Yankees are up, two games to none. The friendly confines of Fenway will heal and energize this team.

We switched from the ball game to watch the debate last night. Acrimonious bickering between a couple of white guys from Yale is easier on the mind and soul than the Red Sox in October.

Here's something to agitate the tin-foil hat crowd (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tinfoil_hat): the FDA has approved implantation of a chip that will assist medical personnel in retrieving a patient's medical records. The chip doesn't contain medical information, but does uniquely identify the individual and allow the medical staff to retrieve medical records from a database. Its initial application will be for patients who cannot communicate, such as Alzheimer's patients. It's interesting from this corner because MRM had to provide her medical history repeatedly for each medical crew that was providing care to her. It would have been nice for all to have access to the same information. There are serious privacy issues, to be sure. The risks of providing incorrect or incomplete information from memory are also great.

This week marks three months at this new job. The projects are interesting and the people remain nice. The pace of the work has picked up. I still don't focus as well as I'd like, but I'm getting along.