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Gene Therapy and/or Stem Cells
A lot of maladies actually involve inherited conditions-they’re in your genes, in other words. But scientists are working to change those genes and trick defective cells into growing correctly. Perhaps, someday, birth defects will be as treatable as pneumonia.
-thotlady
Seriously. I want to know. The 5 o’clock whistle blows.

So, what happens at the end of your day? Now I realize each day may be a little different, but generally speaking…do you go home and veg out in front of the television. Do you have to pick up your kids from soccer…ballet…choir…you name it?
Me, I used to come home from work most days and walk my puppies. Charlotte and Bramwell. They greet me at the door with exultation. I can’t begin to tell you how that feels. Well, if you have dogs, you know how that feels.
This is an aside…when I go into the bathroom each time, I go through a little inventory of my life…yes I do. I ask myself…how am I feeling today?…fat, tired, energetic, young, old, excited. I go through the gambit. I do this every time I enter the bathroom stall…I know, crazy right?
I do a smaller version of this on my way home from work each night. Is this what my life is…
- Get up
- Shower
- Get dressed
- Eat Breakfast
- Watch a little morning news
- Walk Bramwell
- Give Bramwell a dog biscuit on our return
- Dry and style my hair
- Brush my teeth
- Shut the pocket doors
- Turn off the lights
- Turn off the T.V.
- Turn on the radio
- Give Brammy a dog biscuit
- Grab my purse and sometimes my workout clothes
- Turn and say to Brammy…Guard the house!
- Drive to work
- Work
- Lunch
- Drive home from work…and here is where I divert…sometimes, I go to the grocery store, or workout, or stop after work for a glass of wine or two with a co-worker
- Arrive home
- Walk Bramwell
- Eat dinner
- Watch some T.V.
- If I am ambitious, do some laundry
- If I am ambitious, brush my teeth, and then…
- Go to bed
- Then I wake up…and start all over again
I do fit in some knitting and reading along the way. I Skyped with my sister and her significant other tonight. I love connecting with family.
So what does the end of your day look like?
-thotlady
Well, it’s Tuesday night. LOST just ended. Gosh I love that show. I am going to miss it. 9 more episodes ’til the finale.
And there they are
Llana
Richard Eyeliner
Claire
Sayid
Kate
Sawyer (James)
John Locke (Black thing)
Jack
Jin
Ben Linus
Hurley
Sun
Miles
Lapidus (We’re not going to Guam are we?)
I do believe the two parallel worlds of the castaways will collide in the end. How that plays out is anybody’s guess. It was a nice touch this week when Linus redeemed himself in the eyes of his daughter. I do feel like he has drifted quite far from his original character. Ben and Locke seemed to have changed the most through the seasons.
The writers of LOST are very good. I do hope they manage to pull it all together to their audience’s satisfaction.
I’ll just leave you with this little gem…

Sawyer beautiful Sawyer
-thotlady
Mondays are always difficult for me. A crashing end to the weekend, then going back to the rat-race that is work. My department is in the process of hiring an associate dean. This has been going on for a year. This is the third iteration. Hopefully we will hire one from the four candidates we are interviewing.
I am in charge of creating and setting up the agenda for each candidate’s visit. We bring them in for 2-1/2 days of interviews, campus tours, meeting with faculty/staff/students and giving them a tour of the city. A lot of work and logistics are involved. Needless to say not a lot of other work gets done. On top of that my boss is traveling to the West Indies soon and I am in charge of scheduling her flight, lodging and itinerary to three campuses in Jamaica, Barbados and Trinidad/Tobago. Also a lot of work.
Well, we are on the third candidate for the associate dean position, we have the fourth coming in on Wednesday. So by the end of the week, we should be finished.
So, Monday is not my favorite day of the week. But, my mom would say…at least you have a job. Yes mom I know.
-thotady