Friday, September 28, 2007
Thursday, September 27, 2007
Week 4: Who wants to end the first month in style?
To this point Dave and Bruce are dragging slightly, but i've seen dave have an 8 win weekend, so watch out, its time to pick 'em for week 4...
Sunday, September 30
Houston @ Atlanta
NY Jets @Buffalo
Baltimore @ Cleveland
St. Louis @ Dallas
Chicago @ Detroit
Oakland @ Miami
Green Bay @ Minnesota
Tampa Bay @ Carolina
Seattle @ San Francisco
Pittsburgh @ Arizona
Denver @ Indianapolis
Kansas City @ San Diego
Philladelphia @ NY Giants
Monday, October 1
New England @ Cincinatti
Sunday, September 30
Houston @ Atlanta
NY Jets @Buffalo
Baltimore @ Cleveland
St. Louis @ Dallas
Chicago @ Detroit
Oakland @ Miami
Green Bay @ Minnesota
Tampa Bay @ Carolina
Seattle @ San Francisco
Pittsburgh @ Arizona
Denver @ Indianapolis
Kansas City @ San Diego
Philladelphia @ NY Giants
Monday, October 1
New England @ Cincinatti
Wednesday, September 26, 2007
A little financial nomenclature...
As requested, wikipedia once again pulls through with vital information for our everyday lives....
something every trivia buff must know, and to satisfy the curiosities of Lunch Time Taylorites
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5/3_Bank
enjoy!
something every trivia buff must know, and to satisfy the curiosities of Lunch Time Taylorites
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5/3_Bank
enjoy!
Orange Jerseys and Monday Night
The Bengals are playing the Patriots on monday night and every "expert" will for sure predict the Bengals to be housed. At this point with the Bengals sub par coaching and special teams I would have to agree with them. But if there is any hope for my Bengals it is that they are wearing their orange jerseys for monday night. The Bengals first wore the orange jerseys in 2004 and have wore them two times a season since then. Listed below are the games and the results when wearing orange.
Dallas W 26-3
Cleveland W 58-48
Green Bay W 21-14
Cleveland W 23-20
Carolina W 17-14
Oakland W 27-10
That makes the bengals 6-0 when wearing the orange.
Another reason I think the Bengals have a shot is that they always play up for home primetime games. Under Marvin Lewis the Bengals are 4-0 in home primetime games. The bengals may not win monday night, but you better believe the Pats aren't playing the Jets.
Tuesday, September 25, 2007
So what part of a point is too small to care about?
The results of week 3 are... the first 3 way tie for a game. Its always remarkable how we manage to do this a couple times each year. So I offer up Jims comment for general comments, do we institute a margain of victory "tiebreaker" to eliminate thirds of a point? I don't much care, its a spreadsheet, it can handle the digits, but I certainly don't mind. If we institute the tiebreaker it will be retroactive back over all 3 weeks, because i still have all the data up. Leave a comment, let me know!
Congrats to Jim for bounding back this week, its still a tight race, any week could swing the standings right now. Congrats on the upset special to Vince for GB over SD, though at this point I think the only people I'd pick SD to beat are Oakland and New Orleans... so they may not make an upset special again for a while.
Question of the week, now that we have winnowed the undefeated field to 5 teams, who will be the last one standing? I have my thoughts, but I have grading to do so i'll let everyone else weigh in first.
Go Irish! (Hockey)
Chris
Congrats to Jim for bounding back this week, its still a tight race, any week could swing the standings right now. Congrats on the upset special to Vince for GB over SD, though at this point I think the only people I'd pick SD to beat are Oakland and New Orleans... so they may not make an upset special again for a while.
Question of the week, now that we have winnowed the undefeated field to 5 teams, who will be the last one standing? I have my thoughts, but I have grading to do so i'll let everyone else weigh in first.
Go Irish! (Hockey)
Chris
Sunday, September 23, 2007
"Triple H doesn't get much acclaim..."
Is anybody else getting tired of hiring how little acclaim Hunter Hillenmeyer does not get?
At what point does all this discussion of how good someone is actually becomes acclaim?
underrated -> receives little acclaim -> burgeoning star -> "heart of the defense" -> "watch his eyes"
Thursday, September 20, 2007
Schmitt
Schmitty here...
Just thought I'd give an update. I'm still at Amgen South San Francisco, it's been a rocky year at Amgen. As you may know, Amgen's most important drug had a saftey signal in a off label study at higher doses. This led to an overreaction by the FDA, followed by a bigger reaction by the CMS, and to make a long story short.... Amgen is cutting staff in the US by 12-14%. Looks like most of the cuts are coming out of research and manufacturing. So for the small molecule chemistry guys like me, we're looking to lose 10% of our current level. We have 80 chemists at our site, so we're losing around 8... We find out who gets cut by early October. I'm not overly worried about losing my job, but moral is at an all-time low. When in fear for one's job people tend to get a little edgy.
Other than the impending layoffs, work is good. Making progress. I had a great start at Tularik, and I was on two seperate projects that were advanced into the clinic. I was able to make a real impact and get promoted for the effort. Since then we were bought by Amgen and everything has moved at a much slower pace. Tularik: 12+ hour days plus weekends, with almost no vacation days used. Amgen: 10 hour days rarely a weekend, and I have time to take a vacation or two....
After Tularik was purchased, we moved out of San Francisco and we bought a condo in North Oakland. It's in an up and coming area. Housing prices out here are extreme!! I commute by motorcycle every day across the Bay Bridge, it makes for a fun start to my day. Stacie is working for a medical software company. She is traveling 3-5 days a week and really advancing at her company. Still no kids, just "DINK"ing it for now.
Golf game is good, have been averaging 2 birdies a round. Have shot quite a few 80, 81 rounds... still looking for the breakthrough. It's right around the corner. Shot a 37 on the back nine at Trump National last week outside LA. And had a 37, the last two rounds at courses in the bay area. Should be breaking 80 in no time.
Stacie and I also took up skiing. Lake Tahoe is a three hour drive, so we usually meet up with friends (including the recently married Brian Hearn) and go up to the mountains for a weekend trip. Skiing is an incredible sport, really pushes you.
I thought I'd never say it... but California is an amazing place to live, great weather and tons of stuff to do. We're hardly ever at home.
Feel free to contact me directly, michael.j.schmitt@gmail.com, if you'd like to discuss the industry, jobs, or life. Or if you'd like to visit that's cool too.
Mike
Just thought I'd give an update. I'm still at Amgen South San Francisco, it's been a rocky year at Amgen. As you may know, Amgen's most important drug had a saftey signal in a off label study at higher doses. This led to an overreaction by the FDA, followed by a bigger reaction by the CMS, and to make a long story short.... Amgen is cutting staff in the US by 12-14%. Looks like most of the cuts are coming out of research and manufacturing. So for the small molecule chemistry guys like me, we're looking to lose 10% of our current level. We have 80 chemists at our site, so we're losing around 8... We find out who gets cut by early October. I'm not overly worried about losing my job, but moral is at an all-time low. When in fear for one's job people tend to get a little edgy.
Other than the impending layoffs, work is good. Making progress. I had a great start at Tularik, and I was on two seperate projects that were advanced into the clinic. I was able to make a real impact and get promoted for the effort. Since then we were bought by Amgen and everything has moved at a much slower pace. Tularik: 12+ hour days plus weekends, with almost no vacation days used. Amgen: 10 hour days rarely a weekend, and I have time to take a vacation or two....
After Tularik was purchased, we moved out of San Francisco and we bought a condo in North Oakland. It's in an up and coming area. Housing prices out here are extreme!! I commute by motorcycle every day across the Bay Bridge, it makes for a fun start to my day. Stacie is working for a medical software company. She is traveling 3-5 days a week and really advancing at her company. Still no kids, just "DINK"ing it for now.
Golf game is good, have been averaging 2 birdies a round. Have shot quite a few 80, 81 rounds... still looking for the breakthrough. It's right around the corner. Shot a 37 on the back nine at Trump National last week outside LA. And had a 37, the last two rounds at courses in the bay area. Should be breaking 80 in no time.
Stacie and I also took up skiing. Lake Tahoe is a three hour drive, so we usually meet up with friends (including the recently married Brian Hearn) and go up to the mountains for a weekend trip. Skiing is an incredible sport, really pushes you.
I thought I'd never say it... but California is an amazing place to live, great weather and tons of stuff to do. We're hardly ever at home.
Feel free to contact me directly, michael.j.schmitt@gmail.com, if you'd like to discuss the industry, jobs, or life. Or if you'd like to visit that's cool too.
Mike
Wednesday, September 19, 2007
Week 3 Games, Pick 'Em!
Sunday, September 23
Arizona @ Baltimore
San Diego @ Green Bay
St. Louis @ Tampa Bay
San Francisco @ Pittsburgh
Detroit @ Philadelphia
Miami @ NY Jets
Buffalo @ New England
Minnesota @ Kansas City
Indianapolis @ Houston
Cincinatti @ Seattle
Cleavland @ Oakland
Jacksonville @ Denver
NY Giants @ Washington
Carolina @ Atlanta
Dallas @ Chicago
Monday, September 24
Tennessee @ New Orleans
Arizona @ Baltimore
San Diego @ Green Bay
St. Louis @ Tampa Bay
San Francisco @ Pittsburgh
Detroit @ Philadelphia
Miami @ NY Jets
Buffalo @ New England
Minnesota @ Kansas City
Indianapolis @ Houston
Cincinatti @ Seattle
Cleavland @ Oakland
Jacksonville @ Denver
NY Giants @ Washington
Carolina @ Atlanta
Dallas @ Chicago
Monday, September 24
Tennessee @ New Orleans
Tuesday, September 18, 2007
OJ is quite the ladykiller
Thought with the Juice back in the news I would put up this hilarious clip of him on a talk show. (I couldn't find any Norberg clips to put up, so I went with this one)
Week 2 all wrapped up
Well, for those of us playing and those of us just happy the NFL is rolling so we don't have to talk ND "football"...
The upet special this week goes to Dave for SF over St. Louis, very nice sir. Just a reminder that there are numerous ways to get your picks in, blog comments, email (i'll convert it to a post so others can see the picks after the fact) or the Stepan 357 lab phone.
For this week Jim pulls out the slightest win, in a very even week overall.
So I will pose the following question, who is the biggest bust so far in 2007, I can think of several candidates, but my early vote goes to San Diego. If that sounds odd, the collapse Sunday night sealed it for me. Nothing like going in for revenge and coming out like a whipped puppy. Whay do you think?
The upet special this week goes to Dave for SF over St. Louis, very nice sir. Just a reminder that there are numerous ways to get your picks in, blog comments, email (i'll convert it to a post so others can see the picks after the fact) or the Stepan 357 lab phone.
For this week Jim pulls out the slightest win, in a very even week overall.
So I will pose the following question, who is the biggest bust so far in 2007, I can think of several candidates, but my early vote goes to San Diego. If that sounds odd, the collapse Sunday night sealed it for me. Nothing like going in for revenge and coming out like a whipped puppy. Whay do you think?
Monday, September 17, 2007
Family Guy at the Emmys
I thought this was pretty funny. (Especially for fans of the Sopranos and Family Guy)
P.S. 30 Rock won the Emmy for Best Comedy Series and I suggest everyone reading the blog watch it.
P.S. 30 Rock won the Emmy for Best Comedy Series and I suggest everyone reading the blog watch it.
As long as the blogosphere train is dragging me down the tracks...
In case some of you noticed the "Photo Album" link in the side bar, i thought I'd mention the Photo Album :) Yes, thats right, in a random moment of curiousity I decided to see how easy it is to start a Flickr account. Its pretty darn simple. So we have one. If you'd like to post photos to it, send me an email, i'll send you the login info, you can make albums, scan in old group shots, whatever you please (within reason). Glad this is taking off the way it is, if you have any suggestions for improvement please don't hesitate to send me an email. Jim knows this works, and the worst I can do is ignore it :) By the way, did I mention the Photo Album?
Link Question
Can I provide a link in my sidebar to this blog? Or, since it is post-by-invite only, is it read-by-invite only, as well? I'm unsure of the netiquette involved.
Patterson update
well since I don't have much to say about football... the irish look bad, the gophers look bad and both could probably beat the falcons...
I'll introduce myself and give an update:
I was Rich's first postdoc.... also worked with Brad Smith (I think Rich had the left half of me and Brad had the right half).
Since leaving the Taylor/Smith group I've been with two startup companies... the first industrial project lead to a compound that is now in phase 3 clinicals for p. carinii and some of my work at the second led to a compound that is now in phase 2 for HCV.
After leaving the second company (Pharmasset) I joined the faculty at Minnesota where I'm now an Associate Professor and Associate Director of the Center for Drug Design. I've been at Minnesota for almost exactly 3 years. My group webpage is
http://www.cdd.umn.edu/cdd/Member_Directory/Steve_Patterson.html
This summer was a bit of a roller coaster ride for me... my father died, I received the appointment as Associate Professor, and my grant for HIV therapeutics was awarded (11%ile).... all in the space of about a week.
Would be nice to hear from Brian, Jeff, Gabe, Kerry, Matt, Mike and the rest of the guys who were there while I was.
Gabe: I see you're at Scynexis... do you know Sarah Dimick-Gray? She's in my group now.
best to all you Taylorites
Rich, I was hoping to get back to South Bend this summer but the stuff with my father made that impossible... hopefully I can stop by again in spring.
Steve
:)X
I'll introduce myself and give an update:
I was Rich's first postdoc.... also worked with Brad Smith (I think Rich had the left half of me and Brad had the right half).
Since leaving the Taylor/Smith group I've been with two startup companies... the first industrial project lead to a compound that is now in phase 3 clinicals for p. carinii and some of my work at the second led to a compound that is now in phase 2 for HCV.
After leaving the second company (Pharmasset) I joined the faculty at Minnesota where I'm now an Associate Professor and Associate Director of the Center for Drug Design. I've been at Minnesota for almost exactly 3 years. My group webpage is
http://www.cdd.umn.edu/cdd/Member_Directory/Steve_Patterson.html
This summer was a bit of a roller coaster ride for me... my father died, I received the appointment as Associate Professor, and my grant for HIV therapeutics was awarded (11%ile).... all in the space of about a week.
Would be nice to hear from Brian, Jeff, Gabe, Kerry, Matt, Mike and the rest of the guys who were there while I was.
Gabe: I see you're at Scynexis... do you know Sarah Dimick-Gray? She's in my group now.
best to all you Taylorites
Rich, I was hoping to get back to South Bend this summer but the stuff with my father made that impossible... hopefully I can stop by again in spring.
Steve
:)X
Hayden breaks 100!!!
Thats correct. Hayden broke 100 in his first round of golf. Yes, it was the nine hole/par 3 course. Give him a break!
Not just for football...
Let's not let one subject dominate the blog. This is an opportunity for all of us to stay in touch and hear (read) what's new.
Hi Taylor Group!
Greetings from Albany!! It looks like I've been invited to join a football blog(?) Football's been a sore subject in our house as the Irish are tough to watch this year and I live with a disgruntled Raiders fan.
How are things in South Bend otherwise? I was just thinking of you all because Dr. Mobashery was just here to give a talk. He showed a nice overhead pic of the campus. I can't believe it's been over three years since I left there!
How are things in South Bend otherwise? I was just thinking of you all because Dr. Mobashery was just here to give a talk. He showed a nice overhead pic of the campus. I can't believe it's been over three years since I left there!
Saturday, September 15, 2007
Sickening
0-3 ... this is the reason why watching Irish football made me sick. 38-0 against Michigan? This reminds me the 2003 season. Can this season be salvaged?
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