A Review of 2016
I started my annual holiday card with “2016 was much like 2015 – same job, same man, same house. Dare I say stable?” And while I like being on a schedule, this sounded boring even to me. So I dug …
Category: Research & Science
Certified
This may come as a surprise to some of you who know I collect (academic) credentials (PhD, MBA, PMP, Salesforce Admin, blah, blah, blah) the way other people collect art or beanie babies or stamps or something. But, once upon a …
Analytics and the Internet of Things
I fell down the rabbit hole. I found a draft with this title from more than a month ago, but it’s been percolating in the background for most of the last year. In my current job, we use and/or are …
Social Memes, Chain Letters and the WAVE
As someone who conducted ALS research between 1995 and 2010, I have been watching the Ice Bucket Challenge promoted by the ALS Association unfold with interest. I have seen numerous friends, family members and colleagues post their “challenge” videos to …
Health & Wellness
I had the good fortune to tour the Anschutz Health and Wellness Center in Aurora, CO. The amazing and beautiful Pam Bard ( she’s on the board), kindly introduced me to their visionary leader, James O. Hill, the Executive Director. …
Precision Nutrition Certification
About twice a year, Dr. John Berardi, opens up the online certification course for Precision Nutrition. I signed up last fall. Enrollment is limited and often sells out within the first 24 hours. Registration for the upcoming class starts tomorrow. …
90 days
What would you do with 90 days? I am 30+ days into a 90 day “transition” out of my current job. I can remember like it was yesterday my disappointment in thinking that I would not get this job, my …
10+ years of ALS research
I am looking backwards today. I moved to Colorado with my first husband in 1995. I’ve been thinking of him recently. It was his birthday on Saturday (Happy Birthday rb). A friend of mine is making a video for his son’s …
Awed by surveillance technology
I am awed by surveillance technology. A friend sent me an email, one of those that had been forwarded a few dozen times. It said: “This is a photo from the 2009 Inauguration, In which you can see IN FOCUS …
Leaving Research
Sometimes people ask me how it is that I could walk away from a career of 20+ years as a scientist, most of them spent investigating amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS; Lou Gehrig’s disease). Sometimes I give a trite answer about changing …