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What's the deal with your nickname? How did you get it? If your nickname is self-explanatory, then tell everyone when you first started using the internet, and what was the first thing that made you say "wow, this isn't just a place for freaks after all?" Was it a website? Was it an email from a long-lost friend? Go on, spill it.

Keywords: clinical research, toxicology, epidemiology, public health, immunology, drug development, biocompatibility, regulatory science, animal protection. But also: tomatoes, collard greens, soup, camping, hiking, Ozarks, Ouachitas, vegan, gay, step-parenthood.

The boonies —> Little Rock —> Orléans —> Washington, DC —> Los Angeles —> San Francisco —> London —> ?

Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily...