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Monday, September 20, 2010

What Did You Do To Cause This Recession?

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An economist is an expert who will know tomorrow why the things he predicted yesterday didn't happen today. Laurence J. Peter A friend...
Tuesday, August 03, 2010

A Drunkards Walk

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'A Drunkards Walk' was a fine read. The reason it has resonated so much with the CCS is due to the randomness of the biotech busines...
Monday, July 19, 2010

At the End of the Day

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I've been interested in the financial meltdown lately and how it is related to CCS. I recently watched a DVD with the Economic Hitman, J...
Sunday, June 27, 2010

Are We Different?

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Over the course of a few years I've come to a conclusion about biotech people. They are no more scientific nor any less religious than a...
Saturday, February 06, 2010

Did You Learn How to Believe?

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I have a bad attitude regarding Biotechnology. I believe the financial interests spoil any chance of science taking place. In its place we b...
Thursday, January 21, 2010

Life Coaches for the Life Sciences

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Why do we have a life coach at our biotech company? Our "scientists" do need guidance in the ways of managing other human beings. ...
Wednesday, January 13, 2010

What to Say?

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Lately I've been mulling over several topics. Eli Lilly has a couple of cargo cult irons in the fire. Yesterday http://www.biospace.co...
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Tuesday, November 10, 2009

These Airplanes Are Fake!

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Imagine the leaders of the Cargo Cult Airport leading a group of people around their airport. They bring the people close up to the airplane...
Sunday, August 23, 2009

A River Runs Through It

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I'm currently faced with a situation that would have pushed me over the edge in my younger days. We are working in "process develo...
Sunday, July 12, 2009

Pfizer Shuts Down Several Airports

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As part of its integration of Wyeth, Pfizer said it will close a total of six research facilities and ultimately reduce the work occurring a...

Science, Sequences and God

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I used the Henderson–Hasselbalch equation to calculate the amounts of acetic acid and sodium acetate needed for a certain buffer. When the p...
Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Randomly Fumbling Through the Day

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Quite often in our business we move from one experiment to the next, never analyzing the previous set of data.  After a while people begin t...
Thursday, June 11, 2009

Stats

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My career in biotech has been maddening.  But it is not biotechnology that is the issue.  The issue is statistical analysis of data.  This b...
Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Can't Blog Very Well

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XgmrMZ0h54&playnext_from=PL&feature=PlayList&p=BA10ADCB66375592&index=3&playnext=4&p...
Monday, March 09, 2009

Large Groups of Humans

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Deliver Us From Evil, http://www.deliverusfromevilthemovie.com/index_flash.php , is a disturbing documentary that depicts an organization th...
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Sunday, January 25, 2009

Optimism For the Seattle Cargo Cult Airport

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http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2008667376_biotech25.html "I'm fairly optimistic that this year will see g...

Is It Over Yet?

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MDRNA Cuts Executive Pay, Freezes Salaries as Cash Runs Out Luke Timmerman 1/23/09 MDRNA is running out of cash, and is drastically cutting...
Sunday, January 11, 2009

Is Vytorin a Failure?

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http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1703827,00.html If one had read Gary Taubes' 'Good Calorie Bad Calorie' they woul...
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Goodbye Seattle PI

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While we expect the loss of Biotech companies we do not enjoy seeing honest people lose their livelihood. We do get pleasure when people li...

Fires Are Burning Out

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http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/sundaybuzz/2008613921_sundaybuzz11.html http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/394854_northstar06.html...
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