Break on through to the other side

useless (or useful) LinkedIn stats.

100 connections (at least one of these is a second email address for one of the remaining 99)
two degrees  4,500+
three degrees  695,400+
Total connections  700,100+   (nice round number of 700,000)
Biotechnology industry  11,700+
DC area  46,700+

And I belong to 9 groups. 4 alumni, 3 field-specific, and 2 networking.

Sunday is a work day

Note all these financial decisions taken on Sundays. The rationale is that you want the results out by the opening of trade on Monday in the Far East (Hong Kong, Shanghai, New Zealand, Tokyo, and Australia). So the Secretary of the Treasury, Federal Reserve Chairman, all their underlings, and heads of major investment banks have to be available by phone or in their offices on Sunday. I hope that they are taking Fridays off.