Here are some amusing screenshots that I’ve had sitting in a folder and have been meaning to post for a while now. The first was on or just after Thanksgiving a few years back. I thought it was funny how CNN had placed the headlines together that Nick Lachey and Jessica Simpson were splitting up and Elton John was getting married, almost like someone was trying to imply something.
The next one is from Google News back in April of this year. In the Health section was an article about an STD seemingly associated with a thumbnail of Paris Hilton.
The last one is from Merriam-Webster’s Online Dictionary, where I went to look up the term “bigot” to see how many T’s were in bigoted. Anyway, the first Google Ad that showed up below the entry was the GOP’s official site, and most others were about Bush or Immigration.
Every once in a while, I get “creative” in the kitchen. Sometimes it involves mixing ingredients together that have no rhyme or reason, other than: “hey, I wonder how this will taste.” Melissa won’t let me forget of the almond cracker, peanut butter, half grape, and nutmeg incident.
The latest concoction was actually pretty good, at least to me, that is. I made quesadillas with corn tortillas, shredded cheddar cheese, chopped turkey bacon, thinly sliced Fuji apples, salt, and a light drizzle of cranberry raspberry vinaigrette.
I like acidic food, especially liberal use of red wine vinegar on salads and vegetable sushi. I’m not that crazy about hot and spicy foods though. Once or twice a year I might get some pepper jack cheese or add some red pepper flakes to conventional Mexican-style quesadillas.
Newark, DE has the worst electrical grid for any city in which I have ever worked.
The power went out in the section of the city near the University for about 10 minutes or so yesterday, yet again. This can be very, very dangerous in a laboratory situation, and there just happens to be plenty of labs in this area. During power outages, the ventilation hoods in the lab do not function, so if there happens to be not so friendly stuff spewing from your reaction and the hoods shut down… let’s just say you should close the sash quickly and leave the room. Luckily, I didn’t have to do this yesterday, but it’s always a possibility.
Also, its annoying to come in and see that your overnight reaction didn’t proceed as planned because a power outage during the night shut down the hot plate-stirrer. Since this has happened a couple times now, I going to have to get a battery back up system for our stirrers, at least.