Random

There is supposedly a movie/documentary made about the discovery of Gleevec and struggle of the scientist against Genentech. The PI has admitted that it was a little over-dramatized but nevertheless pointed it to us as an example of the odds we have to work against if we happen to discover a compound that might be used as drug therapy, if we were lucky, since apparently the odds are usually more against us than that.

Now I really want to see that movie/documentary. Think of it morbid curiosity.

Saw a giant crow on campus today. It is bigger than Kate's rabbit and slightly smaller than Anna's cat, very glossy, and totally unafraid of humans. In fact it reminds me eerily of every single fairytale/folk lore in which the bird that stares unblinkingly back at you isn't usually a bird.

Also saw a dragonfly, but I guess that isn't as interesting, aside from the fact that it seems to be very, very far from home given that there was no bodies of freshwater near where I found it. Do dragonflies migrate?