In case any of you want proof that I do have a day job -- and that I am actually accomplishing something at it -- I cordially invite you all to come take a look at Integrated Genomics, Inc. most recent release to the public:

Yep, just like diet beverages and low calorie food, we have a streamlined and simplified version of our main bioinformatics platform. In it, you can find 7 genomes of bacteria that we have either sequenced or annotated (or both) with public funding. We've already made the data available in a flat file ASCII format, but we thought it would be a lot more "biologist-friendly" to release the data in browsable form. This project coming together (and coming together on time was the bright light for me in an otherwise strained week. It also turned out to be a great group building thing, since many people pitched in to do the things that needed to get done. We still have a little bit to finish off (I get to write the press release tomorrow) , but otherwise, it is mission accomplished! To celebrate I am actually going to do something that I don't do very often -- cook. There'll be chocolate chip cookies all around for my Wednesday meetings. And to anyone who wants to understand any of the jargon I've used here, let me know. I love talking shop.

In case anyone was worried, I did find another stretch of the right pattern in my Opal, and I cast on the second sock. Tonight I am going to follow all the excellent advice I got and steam my handbag flap into an acceptable shape. Now I am going to have to come up with another felting project. I'm really into this idea of making a felted backpack. I keep wandering by ThreadBear to look at their Wool You Order patterns. I'm trying to decide between this one and this one and this one. And I've also been virtually touching the Koigu, trying to decide which colorway I want to do Marylin, The Knitting Curmudgeon's wonderful Crusoe sock pattern in. Its really so hard to control my yarn buying habits when there are so many fun things out there to do!