It's All In My Head

Into The Single Digits

Only 9 days left until Ian is here... It has been a long Monday morning... that is for sure. I drive happily into work... only to realize I have left my laptop at home. I drive all the way home and back... walk about halfway into my office when I realize that I have left the laptop in my car. Yeah... and it's only been downhill from there. Thankfully I have a bit of vacation time coming up as I think my brain needs a break!

Today is Veteran's Day... and while I oppose the war I am against anyone who says that if you oppose the war you do not support the troops. It is their job. Plain and simple. Hopefully our doofus President will bring them home soon... but I doubt it.

*CRY* Only Two More Episodes...

Also, some people have a lot of time on their hands.

Moral Relativism

I've been busy the past few days and haven't had a chance to post. But right now I am viewing a webcast of our big staff meeting... so I can do other things while I'm listening. Yesterday I had a bit of a moral/morale issue with my job. Don't get me wrong... I love my job. I love everything about it. Even the bad parts. Yesterday was one of the bad parts. We develop living medicines to treat a variety of diseases, mostly cancer. Living medicine means that our products are produced from proteins. The difference between a pharmacology company and a biotechnology company is that they deal mainly with man-made chemicals... we use proteins, antibodies, bacteria... We just filed on a drug that was derived from e. coli... The possibilities are endless.

Unfortunately because the possibilities are endless... that means lots of testing. And of course... if the medicine is new... it's not going into humans first... it's going into animals. I get to hear about human testing (clinical trials, etc) all the time. Rarely do I have to hear about animal testing but yesterday I had to. I had to sit through a presentation on testing monkeys with a new drug and the side effects they experienced. A few months ago... it was dogs. The thought that somewhere within this company there is a dog... in a cage... basically being tortured... to develop a new medicine... makes me sick. But there is the ultimate question - As human beings, where do you draw the line? Obviously the line has been drawn for centuries. We are willing to subject poor, innocent, defenseless animals to benefit us - to further our lives while ending theirs.

The only thought that helps me look past the stories I hear is... we aren't a cosmetic company. We're not a company that in the end has no point. Our mission is to benefit patients. These patients are deathly ill or at least suffering in some way. We treat cancer, rheumatoid arthritis, debilitating psoriasis and many others. My team alone deals with drugs that help people get through their cancer, formally named Supportive Care Oncology. At the VERY least... I conclude that we are not a company based on the cosmetic industry. We aren't subjecting animals for the benefit of our outer beauty. It's a selfish view of reality but it's the lesser of two evils. I guess it's all relative.

Busier Than A One Armed Paper Hanger

Yes, it's a real expression.. Geez.

LAUGH -- Colbert Is Funny!

Happy Halloween

Manic Monday

I spent my weekend watching baseball on my new TV. What a great time to be an American... /tear. Sort of just kidding.

Anyway, this week is shaping up to be pretty average. I narrowly avoided having to do lunch with the wolf in sheep's clothing (aka someone at work that makes it difficult for this place to stay drama free). But thanks to some tricky wording I (hopefully) was able to avoid the uncomfortable situation. I am going to go back to my cottage cheese, granola, cantaloupe, and grape mix. It's just another Manic Monday... I wish it were Sunday... Cause that's my fun day... My I don't have to run day.

*COUGH*

My lungs are killing me from the smoke. Well, I tried to post something from the My Love For... Series but blog.com decides it needs to break instead of post correctly. If I can fix it I might post it later this week. I don't feel good. I wanna go home.

I still hate this guy but I like the song. "Let's go on a living spree..."

Ugh...

I feel awful. Apparently Dubya is trying to kill off the liberals because half of California is on fire. Every where you look the sky is the yellowish brown to dark brown color. It burns your nose, throat and lungs... My asthma and allergies are driving me crazy. Anyway, this weekend was not really that great. Technology is apparently working against me. But the Seahawks won and Boston is going to the big show. I also bought a 22" Flat Screen TV... congrats me. Well, I better go back to work... but must have ibuprofen first.