I put the cooked breast on the very same plate that I had opened the thawed breast over. And only after I was done did I realize that some of excess juice and fat I dumped into the drain before eating was actually some of the water that had been packaged with the RAW CHICKEN.

You're in an episode of Arrested Development!

Suspecting a link between positivism and conformation bias (and trying to find a paper/thinker that has something enlightening to say about it) is harder than I thought it'll be.

Never did get along well with quantitative methodologies. Sounds about right, though. I am opposed to positivism more on philsophical grounds than methodological ones (although those too). I can give you some links to a Disability Studies view on positivism, if you really want to be distracted from your actual task...

Dudette, that's what the interwebs are for!

So someone give me distractions that don't involve being awake for more than an hour, or actually using any brain power or coordination ability.

Edited because the correct spelling is quantitative. I need to go back to sleep.

So someone give me distractions that don't involve being awake for more than an hour, or actually using any brain power or coordination ability.

If I were you, I'd look into some web comics. Or Muppets' reruns.

So I attended the Girl Scouts Heart of Michigan council kick-off last night. I am officially a Girl Scout leader, like my mother and her mother before her.

So someone give me distractions that don't involve being awake for more than an hour, or actually using any brain power or coordination ability.

Maybe an episode of Highlander on hulu would do the trick? (Not to slam HL, but as the series ended years ago the eps. would all be reruns and, for a fan, would not require a lot of brain power.)

I am officially a Girl Scout leader, like my mother and her mother before her.

We will never turn you to the dark side? We have failed?

We will never turn you to the dark side? We have failed?

Dude, she is the Dark Side. Just think of the cookie sales alone. Headed by the Empress? Oy.

We will never turn you to the dark side? We have failed?

Which dark side? Those wanna-be Campfire Girls?? Campfire Girls do not have COOKIES!! I'm tired of tracking down small girls in brown or green uniforms. I want a direct path to cookies. That path lies in leadership. I shall lead.

See? Barb knows.

Muppets! That's a good idea. I even have a DVD of The Muppet Show somewhere around here...

Highlander not my cuppa tea, but I should ahem some Northern Exposure or something else I can be sleepily nostalgic for.

I am officially a Girl Scout leader, like my mother and her mother before her.

The g/f wanted to be a Girl Guide leader (our version of the Girl Scouts), but they're dropping in popularity over here, so she had trouble finding a troupe that needed her. A shame.