New Spice

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ArIj236UHs&feature=related

I don't know if the link will work or not. It's a Youtube video called New Spice: Study like a scholar, scholar. I'd never seen the real commercial  http://www.youtube.com/user/oldspice?v=uLTIowBF0kE&feature=pyv&ad=5066079497&kw=old%20spice%20commercial&gclid=CLrAg9fX86ICFQQKbAodwRgylA   

Oh, holy cow, that's a big old link. It's an Old Spice commercial. Whatever happened to the sailor guy and the song? Or is that Irish Spring?

Just got notification my paper was accecpted for publication in JAANP--wahoo!

Midnight Post

Maybe Al Gore's next film really will be called, "Uncomfortable Secret." 

My phone rang at 1 AM today, jolting me out of sleep. It was a text message from my sister asking for information about Caspar Heinrich Osiek, just in case she decides to visit Borgelzhausen, Germany. "How long did he live there?", she asked.

Are you kidding me??  Good grief, kill me now.

Caspar's ye olde immigrant ancestor of unknown paternity who added an H to the family name causing 160 years of subsequent misspellings and mispronunciations.

Couldn't fall asleep, stayed up until 3AM reading the Idiot's Guide to Medical Spanish--Vamos a sacar su sangre. It's all good though, I slept during Sunday School instead. Sheesh.

Pioneer Trek

I spent 4 days last week tromping around Wyoming in a skirt. The wind almost never stops blowing and my face turned  immediately to leather.

All the handcarts.

Playing Ninja--I pretty much stink at this game.

Base Camp.

Your's truly on the left.

The storm on the horizon quickly caught up and spent the remainder of the day with us. It changed over to snow about 11:30 PM which we discovered when the wind blew down all our shelters--the first of several sleepless nights. Chilly!

Overall, good experience. Those pioneers--made of tougher stuff than I.

Bill Clinton's movie

So, this girl at work was asking, "Didn't Al Gore make a movie called 'Uncomfortable Secret' ?"
True story.  Hysterical!

Blasted Tree!

The darn tree roots completely mangled one of the sprinkler heads causing me much trauma. 1. Not enough space to stick my hand in. 2. Sprinkler totally embedded in a huge root. It was quite the effort to cut away enough of the roots so that I could unscrew the darn thing and cap it off. Curses!

Totally used a plumbers wrench, spoon, saw, rubber gloves--everthing pictured--to chisel, yank and twist. It took me a very long time. The tree is just waiting to drop more of its nasty seeds.

Little Dogs & Little Kids

Have you ever noticed it's the small dogs that are worst when it comes to barking and chasing you down the street?

As I was jogging about the neighborhood this morning there was a little boy outside with his mom who asked me, "Why are you running?" Ha, ha, ha!

It wasn't from the dachsund, I assure you.

May 10, 2010

I opened up my syllabus and discovered this, today. Kill me now.