Stolen from the lovely and talented Phoenix.

Only ONE word can be used in your answer and it can NOT be used twice.

1. Where is your cell phone? Desk
2. Your significant other? Home
3. Your hair? Messy
4. Your mother? Tired
5. Your father? Gimpy
6. Your favourite time of day? Night
7. Your dream last night? Cops
8. Your favourite drink? Dr.Pepper
9. Your dream goal? Leisure
10. The room you're in? Office
11. Your ex? Goofball
12. Your fear? Snakes
13. Where do you want to be in 6 years? Elsewhere
14. What you are not? Shy
15. Your Favourite meal? Lunch
16. One of your wish list items? Time
17. The last thing you did? Carried
18. Where you grew up? House
19. What are you wearing? Dress
20. Your TV is? Old
21. Your pets? Puppies
22. Your computer? Laptop
23. Your life? Content
24. Your mood? Annoyed
25. Missing someone? Hubby
26. Your car? Filthy
27. Something you're not wearing? Pants
28. Favourite store? Target
29. Your summer? Hot
30. Your favourite colour? Green
31. When is the last time you laughed? Today
32. When is the last time you cried? Yesterday
33. Your health? OK
34. Your children? None
35. Your future? Open
36. Your beliefs? Personal
37. Young or old? Childish
38. Your image? Confident
39. Your appearance? Comfortable
40. Would you live your life over again knowing what you know? Duh

Feel free to jump in and play along, y'all!

Posted by: caltechgirl at 01:02 PM | Comments (3) | Add Comment
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The bad news is getting a norovirus sucks worse at 31 than it does at 11. Adults should be immune to these frigging things.

The good news is that the trashcan in Mom's bathroom is watertight.

The better news is that the internet is back on at the house so I can at least get something done while I feel like ass.

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My always wonderful Daddy is going in for a total knee replacement at 7 this morning. Predictably, I can't sleep and he's sawing logs.

Although the doctors have all given their blessing, and even say he's in great shape, we can use all the good juju we can get, so if you have a moment I'd appreciate it if you could spare a thought and a prayer in his direction.

Update: Dad is out of surgery and resting comfortably in his room. He's already had a stream of visitors and a tuna sandwich.

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Bou took a look at the number of condoms delivered to Antarctica and she did the math....

The just shipped 16500 condoms for the US Antartic base, for 125 scientists and staff. Its supposed to be a yearÂ’s supply.

If you assume everyone is acting responsibly and using birth control and that 120 of the 125 pair up, thatÂ’s 60 couples. ThatÂ’s assuming there is a 50/50 split male to female ratio. And if you assume 10% of the women are on the pillÂ… then you get 54 couples that need condoms.

Divided into 16500Â… thatÂ’s 305 per couple to last 365 days. IÂ’m sorry, but I think thatÂ’s not enough. Everyone is different, but there are going to be twice a day couples and once a day couples, and then of course, crazy all the time couples.

Then again, eh, assume that of the 125, you truly only have 25 couples whiling away the hours getting to know each other in the Biblical sense and assuming 10% of the women on the pillÂ… leaving 23 couples, thatÂ’s now 717 condoms per couple and that seemsÂ… more likely.

Heh.

Reminds me of my time at Caltech. Condoms were (and are) freely available on campus. You could get them from the Health Center, from a house Health Advocate, or often from a basket in any bathroom, men's, women's, or unisex.

When I lived in Avery House, our Health Ad used to put all of the condoms out in the bathrooms. She would split a box of 1000 condoms between 8 bathrooms. That's 125 condoms per bathroom, folks. For about 12 residents per bathroom. And they would be gone in 48 hours. Every week she would replace them, and every week, they would be gone.

Caltech, as you know, has a ratio of 3 guys for every girl enrolled. The ratio at Avery house was even higher, more like 6:1. And NONE of these dudes had a girlfriend. So we always wondered what they were doing with the condoms. Stocking up? Balloons? We never found out, but the condoms always disappeared. They didn't even show up on Ditch Day....

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Wow, it's been a hell of a long time since someone ACTUALLY tagged me with a meme.

So here we go...

The rules:
1. Post the rules of the game at the beginning.
2. Each player answers the questions about themselves.
3. At the end of the post, the player then tags five people and posts their names, then goes to their blogs and leaves them a comment, letting them know they've been tagged and asking them to read the player's blog.
4. Let the person who tagged you know when you've posted your answer.

What were you doing five years ago?
Hmmm..... June 2003 I was probably in the lab doing experiments, in the exact middle of my Graduate School career. Hubby was just beginning his masters' program.

What are five things on your to-do list for today?
1. Laundry (running as we speak)
2. Finish my animal protocol
3. Get PT prescription from the Rheumo's office (assuming they don't hang up on me again)
4. Glee Club rehearsal for Caltech's graduation
5. Freeze the rest of the prepared Apricots.

What are five snacks you enjoy?
1. Fruit, especially grapes, apricots, berries, and apple slices
2. Meat. I know it sounds weird, but I often snack on grilled chicken breast cubes. Also beef jerky or lunchmeat Protein is good for you.
3. Tortilla chips and something (cheese, salsa, hummus, guac, etc.)
4. Cheese
5. Tasty carbs: garlic bagel chips, chex mix, cheetos, pretzels

What are five things you would do if you were a billionaire?
1. Pay off my house and my mother's house
2. Pay all my other debts
3. Buy a great big beach house on the central coast
4. Travel
5. Endow something completely frivolous at one of my alma maters

What are five of your bad habits?
1. Procrastinating
2. Swearing
3. Speaking too quickly
4. Speeding
5. Criticizing others

What are five places where you have lived?
1. Fresno, CA
2. Pasadena, CA
3. Carrboro, NC
4. Chapel Hill, NC
5. Pasadena, CA
(in that order)

What are five jobs youÂ’ve had?
1. Office Assistant for a Truck Broker
2. Student intern for Alumni/ Development office
3. Fish feeder
4. Graduate Student
5. Assistant Professor

Five people I tag:
Yeah, so not doing this. If you want to pick up the meme, tag, you're it!

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1 Fish feeder? There's a story there...

Posted by: pam at June 11, 2008 11:38 AM (l6NIn)

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Seems a new study indicates that moderate alcohol consumption decreases the chance of getting RA by 50%:

All participants were quizzed about their lifestyle, including how much they smoked and drank. And blood samples were taken to check for genetic risk factors.

The results showed that drinking alcohol was associated with a significantly lower risk of developing rheumatoid arthritis. And the more alcohol was consumed, the lower the risk of rheumatoid arthritis.

Among those who drank regularly, the quarter with the highest consumption were up to 50% less likely to develop the disease compared with the half who drank the least.

The effect was the same for both men and women.

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1 That reminds me... I need to decant tonight's 'medication'.

Posted by: pam at June 06, 2008 02:41 PM (l6NIn)

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