Tuesday, August 26, 2008

Less romantic (unless you're a turbo-nerd)

Or, you know, not: It could be said that on that now-famous sort-of-first-date, Barack took Michelle out for igneous rocks. Or he would have if those two were geo dweebs* rather than the law geeks they obviously are.

* I can use the most fraught word in the geek-nerd-dweeb label continuum here because everyone knows that next to astronomers, geologists are some of the most blissed-out folk in science. So I'm saying it with either affection or envy. When I know which I'll report back.

4 comments:

mfheadcase said...

Great, yaet another semi-snarky science blog to be addicted to... and i blame you for the third post in the series setting me on a search for ice cream sammiches...

AG said...

I found the vanilla-flavored Tofutti Cuties at the Safeway in the new neighborhood. So happy. So very happy.

mfheadcase said...

Mmmmmmmmm... tofutti...the times i have had it, the taste and texture is damned near perfect for and ice cream substitute for vegans or the lactose intolerant... but at a huge price premium at least locally.

**sigh** Though it may be bacause i can only find it in woo infested "health-food" stores around here. The types of places that sell herbal supplements with no clues about potential interactions.

Like the acquaintance who ended op pregnant because she was on the birth control pill and taking St. John's wort...

AG said...

Ooh, there's a post I ought to get around to. (Wanted to tackle the "supplements" issues at USAT, but it didn't happen.) The labeling situation in such places blows me away, and then there's the woo itself... the place across the street, for instance, sells colloidal silver for internal use. Every jar of that stuff ought to come with a photo of someone suffering from argyria. Jeez.

And why is it that health-food stores are the freakin' worst re pulling products past their sell-by dates?