Some of the things I am thinking about as I am sitting around, waiting for folks to show themselves.....
- Where the balls is everyone and why am I the only one here??
- I have spoken before about my hatred of sneakers and white socks with a skirt. This morning I decided that if you are 80 years old and adorable, it is ok.
- Who was the first dude to eat an egg? I should like to thank him.
- An already creepy dude is made 1000x more creepy by the presence of a hot tub. Trust me.
- Eating a food that claims to be 60 calories per serving is kind of like licking your own ass. When presented with the opportunity, you feel like you should try it but deep down you already know how it's going to taste.
- Where the balls is everyone???
- I could really use a new pair of brown shoes.
- I wonder if it's ok to just eat cookies for breakfast.
- How can one woman be a talented bench scientist and lack to ability to remember where she last put her cell phone?
- Perhaps I would rather have cake than cookies for breakfast.
- Damn, I am going to have to do a lot of running this afternoon. Damn.
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How can one woman be a talented bench scientist and lack to ability to remember where she last put her cell phone?
We have this in common. I thought I was a total flake until I noticed that my PI has the exact same problem...and he's not a woman...
BTW, my preference is to eat pie for breakfast.
Posted by: UnlikelyGrad | June 17, 2009 10:16 AM
Cookies aren't any worse than donuts with breakfast. And cookies go better with milk.
The other problem with 60 cal/serving foods is that a microscope and tweezers are required to administer a serving. And, of course, there are at least two servings in the nonresealable packaging (you wouldn't pay $2 for one serving, after all), so you either eat two servings, carry your own baggies, or throw one away (or give one away).
I would say strap the cell phone to a belt, but I tried that, and you can't sit well (phone pokes side) and sometimes lose it randomly. There's no way to win.
Posted by: Hap | June 17, 2009 10:54 AM
Uh oh. Um, Dr. Isis, are you sure there's no exception to this skirt and sneaker/sock combo, besides really cute 80 year old women? What if the sneakers are cute? And the socks are really short? And the person wearing them is cute and small? Quite simply, I fear for my feet at work in the lab, but can't say no to a cute skirt or dress. I bow down in supplication before you. Please don't let my clothing choices despise you!!! (grovel grovel grovel)
Posted by: ktbug ladydid | June 17, 2009 10:54 AM
Cookies are perfectly fine as breakfast food, and because they have a higher sugar:fat ratio than cake they'll burn away faster. They also go well with leftover pizza.
Come to think of it, I might have to combine those one day here...
Posted by: Toaster | June 17, 2009 11:10 AM
The first dude to eat an egg was really brave. I mean, can you imagine deciding something that came out from under a bird might taste good?????
Posted by: Pascale | June 17, 2009 12:34 PM
Calorie content of a cooked egg: 63.
Posted by: D. C. Sessions | June 17, 2009 1:50 PM
"Eating a food that claims to be 60 calories per serving is kind of like licking your own ass. When presented with the opportunity, you feel like you should try it but deep down you already know how it's going to taste."
LMFAO!!!!!! You crack me up, Dr. Isis. I love it.
Posted by: JLK | June 17, 2009 2:30 PM
@ D.C.
You have obviously failed to include the ham, three varieties of cheese, peppers, onions, mushrooms, salsa, and residual bacon grease.
Posted by: Ranson | June 17, 2009 3:23 PM
My calorie counter says a large egg is 100 calories hard boiled. Are the 60 calorie eggs from guinea hens.... or robins?
Posted by: Pascale | June 17, 2009 3:33 PM
Calorie counter? What are these calorie counters you speak of???
Posted by: Isis the Scientist | June 17, 2009 3:38 PM
Dr. Isis, you're reminding me of a tale of PI's past, who, at 2am on a Sunday angrily wrote on the whiteboard "where the hell is everyone?"
So, I'm pretty sure the answer is 1) sleeping, 2) traffic.
Pie for breakfast is a solid American tradition. Personally, I'm partial to pound cake or angelfood cake.
Posted by: JustaTech | June 17, 2009 6:33 PM
Did someone say pizza pie for breakfast?
Posted by: D. C. Sessions | June 17, 2009 8:05 PM
"Pie for breakfast is a solid American tradition."
"In the world at large, anyone from the United States is a Yankee. In the United States, anyone from the North is a Yankee. In the North, anyone from New England is a Yankee. And in New England, a Yankee is someone who eats Pie for Breakfast"
Posted by: becca | June 17, 2009 10:31 PM
With or without beer from the dregs of last night's keg?
Posted by: D. C. Sessions | June 17, 2009 11:45 PM
Cookies are a perfectly acceptable breakfast food. I have done it many times and am still quite alive and well. I prefer to stick to strong experimental evidence rather than hearsay, or these calorie counter things people speak of.
Try oatmeal cookies as they are easier on the guilt ("oatmeal is healthy", then ignore fat, sugar, chocolate... whatever else they contain). ;)
Posted by: physics*chick | June 18, 2009 12:02 AM
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Just a fictional device in an old Arthur C. Clarke sf novel.
They never were developed as I remember...
...tom...
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