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[quesarah]

1. If you had to choose one place to spend the rest of your life, where would it be and why?

Wherever wafflelips is. Don't get me wrong, I love Southern California. On a clear day like today, when the ocean is calm and sea birds are flying, and the mountains in the distance are capped with snow, I am filled with a sense of peace and contentment so vast it should be illegal. I never want to leave here. But the most beautiful place in the world would lose its luster without my girl to share it with. She helps me enjoy the moments of contentment and ride out the times of distress.

2. If you were not working in the field of science right now, what would you be doing?

Something in music; performing, writing, or producing.

3. Who should play you in the made for TV movie of your life. Why?

I wasn't kidding about Sandra Oh. Aside from her being cute, smart, and funny, I get the sense that she's aware of the absurdity of life. Sometimes she's confused by it, other times enraged or amused. But I always get the feeling that she thinks the world doesn't really make sense, because it isn't supposed to make sense. But we're supposed to get by, anyway. It's like those funhouses at carnivals with the "cakewalk" where the floor is in two sections that move up and down opposite each other. You have to walk across, even though the floor is constantly moving and you can never get both feet situated. It doesn't make sense, and you may fall, but you must walk. Just scratch your head, laugh at it, and walk.

4. If I was really going to give you a grant for a serious project, what would that project be?

I may get some flak for this, but if legal issues were resolved I would do stem cell research. Not necessarily from embryos, mind you, just pluripotent stem cells. I'd want to determine the best processes for implanting them in a patient in order to repopulate various tissues. The applications could range from bone marrow replacement for cancer patients, to immune disorders, to Parkinson's, to certain hereditary disorders.

5. If you could banish one thing from this world, what would it be?

Willful ignorance. Nothing offends and enrages me more than that.



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