The mother of this site’s webmaster has passed away, and he sends the following obituary:
Raymonde Evanchik
Wife, Mother, and Grandmother.
Daughter of Joseph “Albert” Billaux and Germaine Thalgott Billaux. Wife of Nicholas. Mother of Michel and Francoise. Grandmother of Jack and Freya.
Born July 8, 1940, Redon, France. Died May 16, 2007, Calvary Hospital, [...]
Hey, I’ve got a letter in the Wall Street Journal this morning, defending drug patents and criticizing Doctors Without Borders (my general attitude is, why go after the usual targets?).
It’s fairly typical of the sorts of arguments made by the group I work for, the American Council on Science and Health. With even a [...]
My home phoneline appears to be out of commission right now, in case anyone out there’s noticed. Faring better than New Orleans so far, though. UPDATE: Fixed, and in any case my problems today seem petty compared to those of Virginia Tech (which, as it appears John McCain would agree, might have been spared [...]
Are you ready? Then let’s begin.
If all goes smoothly, this blog will be a daily (or near-daily) thing starting on April Fool’s Day 2007, nearly three months later than planned, but still well before the end of the world.