It is freakishly hot outside, and I was having a chocolate craving.  Still, I am watching my calories, trying to be good so that I can indulge a bit on my vacation, guilt free (I will not rest until I've eaten British clotted cream).

What's a girl to do?   I remember that I had bought some sugar-free Nestle's hot chocolate mix, for those occasions ( Read more... )

Last night, I drempt that I was hunting on my farm in rural, North Dakota.  The dreamscape was cold, snow-filled, and somber, i.e. totally normal for North Dakota.  I shot at a menagerie of critters: moose, deer, and other random animals, hitting some, but never actually killing any.  The moose was a particularly exciting quarry as they are fairly ( Read more... )

I haven't posted in a long time.   Here is a random smattering of things in my head ( Read more... )

I had my wisdom teeth removed on Friday.  I thought it might be a more terrible experience than it was, but it has been easy.  I didn't think I needed pain medicine yesterday, but I took it anyways, just in case.  I didn't take any today, though I did take my antibiotics as well as my anti-swelling medicine.

My jaw is slightly sore and swollen on ( Read more... )

1. What's the first thing you wash in the shower ( Read more... )

I am drunk from asparagus. Yum!

http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pubmed&pubmedid=7448566

Can't wait to pee!

about the go-to-sleep-and-never-wake-up berries.  I wish this would stop running throug my mind.

Identify a way to ablate the fear response in members of your army.    Okay, this isn't too terribly new, in that I saw a video of mice attempting to attack a cat about a year or so ago (with this same principal)........ but it's still fun.

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10 years ago, intense fear and stress resulted in me scarfing ( Read more... )

your freedom to associate?

So, I'm all about there being more jobs for scientists.  Yay jobs!   But this job isn't quite what I had in mind.  It seems as if government -- people -- want a blank check signed with the sum "This product is safe."  That's..... impossible to define.  Even "This product is mostly safe" .... provides a lot less comfort and has little meaning, too ( Read more... )