Dietary Indiscretion

Yes, the Little Grey Shit was indiscrete on Thursday. I leave it up to you, the reader, to determine upon whose shoulders the blame resides. When LGS was quarantined earlier this week, I moved all her necessities into the master bathroom with her. I didn’t want to have to run downstairs to the kitchen each…

Quarantine

Well, the Little Grey Shit is starting to look mighty sad. Sad Little LGSI’m not finding new ringworm lesions on her everyday anymore, but I do find another one every three days or so. The Prof has a new (very small) spot on his back. As much as I hate to do this to her,…

Orac, the Nook

Sister the Younger presented me with a Nook for my birthday this past weekend. I’d been interested in e-readers, but had been holding off because they’re still pretty heavily in development. I learned from the old Beta vs. VHS wars that the best format doesn’t necessarily win, and I didn’t want go with the wrong…

Seven

I never know if I should consider the anniversary the 25th or the 26th. Does it count from when I was opened up, or when they finished closing me after plugging in the new liver? Regardless. Somewhere a young Hispanic boy should have been turning 20 this year. Keep him and his family in your…

The Most Dangerous Recipe in the World

From a forum I frequent out in cyberspace: Five Minute Chocolate Mug Cake 4 tablespoons flour4 tablespoons sugar2 tablespoons cocoa1 egg3 tablespoons milk3 tablespoons oil3 tablespoons chocolate chips (optional)A small splash of vanilla extract1 large coffee mug (MicroSafe) Add dry ingredients to mug, and mix well. Add the egg and mix thoroughly. Pour in the…

A pox upon Google.

I went to Google just now to look something up. I was greated with their banner-of-the-day honoring the 30th anniversay of Pacman. The page was taking forever to load, and I realized that the banner was actually an interactive, real game of Pacman. So of course, I played a game. Afterwards I couldn’t remember what…