I Felt a Blog Coming On

I woke up this morning and felt a blog coming on. I told my wife, "Wife, I feel a blog coming on." She said "Take a Tums and you will feel better". But after a rousing “Danny Boy” on my violin, the feeling went away and I went to the lab. I spent the day revising my undergraduate course web site
(http://dna.kdna.ucla.edu/168-2010/Default.aspx) and redoing all the links. I even inserted a few edifying secret links for the students to find.

Looks like the University may have me to kick around for another three years as I explore the structure of the RNA editing core complex. The NIH renewal is not yet in hand but it looks good. Life is good but retirement always has that sparkling attractiveness of novelty.

I have been spending evenings out in my telescope shed trying to get everything working together so I can begin imaging again. I can easily recognize almost every star in the visible night sky. But I was put in my place when I went to a “dark site” outside LA and saw the real thing. There were so many stars that I could not even identify a single one.  That is what cockiness will get you!