She said there were some things she and my aunt didn't understand, one was myocardial infarction

Myocardial infarction is fancy doctor speak for "heart attack".

Heh. X-post with the Tepster.

Too slow, Seanie. You gotta get up pretty early to beat...hey! You're up pretty early! Go back to bed, West Coaster!

Steph, I'm not sure. I was talking to my grandmother which is always interesting over the phone (what iwth her hearing aids)but she said something that sounded like mycoradial infarction so maybe she wasn't sure what that was? But it sounded like there were some other things that they were clear about. But I'll talk to my aunt on Monday or Tuesday.

hey! You're up pretty early! Go back to bed, West Coaster!

I got my full 8. I crashed at about 11 last night. And actually, since I've not been sleeping all that much lately, I kinda woke up at 5, but forced myself back to sleep for another couple of hours.

she said something that sounded like mycoradial infarction so maybe she wasn't sure what that was?

A lot of people aren't familiar with the term if they haven't dealt with it before. Makes sense. And it makes your grandmother lucky, that she hasn't had to deal with it until now. PLUS, it makes her not-a-nerd, which might please her to know! (I would winky emoticon there if I did that.)

ION, we're going to a Cardboard Boat Regatta today (link goes to a PDF): [link] The Boy's brother built his own kayak last year (NOT out of cardboard; a real, fibreglass kayak that was issued a boating license and everything), and one of his nephews decided that they should build a cardboard boat for this regatta. They "race" along a 200-yard course in the Ohio River.

The rules (also a PDF): [link] They aren't allowed to use cardboard that's bonded to vinyl or coated with wax, etc., and they aren't allowed to use glue or other liquid adhesives, but they ARE allowed to use any kind of tape (but can NOT wrap the entire boat in tape or plastic). They can paint the boat, but only with "one-part" paint; no epoxy, urethane, etc.

One of the awards given out is the Titanic award for the most dramatic sinking. I imagine that there are a LOT of sinkings.

The town that does this shindig (and this year is the 16th running of the race) actually has a cardboard boat museum. Hand to god. I love stuff like that.

Okay, seriously? I want to pound the snot out of somebody over this: [link]

The CNN headline for that interview is "Why Scarlett Johansson Kissed Penelope Cruz."

Aside from the fact that this question is never asked of Johansson in the interview (the question that does get asked is "What was it like kissing Penelope Cruz"), the answer to the headline question is: BECAUSE IT WAS IN THE SCRIPT, FUCKTARD!

Scarlett johansson does a good job in that interview.

I liked her answer to the question "What was it like kissing PC?":

"It was a lot less hairy than kissing Javier Bardem."

Okay, seriously? I want to pound the snot out of somebody over this: [link]

Oy.

It's so unbelievably sad that I'm beginning to accept the utter shoddiness that passes for journalism these days with little more than a shrug and wondering what the hell ever happened to basic knowledge of spelling, grammar, you know... that useless shit.

I was reading an AP article this morning on Michael Phelps that referred to him "wracking up the medals."

No shit.