Last Post on my Old Radio

I never got around to doing an autopsy on my old radio, the Advent Model 400.  So today, when I was making a trip to the recycle center to toss out some cardboard and paint, I decided it was time for it to go.  It will probably be bundled up and sent to Asia where some poor street urchin will tear out anything worthwhile to be smelted down to release it's valuable heavy metals.  Here it is saying goodbye from the electronics recycle bin.

So long old friend.  Bon Voyage.

Jobs for Chemists

Over the last decade, long before the recession hit, the job situation for organic chemists, especially those who ply their trade in the pharmaceutical industry, has been miserable.  Outsourcing and off-shoring have been the order of the day.  And, of course, when you try to outsource the most creative part of your enterprise, you get the expected results.

 I've lived a sort of nomad career during that time, having been laid off with two site closings by the big pharmaceutical companies Lilly and Pfizer.  So I was somewhat interested when I got an email from the ACS (American Chemical Society) Medicinal Chemistry division via Linked-In with the title "3 Jobs".  However, when I opened the email....  well a picture sort of says it all.