As commented by Seth Godin, "The truth is simpler: People who reject you or your work aren’t giving you the real reason. They’re simply inserting “here is where I write a few generic sentences to sound polite.” Read more here...

(An, 8/7/2026) Two days ago I received a kind and thoughtful email from a reader of my basic PK book (“Essentials in Clinical Pharmacokinetics”), who recently joined FDA as an ORISE Fellow. He said that he wanted to reach out because “your book played a real role in getting me here. It brought me up to speed on PK/PD concepts faster than anything else I'd read”. Read More here...

Today I walked to downtown Iowa city at around noon to get some buffalo wings from the Buffalo Wild Wings (my favorite place) at the university capital mall. I ordered 20 wings, and the lady asked me if I am a faculty. I showed my IowaOne card and said yes. She said she does not know the details, but today is a faculty appreciation day(or teacher's day or something? I didn't hear clearly), so the charge of $27.49 + tax is waived. I got the wings for free?! This is like magic. I tipped her 5 dollars with a singing heart. On my way back to my office, a young girl passed by... Read More here...