This is pretty cool--some guy got onto an Air Mauritius plane with two loaded pistols and hijacked it, demanding to be flown to France for asylum. Problem was, the dipshit didn't speak French, which the pilot figured out in midflight. So, soon before landing, the pilot got on the intercom and told the rest of the plane in French what he was planning to do to thwart said hijacker, and since the guy couldn't figure out what was being said, it worked and he was arrested after landing.

In fall of 2006, the Guinness Book of Records confirmed that New Mexico State University Regent’s Professor Paul Bosland had indeed discovered the world’s hottest chile pepper, Bhut Jolokia.

Bhut Jolokia, at 1,001,304 Scoville Heat Units (SHU), is nearly twice as hot as Red Savina, the chile pepper variety it replaces as the world’s hottest. A New Mexico green chile contains about 1,500 SHUs and an average jalapeno measures at about 10,000 SHUs.

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Bosland reported that the variety has compelling potential in the packaged food industry as a food additive. The pepper could be pickled while still green, dehydrated and used as a seasoning. Because the heat is so concentrated, less would be needed and food manufacturers would save money.

“This isn’t something you’d pickle whole and eat,” Bosland said, “but it could replace dehydrated jalapeno as an additive.”

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One thing NOT to do is to decide for them whether you have "asked enough" or "bored them with my same problem," since that isn't your call to make.

This is coming from the perspective of an inveterate leaner, so filter appropriately: Of course you get to to decide whether you've asked enough, or bored them, or whatever. Sure, you may very well be wrong, but people do ask too much. And you can't be helped much more than you're comfortable with.

Which is not code to tell Allyson anything, just that I believe introspection and examination of your surroundings is a good thing.

You may have, but I wasn't present at the time. Pray, elucidate.

He was pretty enough that I kept furtively ogling him every time I walked past him, very blue-eyed, and a little rumpled and sheepish, with a tattoo on his right biceps. He seemed genuinely surprised that people were fans of his character, and as far as I know, he passed the "Don't Be a Dick" test at the con.

How NOT to impress a powerful partner with your industriousness of billability, by: me.

File all documents on your desk, leaving it mostly empty and shiny except for a clean pad of paper. Begin selecting which pens to put away by which ones have the most ink. Make eye contact with passing partner as you appear to be mostly occupied with staring at a pen in each hand. Get back to actual work.

Hec, you wouldn't start a file on me just because I like my water lukewarm would you?

Probably wouldn't go over so well in Kansas City

You'll find as much difference of opinion there as anywhere.

does anybody have a favorite Flickr account that's not their own?

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Or, you know, thought of Certain Crack you introduced me to...

HAH! Speaking of crack, I think I hurt myself with the Plastic Winchesters this morning, the ones with the trolls and the John and then the one after with WeeDean that I didn't have time to finish.

You know what's going to happen when Lee tries to normalize using you as the baseline? I just move Lee over into the freaky category. Same with Nora.

Dude, you're putting me in a corner with Plei and Nora and you think that's a BAD thing?!?

Consuela, when you come back from Escapade, can I tempt you and the dvds to the Burbs? I'll give you scotch!

I like my water room temperature, too! One of the several reasons I keep a pitcher on my desk now.

Make eye contact with passing partner as you appear to be mostly occupied with staring at a pen in each hand.

Ha! Sorry.

Here's what it has come to in my work life: I just had a meeting that I felt pretty good about, compared to other recent meetings. One of the other participants called me after to make sure I was OK. Because she thought today's meeting was rough. HAHAHAHANO.

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mac lost his first tooth. loves baseball. is being spoiled.

I'm feeing guilty for living far away, am breaking out, and am consuming way too many vanilla cokes via Sonic.

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Hec, you wouldn't start a file on me just because I like my water lukewarm would you?

I wouldn't start a file, no. I'd just update your file.

::gives Jesse the lukewarm eye::

Dude, you're putting me in a corner with Plei and Nora and you think that's a BAD thing?!?

It's the corner with the giant gerbil feeder water bottle. Room temp, as madames have requested.