American back from Japan

I'm hooooooooooome, almost everything is still alive (there were a couple of chicken casualties), and it's past my bedtime but I had some coffee a couple of hours ago therefore I am mad. It has been a week and I have stopped bowing to people and my instantaneous reaction to bumping into people is no longer "gomenesai." It is sad that my big adventure is over, but I have lots of very good memories and must now get a Ph.D. Why? Hmm. After listening to a 50 minute seminar about mouse pee yesterday I had a "moment of reflection," wondering why in the world I am spending my one lifetime in this circle where pee seminars are normal and supposed to be interesting... ah well, it keeps me out of jail. Perhaps I will never understand why mouse mate recognition is a critically important thing to understand, but I will learn how to dump paradigms and seek truth. That's something. Never give up, never surrender.

I'll be moving my blogging to Janel's Place, so loyal fans can visit there if they feel so inclined.



Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz... farewell.