysteria over H1N1 vaccine that is now voluntarily available nationwide.

ted

For those of you still following along...

Some of us were talking about this earlier:

ted.com. it's sweet, and here are a few 18 min talks germane to us directly:

http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/alan_russell_on_regenerating_our_bodies.html

http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/catherine_mohr_surgery_s_past_present_and_robotic_future.html

http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/nathan_wolfe_hunts_for_the_next_aids.html

http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/vilayanur_ramachandran_on_your_mind.html

Get ready to have your idealism tempered!

Check out this New York Times story about first-year med students at UWash. Thrown into the real world of health care, their hopes of changing/saving the world have been shattered. Or something like that....

Locker Sharing

howdy folks,
for those I haven't said so to, welcome back and good luck as things progress. I miss having you all in the same classes with the same schedules. oh vell...

I'm renting a locker in the union, and won't need all the space in it I don't think (to reiterate, damn science textbooks, and their behemoth proportions against my enfeebled cycling structure).
If anyone wants to share the locker, let me know and I'll give you the combo so you don't have to spend the $25 for one.

see ya

Sticker shock?

Has everyone found the time to gag at the bookstore's extortionist prices. Fascists! There's reason to hope: Tara apparently found the o-chem text on half.com for 30 - yes, 30 - dollars. Looks like most of those deals are gone, but I found the biology text for $29 and the genetics book for $87 (less widely used, i guess).

goddamn science... I'm spending $30 dollars for three books in my sociology class.

Hope everyone's feeling hale and hearty.

--mike

The end is near...

Just hours away, in fact. But for those who will remain in Bozeman beyond 3:02 p.m. today, I wanted to convey an invitation to my roommate's Sweet Pea for Drinkers party tomorrow.
Come as you are. Come any time after dawn. It's all day, and we are conveniently located near the festivities at the park, which are completely alcohol-free. We even have a endorsement from Cassie, the post-bacc social chair. She's been to this party before, and she tells me that the party at my house is pretty fun. I wouldn't know...

Of course, maybe you want to get the hell out of this town as soon as possible. I can appreciate that as well. Whatever the case may be, enjoy yourself. I will.

Ummm...

Was Dr. Mac smokin' crack when he wrote the practice test answer key?