Hi folks! Bradley here (yes, Bradley is my name not Brad; see my birth certificate for further details) reporting on the goings on in his life.

Last week marked the official date that my second rotation was to begin. Despite this fact I spent all of last week in the Richardson lab (where I did my first rotation). I have a second rotation lab just no project. I did not mind this because I am super busy with classes. In two of my classes I am reading two papers for each class a day and in another class one paper a day. That comes out to be 12 papers a week. These are scientific articles so you can't just quickly read the paper and expect to understand them. You have to really pay attention to what you are reading. So it takes a lot of time.

I went to a Duke Basketball team scrimmage which was a prep rally too. it was really fun. Even though I had been inside Cameron Indoor Stadium, quite a historic venue, I never realized how small it was.

Anyway, that is all I have unless you want to read about the molecular mechanism behind allostery. The Aggies did win their second game of the season, way to go! I would like to thank TCU, they did a great job destroying, dismantling, and otherwise embarrassing BYU. I only wish the slaughter would have been on TV (stupid Mountain West Conference, grrr!!)

Last week The Richardson lab moved into a new space. Since the space is so radical I have decided to share a few pictures. Here they are:My work station.

Conference

So this weekend I went to visit Shane's (my bro) and his Family. I got a ride up to Washington with other students that also go to Duke and Shane picked me up on the Mall. We had a lazy weekend sitting around the house, just what I wanted.

Saturday we went to watch my nephew's, Mike's, football game. Mike was injured and couldn't play. The Tuesday before Mike's jaw had a tragic collision with his Brother's, Nick's, knee during a front yard football scrimmage. He had to have surgery to fix two fractures. His jaw is wired shut for a month and he has to have nothing but liquids for six weeks. It's tough but he's a trooper.

We then went to the Priesthood session of General Conference. It was an awesome session with great talks. I love that the Lord has provided a way for us to learn and grow. It makes me so happy!

Sunday we watched conference while Becky was so kind to give everyone a foot massage with her oils. Thanks Becky, it felt great! Sadly I had to go home Sunday evening despite the fact that I have fall break and, therefore, have no class Monday of Tuesday. The bright side is that I can get my homework done!

I hope all of you are doing great. Drop me a line and let me know.