Canadian astronaut brings first bagels into space:

MONTREAL - The famed Fairmount bagel is reaching new heights thanks to an astronaut with a yen for that distinctive treat.

It seems Montreal-born astronaut Greg Chamitoff, who began a six-month stint aboard the International Space Station yesterday, was quite excited about the idea of floating in space with the comfort of the chewy, slightly sweet variety of bagel this city is famous for by his side.

When NASA officials asked Chamitoff for a favourite food to take aboard space shuttle Discovery, he picked the humble bagel as his preferred snack for the flight.

And thanks, you'll be getting something in a few days.

Thanks!

Oh no -- Big Boss just came into the office. She was supposed to be on jury duty! But I guess she postponed it again.

Dana- I don't think anything will get it off besides acetone. Maybe there is some sort of cleaner that has acetone? Or lighter fluid, maybe?

Nilly, yes we usually use metric for everything, but end up having to convert back to Imperial for press conferences and the like. Har.

Dana, is there no store you can get to? Even the newsstand inside my building sells nail polish remover, I'm pretty sure.

lisah - is that Armstrong flooring? If so, how did it get installed?

we usually use metric for everything, but end up having to convert back to Imperial for press conferences and the like.

Wait, so that means you don't *think* in the metric system, but rather in your feet and inches? Even when you work with the centimeters and their friends?

That's strange. I can't imagine working in units if I don't have a good intuition regarding their sizes.

Dana, I have no idea if this is crazy or not, but - is there any perfume or anything with some sort of alcohol around? I have no idea if it removes nail polish, but it does remove a lot of stuff.

There was once this lesson I was supposed to teach, and the board was completely full of tiny thick writing in a non-erasable marker. I ended up running to one of the labs in the building (yay chemistry, even though it's a physics building), borrowing some strong alcoholic solution, soaking some tissue papers in it and using them to wipe the board completely clean. I do suspect I was a bit tipsy from the remaining alcohol vapors that were around me all lesson long, but I think I didn't embarrass myself completely in front of the students, so all was well.

lisah - is that Armstrong flooring? If so, how did it get installed?

It is Armstrong flooring! My contractor installed it but I don't think it's that hard to do. He put a sort of a subfloor over the hardwood and then put it down over that...uh...I suck at home improvement stuff so I don't really know. But it was done within the course of a day. I can ask him for more details though and pass them on!

That would be awesome!! I want to do the same black and white in my grandmother's house this summer before we move in.

I'm also ainting the walls the apple green I have now and painting the cabinets white.

Basically, I'm totally copying your kitchen. I am having kitchen envy.

I'm back to needing unspecified-ma today. At some point. (Also nail polish-ma.)