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Well, I certainly have missed you.

I know that you are a keen observer and probably took away some intere=ting lessons.

I'm sorry that you had to go through all this crap -

Are you still doing science? Some super cool stuff out there.

I've also got some very crazy ideas of my own that we should talk =bout. Crazy even for me, but probably right. I think herpes causes a few t=pes of heart disease and treating it prevents stroke and heart attack. Stu=f like that!

Since you've been out of the loop some interesting stuff has happe=ed to me.

I've been writing for the FT style section (under a fake name) a=d friendly with some of the fancy designer types. Good practice for me!

Still working on Special Initiatives at the Gates Foundation and also =eviewing the very crazy stuff that comes our way. I think you have a much =etter sense of the real vs. fake than Bill does.

I manage several different portfolios of Special Projects whose grants=commitments total about $315M. It's crazy to think about the amount of=money. Wow.

In November I am doing my annual site vists in Africa (I try to do the= all at once, Africa is a tough place to be) and during that time I will b= Mayor of Harare (in Zimbabwe) for a week. I'm excited about that!

Also still doing brain surgery and contemplating going back for more t=aining (only because the non- invasive/high tech stuff is making me feel li=e a dinosaur!). I just don't want to leave my Gates job and a little w=rried if I take any more time to be a doc, they will fire me. Not sure wha= to do but ultimately, I think I have more longevity as a superfly doc tha= I do working at the Foundation.

Steve is doing fine - we just celebrated being together 10 years. Who =ould've thought? He's way up there at MSFT these days and pretty m=ch hates his job.

I discovered hot yoga after all these years. Love it!

Well, I think that's about it for the past few months that you hav= been away.

I really have missed you a lot.

Hope that you are starting to feel back to normal and if there is anyt=ing I can do for you please let me know?

Love,M

lots of science people.. code breaking, signal processing. pychopharm, memb=ane computing. all fun.. HOt yoga is not healthy, internal organ temp too =igh, of course you like it, endo-release up to kazoo.. liver chem goes way=off---Do you have a metric for success of the philanthropy. Mayor of Ha=are, sounds great. salary billion dollars a day.