Month: January 2022

Last August I got a job at an interior design firm. I had known and worked near this business many years ago and nobody was more stunned than me when at the end of the second interview, they offered me the job. I felt like I’d hit the work jackpot. It has lived up to … Read more

Early in Mark’s career, when he was an assistant professor with three small kids at home, he went to a conference and met a group of British scientists that he fell for big time. They were bawdy and outrageous, minced no words when calling out colleagues over crap science, and I think Mark felt that … Read more

I always loved listening to you and Mark tell a story. It was like an episode of I love Lucy.– Ann (my younger sister) I have no idea what you’re talking about. – me When I was in my early forties, I went to my oby/gyn’s office for an annual routine appointment. During my exam, … Read more