It's on . . .

just wanted to announce that we just purchased our tickets to Florida for the 2009 Christmas reunion!

We will be there from December 21st-January 1st

A long stay, we know, but such is life when you're self-employed.

a new wine for me from africa

releaf

Cabernet Sauvignon – Merlot – Shiraz

this is a blended wine with all three of these wines in it....and under $10...seldom have I had such a good wine.....I may have to give up boxed wine....................

That's How I Roll...

This week I learned that Walgreen's registers can misread one of their own coupons to give a loyal customer $5 extra off for the 2 limit deal of 6 double rolls of Charmin. When the intended "-$4.60" reads "-$9.60", that makes 6 double rolls a deal at 99 cents a package! Yea, there's a limit, but there's also a Walgreen's on every corner - each one with a cowboy clerk who comments "Dang! That's a good deal!"

for some reason I could see ribberd having this conversation too?

Interesting....

Part 1 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=koK1z1YnBIQ
Part 2 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFQlV...eature=related
Part 3 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_82kd...eature=related

I hesitate to bring this up.........

I hesitate to bring this up, but.............

I am sure yall recall that I was awarded a very prestigious Science Award last year. The recognition came with a very rare art object and a check. Well apparently my accounting firm has misplaced the check. I would appreciate the award committee issuing a replacement check. You immediate attention to this matter will be appreciated : Check via return mail.

Sincerely,

Ribhard

PS: I am not going to mention the discrepancy in the award amount that was originally announced ($2) vs the amount received ($1). Or the long delay in receiving the original check (08/09/08 vs 12/27/07)

Sunday, August 10, 2008

It is better to give than receive......................
I got a $1 check, note, and coffee cup from Abbzug and Leopold yesterday........and just to show you how god moves in mysterious ways...........the check was hand delivered to me in a catholic church..... now what are the chances I would be standing in a church (or that I would get a check from Abbzug and/or Leopold ) ?
Anyway, I got a check and a genuine "NPR look-a-like" coffee mug with the word SCIENCE magic markered over duct tape stuck to the mug. The note as you can see to the left makes reference to a dollar.
I thanked Abbzug for the dollar, cup and mug. But I said I recall there was talk about $2 and not one dollar in a previous blog posting. Abbzug seemed to have trouble remembering this exact amount.
So when I got home last night, I looked back on a December 29, 2007 blog note from Leopold and found the following :
"Therefore I applaud your efforts and will contribute toward your endeavors by pledging $2 toward a box of wine (does that cover an entire box?) for you."
As yall know, I am certainly not one to look a gift horse in the mouth.........and I do appreciate the money....................even at this late date...................but I don't think recipients of the Nobel peace prize have to shake the envelope and ask for the FULL amount of the prize money.

Lock de door....Lock de door!!!!

I guess everyone knows that you have to use hot sauce to make real buffalo chicken wings. Well I found a bottle of Franks Red Hot Buffalo Wing Sauce at Targeto the other night. (I was looking for that Asian fish sauce..what ever it is called to make some Rachel Ray Thai Chicken..but that is another story) . I usually use the wing sauce on sale at King Sooper.

I think I read somewhere (maybe on the Franks label) that the very first original buffalo wings ever made in Buffalo NY used Franks as the secret ingredient. So I got the sauce, and cooked the wings like it said: 20 minutes at 500 degrees. I took them out and decided they needed another 4 minutes. Popped them back in and cooked some more. Took them out and put 1/2 cup of the sauce on them , shook and tossed them in my big plastic jar thing. They were GREAT!!!!! I think they are even better than messing around with frying them. Don't be afraid of the 500 degrees.

tried something new today........

I have never shaved with my glasses on. So this morning I tried it. Found out that if you wear progressive trifical glasses...when you lean your head back to see under your chin...the picture in the mirror blurs. So another great idea bites the dust.

Today I learnt . . . that I have Synesthesia

While studying for my Biological Psychology course this evening I discovered that I have Synesthesia. Page 219 of Kalat's "Biological Psychology 1oth ed." reads,

"Synesthesia is the experience of one sense in response to stimulation of a different sense. In the words of one person, 'To me, the taste of beef is dark blue. The smell of almonds is pale orange . . . '"

I have always known in my heart of hearts that the feel of velvet fabric is a deep rich purple.

How about you? Do you have Synesthesia?

BTW This condition is actually visible (diagnosable) on a brain scan.