I see Allyson reinforcing my theory that if there is a hell, it's the jury pool waiting room.

I want to take a physics class from the husband of one of my friends. He will show a Simpsons clip at the beginning of class and the kids have to identify the real-life physics issues portrayed in it.

I'm going to push my kids harder on math than I did myself. Seriously--actuarial work is an excellent way to make a living.

Hummus has protein!

Hummus has protein!

Only a couple of grams, right?

Kate Beaton interview at AV Club.

Only a couple of grams, right?

Depends on how much you eat, I think. But seriously, I thought chickpeas were a really good source of protein. Is that just something I read on the internet?

I would actually prefer to edit things electronically (I've become, by default, the office copyeditor ... yay?), but although I've asked repeatedly - and said I'd turn on track changes so they could see what I was doing (mostly eliminating serial commas) - I still get these beautifully laid out publications. Which I then go through and mark up. No one seems to run spellcheck before laying out the things, either, so I have to watch out for typos. And, since I always get them in color, I have to try to find a pen with a color that will show up. Really - it'd be easier for them if I got the files before layout!

And, speaking of track changes (yes, I was) - got a call from someone who'd purchased a contract document from us (Word file) and they were trying to have several people edit it, with a different color for each. But it kept defaulting to one color. I had to assure her that we had not done anything (on purpose) to make her job harder and that it was probably one of the Mysteries of Microsoft.

I am laboring under the impression that chickpeas are a good source of protein, too, but I may be reading the same internets as Jessica.

Ooh! Jessica! That reminds me, I bought the soap nuts from Lehman's. So far I like them! I thought I could just throw them in the bag, but it turns out for my front-loader I have to make the liquid soap. Which I complained about in my head, but turned out to be totally easy. Only the instructions on the bag say to use "1/4 cup in both the detergent and fabric softener containers." Does that mean, a total of 1/2 cup? Because I haven't been doing that.

Casper's third grade class uses red pen for correction - they do in-class markups of their own work (quizzes and worksheets and stuff - it would be hard to accurately edit their essays themselves.) If 8 year olds can take it, I think college students can.

And calcium. Calcium is important!

Indeed! And hummus may have a ton of protein, I don't know -- okay, my hummus container says 2g of protein in 2 tbsp of hummus. (As soon as I posted that, I thought, "wait, hummus is chickpeas, so it has protein too! ...Someone is totally going to call me out on that.")

I find that yogurt fills me up more quickly, though, which is sometimes what I want these days -- something to make me Not Hungry for a little while!

I thought I could just throw them in the bag, but it turns out for my front-loader I have to make the liquid soap.

Really? I have a front-loader and I just throw the bag in with my clothes.