“There is a general place in your brain, I think,
reserved for 'melancholy of relationships past.'
It grows and prospers as life progresses,
forcing you finally, against your grain,
to listen to country music.”
– Kary Mullis,
in his Nobel Prize
acceptance speech, Dec. 8, 1993

The photo at the top of the page is
Kary with his wife, Nancy,
and a few his classmates
at Wizard Academy in 2003.