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Read this article, but only if you’re sitting down and have had your sedative/opiate/alcoholic beverage of choice.
You have to read the whole thing though, or at least read the bottom few paragraphs.

Thanksgiving

I had initially started writing something Thanksgiving day. I wrote about all the things I am thankful for, about my 4th wedding anniversary, and about life in general last week.
Well, clearly that time has passed and it would seem irrelevant now. I’d probably end up sounding like a drunk actor waving their Oscar around at the Academy Awards, which would be not good.
Suffice it to say I’m thankful that Adam usually goes to be peacefully. (not tonight, however)

Wednesday is the “BIG EVENT” for the Science Organization I belong to. We’re hosting a public talk by Dr. Eugenie Scot of the National Center for Science Education. Somewhere along the way I took leave of my senses and volunteered a camera crew from work to come in and record it. I believe after that I will end up editing it together and making a presentation out of it.
Its one of those things where I really don’t have a clue what I’m doing, but I hope in the end it all works out anyway.
We’ll see.
There may be photos to post after the event if I can secure my very excellent photographer to come along for funsies.
If I still have hair on Thursday and I’m alive, it will be a miracle.

Last one for a while (I SWEAR)

I’m apparently incompetent.

Yet another one

Ok, so I haven’t taken a chemistry class since I dropped Chem103 way back in 1990, still, pretty respectable. Yay me!

Your Score Summary
Total Test Points = 26
Points Obtained = 21
Raw Score (Percent * 10) = 807

Overall, you scored as follows:

20% scored higher,
10% scored the same, and
70% scored lower.

Average scores by background:
No chemistry = 530
High school chemistry = 657
Some college chemistry = 727
A lot of college chemistry = 773 Chemistry is/was a job = 807

For your background, you scored as follows:

Yet Another Quiz

Yes, I’m a bit bored at work. But since everyone else was taking the Nerd Quiz, I wanted to see what other quizzes that site had.

Sorta Nerdy

I’m not entirely sure I’m this nerdy.

Multitasking occassionally fails me

I’m trying to tell Frank (my boss of sorts) that the advertisement he’s looking at is selling sex, while simultaneously asking RyanK if he’s grilling a turkey. Here is my IM conversation with Ryan:

[14:23] Magenta98: so you grillin sex
[14:23] Magenta98: jesus
[14:23] Magenta98: turkey
[14:25] Magenta98: typing and talking at the same time occassionally do not work
[14:25] RyanK: uhm… what?
[14:26] RyanK: heh
[14:26] RyanK: yeah, I’m grilling turkey
[14:26] RyanK: and making one in the oven

Ryan later IM’s me with this image from Something Awful.

Snow and Wife-Swapping

First: I see it snowed in WI — 10” up near Superior. Suddenly, the 34F we had this morning seems almost tropical. We’re now creeping up towards 50. Not bad for mid-November.

Second: A few nights ago at the Ryans I watched Trading Spouses — the one with the “God Warrior” woman. Hooo-eee. Thats some good television. I would never watch another episode again, but that one sure was entertaining. If you haven’t seen it, tell your TiVo to look for it.
Make a drinking game out of it. Everytime something is “darksided” take a drink. When God “talks to her” finish the glass. When she Rebukes something in the name of Jesus/the Lord/God and then swears, finish the bottle. Be sure to have lots of bottles.

Once you seen that, trek on over to Despair.Com for a look at some of the new fabulous Despair posters. My new favorites are Wishes, Madness and Effort. Also, check out this movie they’re peddling on their site. It’s … different.

More Silly Quizes

Haymaker

You are one of life’s enjoyers, determined to get the most you can out of your brief spell on Earth. Probably what first attracted you to atheism was the prospect of liberation from the Ten Commandments, few of which are compatible with a life of pleasure. You play hard and work quite hard, have a strong sense of loyalty and a relaxed but consistent approach to your philosophy.

Catching Up

I haven’t blogged for a while and now it seems I have soooo much that I wanted to say that I can’t say it without sounding like one of those Christmas letters you get from your relatives. (Although, my family’s Christmas letters last year got to include the rather macabre bit about being related to 2 people shot by the crazy Hmong hunter in Northern WI last November. )
Anyhooooo, there are no bizarre murders in this post.
Its fall, or so my calendar has said since September 21st. Yesterday as I was driving to my Science Organization meeting, I noted it was 69F outside. Unfreakingbelievable. The warmer weather is part of the charm of living in Virginia, but sometimes my innate Wisconsin-ness wants it to a little brisker outside. If I’m going to have cravings for hot cocoa with ovaltine and brandy, it should at least be approaching freezing, right?
It has been brisk enough for Mike and I to make use of our wood-burning fireplace at least 4 times and make slow-cooker stew in our crockpot. Technically, Mike is the gourmet whipping up Split Pea and Ham Soup and Beef Barley Soup. Apparently my place as the woman is to get the hell out of the kitchen and let him cook. Except when I make banana bread, then its my turn to clean the kitchen and cook. hmmph!
We also spent a lovely day 2 weekends ago at the National Aquarium in Baltimore. Sorry, no pics. Its a pretty dimly lit place, so the pics might not have been very good. About every third display had Clown Fish. NEMO. Or as Adam likes to say “Elmo!” He is now the proud owner of a giant stuffed (not taxidermied) Nemo fish.
We also carved lovely ORANGE pumpkins for Halloween and took Adam trick or treating. Pictures of the pumpkins and Adam as Lion will be up on Gallery.bloy.org shortly.
That pretty much sums it all up in a nutshell.
We’re now awaiting the arrival of my parents for Thanksgiving at the Ryans, and our 4th wedding anniversary which happens to fall on Thanksgiving.
And since our furnace repairs have hit the $1300 mark, we will be driving to Wisconsin for Christmas rather than incur the expense of airline tickets, rental car, and hotel. damnit.
Perhaps our lovely Madison-dwelling friends will give us a place to crash for a few days — eh?
Eh?
Are you reading this, Amy? We’ll get in Thursday morning, the 22nd and need a place through Monday. And then need a place from Wednesday through either Friday, Saturday, or possibly Sunday.
In all likelihood, we’ll priceline a hotel, but sheesh, if we weren’t going to Spooner for a few days we’d spend enough on a hotel to rent an apartment for a month. Ridiculous, no?

The Onion Nails It

Oh My God, my son is an Onion Columnist under an assumed name.
Fire Truck!

Because Amy made me do it... yeah, that's the ticket

Your Final Quiz Score: 46 right out of a possible 60
The Monkey’s Final Score: 16 right out of 60

You asserted your intellectual superiority brilliantly! The monkey is now left contemplating his own inferiority. Where others have failed to claim the mantel of unequivocal dominance over lesser species, you have truly succeeded! Congratulations on besting the ape and reaffirming the capabilities of the human mind. You have done mankind proud.

You scored in the 95th percentile.
(95% of quiz takers scored worse than you)
GeographyYour score: 14
Monkey’s score: 4
— Quite well done.HistoryYour score: 12
Monkey’s score: 4
— Nicely done.Science/TechnologyYour score: 9
Monkey’s score: 2
— Well done.Random TriviaYour score: 11
Monkey’s score: 6
— Good but not great.
Link: Monkey Challenge Trivia Quiz