I fly all the time and am usually engrossed in a book or asleep by the time the flight attendants go through their safety rigmarole. I will admit, however, that sometimes I sneak a peek during the oxygen mask portion. I've seen a gazillion times but still, maybe that one time when I need it, I won't remember that the mask may not inflate although air will be flowing to it. (Thank you, asthma, for that irrational fear.)

In other gases-that-make-up-the-air-we-breathe news, San Francisco Airport has installed Climate Passport kiosks, at which passengers can pay a fee to assuage their guilt / offset the carbon dioxide emissions of their trip.

Happy. punctuation day; everyone!<sup>1



1</sup> Technically the 6th National Punctuation Day was yesterday, but I was still recovering from tuberculosis/black plague, so I'm a day late.

A biopharma is hoping to add to the deluge of drugs by the end of this year, but in virgin territory for the pharma industry. A new orphan indication? A disease that has previously been ignored? Nope - for that horrific debilitating disease that strikes fear in the heart of every traveler - jet lag.

What? Yes, jet lag. This is classic disease mongering. Disease mongering is "a pejorative erm for the practice of widening the diagnostic boundaries of illnesses, and promoting public awareness of such, in order to expand the markets for those who sell and deliver treatments." Wiki sums up the two sides nicely:

The past few times I've driven in New Jersey (in NJ for work, through NJ to get to fun places), I've noticed a sign that says "Restricted CMV."

To me this means HLA-restricted cytomegalovirus. I doubt this is what the DMV is telling drivers. Then again, it is New Jersey, so you never know.

(N.B. I did a quick search and discovered that NJ has a law requiring Commercial Motor Vehicle drivers to obtain a New Jersey Commercial Driver's License. Mystery solved?)

Just when you thought you've heard every discrimination story in the book, another one comes along. The most recently persecuted group? Jedi Knights.