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It's been over a week since I last posted here, and that's, as far as I can remember, something I've never done before.

I've been playing a lot of World of Warcraft since I got back from Argentina, and I now have a level 28 undead warlock, for whatever that's worth.

Very soon, I'll stop playing and start working on my kidney research again. I received a (very) lengthy email from the guy who "invented" the artificial white blood cell, detailing a large number of items to research in order to turn the paper into something publishable. To everyone's benefit, the paper will now be co-authored.

I've also been running just about every day after I wake up. I didn't run today because last night was Trivial Pursuit (and five bottles of wine) night. There was a good turn-out for the game, and it was lots of fun. We ended up with four teams of two people each, only two teams shy of the maximum, despite some people changing their minds about coming at the last minute.

Katy and I watched An Inconvenient Truth, the documentary about global warming by Al Gore, tonight. We just got back from the theater, in fact. The movie was very well made and echoes many of the grave concerns we scientists have about the future of our lovely blue planet. I highly recommend seeing the movie; it's only an hour and 40 minutes of your time, and it conveys a critically important message about the ability of humankind to sustain itself.

Also, Argentina beat Mexico 2-1 today! Vamos Argentina!

I think that's all the news I have at the moment. Aside from trivia night last night, things have been pretty uneventful here lately. I'll try to spice things up in order to have some more exciting entries later in the week.