it's been a long time coming, but i think i'm finally going to start getting data in a couple of weeks. while it wasn't surprising how long and irritating the process of getting ready for this experiment was, it didn't make it any less painful to have to go through, and has certainly answered a lot of questions (in very minute detail) about why there's such a dearth of good science here despite the best efforts of the-powers-that-be.

anyway, i think i'll be in a more forgiving mood once subjects start streaming through the door. i'm aiming to start slow and accelerate to a clip of 40 subjects a week, which may not sound like that many to a behavioral psychologist, but for someone who's done imaging his whole career (i.e. me) is like having half the CBD come through the lab each day. still, it'll be nice to have busy work for a while, filing and macros and backups and lots of numbers in neat, straight columns.