CHRISTMAS EVE IN THE STEM CELL WORLD: December 24, 2009
An act of personal kindness can mean so much, can’t it? One touched me the other day. My printer was jammed—a sheet of paper wedged inextricably– I could only get little pieces out. Life without a printer? I knew mine was getting increasingly ancient, and would have to be replaced, sooner rather than later– but times were tight financially. What to do, what to do? I had just bought a new re-filled second-hand cartridge and the people who sold it to me seemed nice… so I called them up and told them—and they were nice enough to say bring it over. They spent 45 minutes taking the printer apart—and freed the rollers. That’s why I am giving a free Christmas plug to CARTRIDGE WORLD, owned by Dominique Woon, at the Gateway Shopping Center, Fremont CA 94536 Ph. 510-790-2023, Email fremontcw@yahoo.com Christmas moments.,, I was talking to New York scientist friend, Mark Noble the other day, and the conversation was just getting to the point when I would ask him for another favor. (Read on …)
