Gave an invited talk last night (arthritis foundation) about a couple papers that Fred and I had done on lymphoma, RA and RA drugs (new one just came out in A&R). It was nice food and good company though a little awkward as everyone in the restaurant could see (and hear if they tried) what I was showing the group rather than having our own private room.

Got to meet with a visiting professor from the Brigham yesterday and today we had lunch together. What surprised me was Warren Buffett, the 2nd wealthiest man in US and my neighbor of sorts, came in and had lunch with another guy right next to our table. Seemed so ordinary - no body guards, nothing else fancy outside of having a tie and business jacket on. Quite a different life he's living here in Omaha especially compared to what one rich man is now doing in India.

One more link - a fellow rheumatologist and friend of Fred's, Norton Hadler, just posted a thought provoking OpEd about drugs that possibly don't do much for us at abcnews.