Brussel Sprouts

Am I the only one that didn't know that brussel sprouts grow on stalks? I always thought that they were like baby cabbages or something.

Valuing What Really Matters

"In elevating to a level of demiworship people with big bucks, we have been destroying the values of our future generation. We need a total rethinking of who the heroes are, who the role models are, who we should be honoring."
RABBI BENJAMIN BLECH, professor of philosophy of law at Yeshiva University, on the downfall of disgraced financier Bernard Madoff.



Betrayed by Madoff, Yeshiva U. Adds a Lesson
By JAVIER C. HERNANDEZ
Published: December 23, 2008
The university is grappling with a sense of betrayal that goes beyond the $110 million it says it lost with Bernard L. Madoff.

Smarts Girls at the Party

What Did Amy Poehler Get You for Chrismukkah?

This one is going out to all those grad students...

"Don't make fun of grad students, they've just made a poor life choice."
- my friend MJ

More than a little unexpected

Word confirmation for my all-star hockey player vote:


Hmm, "Mathematics" and "mulai"*. I think that is more a reflection on the website creator than any affiliations with the NHL.





*Indonesian for "from".

Christmas Ideas for LynnieC*

Librarian Action Figure


Librarian Temporary Tattoos





*This is my 500th post on blogger.

NHL All-Star Game Picks

Chance of a Lifetime

Brett Leonhardt, web site producer for the Washington Capitals, had the chance of a lifetime to dress as an NHL goalie for a game. NHL teams have two goalies on their roaster and if one gets injured they get another from their minor league team. Last week, the Washington Capitals' goalie Jose Theodore injured himself the morning before a game and the replacement back-up goalie wasn't going to make it to the game in time. The Captials asked Leonhardt, who was a goalie in college, to dress as their back-up goalie until the replacement could arrive.

Leonhardt just one of the guys
Saturday, 12.20.2008 / 1:00 AM / Division Notes
By Mike G. Morreale - NHL.com Staff Writer

Gift Ideas

Aunts And Stepdads Line Up For This Year's Hottest Gift: The Electric Tea Kettle

That's Why I Haven't Used IE in Years

All Internet Explorer Versions Have Hole, Gregg Keizer, Computerworld, Dec 13, 2008 8:00 am

Will my father and mother, who don't like new and different things, finally start using Firefox?

Bacon Quote of the Day

"Bacon is the key ingredient in the fall of communism." - Andrew D'Ambrosi (via Twitter)

Behind the Name

Pretty comprehensive site on the etymology of first names. The name Janice was created by Paul Leicester Ford for his novel 'Janice Meredith' (1899). huh.

Best. Baby. Ever.

Yeah, that's about right

Best Photo Blog Award

I previously mentioned a photo blog Regina in Pictures. The blog is up for a Canadian Blog Awards Best Photo/Art Blog. Give a deserving site your vote.

Is it something about me?

Sources: Daisies, Eli Stone and Dirty Sexy Canceled
Source: Watch with Kristin, Kristin Dos Santos, November 20, 2008, 4:11 PM

Why do shows I love get canceled?

Janny: Your Ultimate Source on Bea Arthur Wrestling Dinosaurs

No fewer than 5 out of the last 100 visitors to my blog were searching for images of Bea Arthur wrestling a velociraptors.

I tried a google search myself and came across this discussion on "Bea Arthur vs a Raptor"

StoneGold: Bea Arthur vs a Raptor

Crinos: Why is Bea Arthur floating? Is she haunting the Raptors her killed her?
Hmm... Bea Arthur goes back in time, gets killed by Raptors, then becomes a ghost that causes the extinction of the dinosaurs, thus gaining an army of dinosaur ghosts.
"Bea Arthur: Ghost dinosaur general."
Hey, I'd read it.

Grazzt:No, she's actually a super hero in real life. Just like Hugh Downs on Family guy, or Lucy Lawless on the Simpsons.
This gives me a good idea for a crossover. Deadpool/Bea Arthur in the Savage Land!

StoneGold:That's just pure lemon fanfic fodder.

Studying Checklist

1. Pen
2. flash cards
3. lab companion
4. Watch hockey
5. Watch SportsCentre
6. Watch recorded SportsCentre from yesterday
7. Search you tube for videos of Jay Onrait and Dan O'Toole
8. Watch Jay Onrait interview Sidney Crosby you tube videos
9. Stumble on W5 piece on Carey Price
10. Search for Carey Price videos on you tube
11. Search for Onrait/ O'Toole Facebook groups
12. Take my turn on three separate games of Scrabble on Facebook
13. Blog

Now that I have everything I guess I can study now.*




*The sad thing is my sister procrastinates more than I do. I should have never gotten her an early birthmas present.

Maybe Could You Be Swarmed by Bees?

The Devils haven't been bitten by the injury bug, they've been in the center of a swarm of killer bees.
Source: Atlantic: Injuries just a part of Devils' problems, Monday, 11.17.2008 / 10:30 PM / Division Notes, Adam Kimelman - NHL.com Staff Writer

How dare he insult the majestic bee with his terrible sports analogy!

Roger would be glad to hear it...

Cavaliers Declared NBA Champions As Basketball Knocks Off Early

NEW YORK—A happy, triumphant, and visibly relieved LeBron James accepted the 2009 NBA Championship trophy from commissioner David Stern at a small ceremony in New York Wednesday, just hours after the NBA announced that it would be canceling the remainder of the 2008–2009 season to give itself, and sports fans, a much-needed break.

Source: The Onion, November 13, 2008

Uneasy feeling

As a courtesy, I emailed my professor to tell her I was dropping her class. She replied that she wants to meet with me. Ugh, the thought of what she might want to say to me makes me feel uneasy. I've made a formal complaint about her during a time when the department was considering not hiring her to teach any additional classes.* As of now she is not teaching any classes next semester and the university has no plans to hire her for any in the future. I didn't do anything wrong, I just reported her unprofessional behaviour.** I'd rather avoid her especially since she was hostile towards me even before I destroyed her chances of a career at the university. If she is going to freak out on me, I'd rather her do it through email so then I can forward it onto the department.




*I have worked for the math department for longer than she has. I am well known in the department and am regularly asked by staff to work for them. I was offered 6 different jobs (unsolicited) for the current school year. Despite the rage this situation causes me, the math department head saw my complaints as constructive criticism.
** I have kept a journal since the second week of school. I have documentation for everything she has done plus another student to corroborate.