I’m almost done with my Top Companies issue! Rufus, as you can see, is thrilled by this news:
It’s like I give him knockout drops or something.
What It Is: 6/29/09
What I’m reading: Plutarch’s life of Aemilius Paulus, and a little of The Hunter
What I’m listening to: A whole ton of Michael Jackson music.
What I’m watching: A whole ton of Michael Jackson videos. And the Yankees beating up the Mets.
What I’m drinking: Blue Point Blueberry Ale.
What Rufus is up to: Going on his first greyhound hike in about 8 weeks and having a great time catching up with his pals.
Where I’m going: On a weeklong vacation (to nowhere) once this issue is done.
What I’m happy about: The Top Companies issue is just about done. It’s gonna be a hard couple of days to finish it, but I can visualize the end of it.
What I’m sad about: That Dad’s gout has stuck around, making his life pretty miserable.
What I’m worried about: Getting in trouble because I failed to mail back my jury duty notice. See, I misread the form and thought I was only supposed to mail it in if I was trying to get a deferral. Oops. On the upside, my juror number is above the cut-off point, so I won’t have to go serve on Tuesday.
What I’m pondering: Whether Ron Rosenbaum knows anyone under the age of 40.
Adorable Piranhas
We took Rufus on his first greyhound hike since early May. Everyone was glad to see him, but not as glad as they were to see Jane take out some doggie treats after the hike:
Unrequired Reading: June 26, 2009
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Worse than Ezra
Ahoy, ahoy, dear readers! I’m way too busy reading pharmaco financials and analyst reports to spend much time blogging. Updates will be pretty light until July 4thish. (Of course there’ll be an Unrequired Reading this Friday! Don’t be silly!)
Just so you get your fix, the 0-fer of the week is . . . Ezra Pound!
Now I gotta get back to work. Later!
“Anything but . . . work in a paper box factory!”
A “Key Figure” from sanofi-aventis’ annual report:
The title of this post is from one of my favorite Woody Allen movies
(UPDATE: Summamabitch! sanofi got revenge on me! I was about 80% of the way through its profile, for an issue that goes to press early next week, when I got a pharma e-newsletter with a link to the following item:
Sanofi-Aventis Plans Job Cuts
M2 Europharma – Jun. 22, 2009
22 June 2009 -French pharmaceutical group Sanofi-Aventis (EPA: SAN) may further cut jobs after the 927 lay-offs in 2008, business daily Les Echos reported on Monday (22 June), quoting trade union sources.
Sanofi-Aventis management is expected to announce the plans for major restructuring at an extraordinary works council next week. Employees are particularly concerned over positions in the research divisions.
The drug maker has been affected by the launch of generic versions of some of its key medicines. Within the coming months the generic version of its anti-cancer drug Eloxatin should …
Of course, the full announcement’s only going to come after the company’s profile is off at the printer! Grr!)
Lollygagging around
Oh, sure! You can take it easy, while I’m slaving away over these darned pharma-profiles! You’re lucky you’re so cute!
What It Is: 6/22/09
What I’m reading: Plutarch’s lives of Timoleon and Aemilius Paulus, and Seth’s amazing comic about Canadian designer Thoreau MacDonald (it’s in an anthology called Kramers Ergot 7
What I’m listening to: Greatest hits collection of Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam, after reading this short post by Ta-Nehisi Coates. (He thought she was high yellow?)
What I’m watching: The Original Kings of Comedy, Big Night, Futurama: The Beast With a Billion Backs, Manhattan and Hot Rod, the latter of which was inspired by its recent My Year of Flops writeup.
What I’m drinking: Miller’s & Q Tonic
What Rufus is up to: Getting the last of his stitches out, learning how to hang out by himself again, and building up his stamina. I can’t believe we went 3 weeks without a walk outside of the yard. I’m glad it’s not hot out.
Where I’m going: Pharmaland. Lots and lots of Top Companies profiles to write!
What I’m happy about: That it’s not raining right now.
What I’m sad about: That my dad got pasted with an attack of gout this weekend, which means we have to put off our Father’s Day lunch till next Sunday. And that we’ll have to take the red wine off the menu.
What I’m worried about: Getting all of those profiles written and then laid out in time to put the issue to bed by July 2.
What I’m pondering: Whether crystal meth would help with that.
Night, Sleep, Death and the Stars
Time Lapse Round One from Sean Stiegemeier on Vimeo.
Hat tip: Caroline Flyn at The Browser. (She posts a lot of wonderful links, but I don’t think she has a blog of her own at this point.)
Unrequired Reading: June 19, 2009
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