No kidney pie for Jeff!
Mal: Inara, think you could stoop to being on my arm? Inara: Will you wash it first?
'Heart Of Gold'
Natter 34: Freak With No Name
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Aims - Apr 25, 2005 12:13:18 pm PDT #8774 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Jeff Mejia - Apr 25, 2005 12:13:59 pm PDT #8775 of 10001
"Don't think of yourself as an organic pain collector racing towards oblivion." Dogbert to Dilbert
Not only do we now know of the metabolic derring-do of one Jeff Mejia, we know he is a PhD-studying brainiac. What field, if I may ask? And will you be taking up rock guitar next, or experimental physics?
I was a microbiologist, studying the genetics of alcohol production. My professor was awarded patent # 5,000,000 for converting E. coli to alcohol production, with the hope of someday being able to convert biomass to ethanol for fuel. At the time, I felt I was probably burning myself out, and research prospects did not look encouraging at the time, so I decided to move into a job that I could use my computer skills. I'm now a system analyst for a hospital (irony of ironies) in the patient accounting department.
When I was twelve, I tried to learn guitar, and never could get anything to work. It was years later that I realized I was playing left-handed and the chords were diagrammed for a right-handed player. D'oh!
DXMachina - Apr 25, 2005 12:14:43 pm PDT #8776 of 10001
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Actually, he said both potassium and phosphorus.
Trudy Booth - Apr 25, 2005 12:14:50 pm PDT #8777 of 10001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
No. He said phosphorus (which I think is stuff like milk, cheese, beans, organ meats).
So English food is out.
beekaytee - Apr 25, 2005 12:14:52 pm PDT #8778 of 10001
Compassionately intolerant
Jeff, me being of the not-tv-having stripe, I'm completely with you about the news. What utter, sensationalistic shite, most of the time.
And, I'm telling you, audio books are the stuff.
My local bookseller actually rents them to me. So I get through a $20-50 tome for 3 smacks. Such a deal!
I love Caleb Carr's The Alienist and pretty much anything read by Edward Herrmann.
Other great readers: Ed Asner (believe it or not, he does great female voices), Joe Montegna, Simon Jones (who did HGTG) and, teh god of all readers...Jim Dale.
I have all the Harry Potter books on tape and cd if you'd like to borrow them, I'd be happy to ship.
Trudy Booth - Apr 25, 2005 12:15:42 pm PDT #8779 of 10001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Actually, he said both potassium and phosphorus.
Chemists get me soooo hot.
Topic!Cindy - Apr 25, 2005 12:16:48 pm PDT #8780 of 10001
What is even happening?
I'm now a system analyst for a hospital (irony of ironies) in the patient accounting department.That's what I used to do, long ago and far away, when hospital computers were powered by gerbils running in those little wheel thingies. In a sorta kind of coincidence, I ran the project when we had to change our registration system's logic for the Medicare questions on renal disease.
Jeff Mejia - Apr 25, 2005 12:16:51 pm PDT #8781 of 10001
"Don't think of yourself as an organic pain collector racing towards oblivion." Dogbert to Dilbert
Didn't Jeff say "potassium"? If he didn't I'm decidedly not clever.
No. He said phosphorus (which I think is stuff like milk, cheese, beans, organ meats).
Actually, I said both. No oranges for me, and cheese, glorious cheese is off the list. I'm not sad about avoiding organ meats, though.
(Massive X-post. You guys are fast).
Vortex - Apr 25, 2005 12:49:16 pm PDT #8782 of 10001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
When I was in the hospital, I found myself saying, "Hm, this 'Ellen' show isn't too bad. When's 'The Price is Right' on?"
was your morphine drip set too high? :)
Burrell - Apr 25, 2005 12:56:06 pm PDT #8783 of 10001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
I have ice cream now. This is a good thing.