ND just turned 42 in April! An awful lot of awesome people were born that year, sounds like.

(((Cass)))

Speaking of squelchy moisturizer, I've found something I love more than the Weleda Skin Food! With bees!

Yeah, I'm going to want to sample that next time I see you. BEES! Even in the desert, my Weleda is going to last a long time, so I'm in no hurry.

Ohh, Cass, you are reminding me, I should touch up my hair. I'm pretty sure that people who aren't me can see the greys by now. Boy I got a lot of grey these days. Not enough to be all grey, just enough to look like my hair has faded. feh.

That's what I dislike about my hair going gray, I just feel faded. But I think I am getting at least one temple actually stepping up. After intense family scrutiny dims a bit (hopefully after my sister's wedding in July), I might grow it out and see where I really do have gray. Thanks to fabulous genes, I think it's all going to be white or silver which is awesome.

Mine right now is just where I would normally ignore it but wish I felt like I had time to color it tonight just because family dinner on Saturday. Oh well. It's a tad dim but not really screaming grays.

An awful lot of awesome people were born that year, sounds like.

We're a bunch of awesome. Granted, we've had a hard few years, but we're good and we've got amazing friends to hold us up the rest of the time.

Oh dear, too late to start coloring my hair now. hrrm. Will need to wait for tomorrow. Or Saturday.

Do ittttttt. Do it for me.

Or because you want to.

I'm not actually that demand-y.

Question for IP lawyers (hi Bon Bon). I'm glad the Supremes ruled the way they did, but one thing puzzles me. If Mary-Claire King discovered the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes decades ago, how did Myriad ever get to patent them in first place? Even if the Supreme court had ruled the other way and said that natural human genes could be patented, how does that let them patent something someone else discovered and published? Aren't patents supposed to be original discoveries, not just grabbing any random un-patented public domain thing?

check out the timeline. [link]

not clear where she fits, but if 40 people are involved in "discovering" a gene, whose property is it?

I think whoever makes the effort to get a patent wins. Other people probably rightly said, "This is part of nature, not something patentable."

how did Myriad ever get to patent them in first place?

They isolated and sequenced the gene first.

Aren't patents supposed to be original discoveries

Generally, they're given for original inventions/ideas. In this case, Myriad's test method for the genes can have a patent, but they can't hold the patent on the genes (which would keep others from designing a different test for them).

She comes in out of the grey...

An awful lot of awesome people were born that year, sounds like.

Oh me too! I'm only a week out from my bday, so I can see 42 from here as well!

We're a bunch of awesome. Granted, we've had a hard few years, but we're good and we've got amazing friends to hold us up the rest of the time.

Yes, this. In case I haven't said it recently, you guys are the bestest. Work's been eating me (from every direction, not just my bottom) lately, so I feel like my presence here is down to nearly nothing, but I'm almost always lurking nearby, thinking good thoughts and sending vibes and ~ma. And wishing I could be more presenter.

Anyway, love you guys (and hopefully a few of you have some recollection of me and can think fond thoughts). (Oh dear, that sounded really needy. Not what I was going for at all. Go for something dramatic to change the tone!)

::Exits, Stage Left, In a Cloud of Glitter and Good Wishes::

::Thinking fond Epic thoughts.