I’m taking a break from this portal business to focus on my classwork. I’m in the middle of exams, and I’m finishing up my lab work for the semester. I’ll be heading home for the summer on Wednesday.
I was very glad to see that the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act passed Congress, as that makes people more willing to cooperate with genetic research such as mine. Previously I would encounter a deep reluctance on the part of potential subjects who were afraid that any results of an analysis of their DNA would result in insurance companies finding something they were likely to have, and canceling their health coverage. I can’t say they weren’t right to be concerned, but this law makes that illegal.
Issues of Modern Bride began arriving in my campus mailbox. (It was the only thing in there; everything else in my life arrives online.) It wasn’t hard to guess who sent me the gift subscription to that magazine; Fenton’s parents are getting awfully annoying. Then again, who knows how my folks will behave over the coming months while I’m home?
