I’ve reached the point in my life where my memory is slipping a bit. You know — getting on a bus with a movie ticket, finding my sneakers in the freezer, or driving on the left side of the road. Backwards.
But there is one memory I will never forget: the day I had my mouth washed out with soap. I had just turned 4, and for reasons I cannot explain, I found the phrase "doodie head" to be nothing short of brilliant, so I was running around expressing myself thusly. Finally, my mother had had enough:
Mom: "Josh, if you keep talking like that, I'm going to wash your mouth out with soap!"
[Pause]
Me: "You're a doodie head!"
Next thing you know, I’m being dragged to the bathroom, where I indeed get my mouth washed out with soap as promised.
It wasn't so bad, perhaps because she used Ivory Soap. (Note: if she thought that this futile act would somehow prevent me from developing a foul mouth, she was wrong as ####.)
Josh Bloom
Director of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Science
Dr. Josh Bloom, the Director of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Science, comes from the world of drug discovery, where he did research for more than 20 years. He holds a Ph.D. in chemistry.
