Browse Day: December 15, 2006

Mmm…penguin.

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If you watch The Simpsons, you must know that Lisa Simpson is a vegetarian. She is also the brainy one of the Simpson clan and now there’s research linking intelligence to vegetarianism later in life. According to this study, “those who were vegetarian by 30 had recorded five IQ points more on average at the age of 10.” What does it mean if you’re 8 (as Lisa is), smart, and already a vegetarian? Does that make you SUPER SMART? Uh…I’m all for research and I’ll support anyone who chooses to avoid meat. Heck, I love my tofu and noodles but seriously, this study sounds a little like a bunch of vegetarians trying to make themselves appear smarter. I need a little more substance in a study before I can link one thing to another. Until then, I say we continue to eat the magical animal. We all know that a good slice of bacon beats a veggie burger any day. Mmmm…penguin.

And now a quote from one of my favorite episodes:

Lisa: No, I can’t! I can’t eat any of them!
Homer: Wait a minute, wait a minute, wait a minute. Lisa, honey, are you saying you’re never going to eat any animal again? What about bacon?
Lisa: No.
Homer: Ham?
Lisa: No.
Homer: Pork chops?
Lisa: Dad! Those all come from the same animal!
Homer: [chuckles] Yeah, right, Lisa. A wonderful, magical animal.

Hahahahahaha…*sigh* it still makes me laugh.

time warp

Last night I was on my way to dinner and had the funny realization that it was already Thursday night!  What happened to Monday through Wednesday?!  The only reason I realized that was that the trashcans were out on the driveway for the Friday morning pick-up.  Hm…lately my days have been flying by.  Am I getting old?  Is our daily routine so consistent that I lose track of my days?  My hypothesis is that I don’t have a nighttime routine.  Well, maybe I do but I don’t remember each time I fall asleep.  Basically, we have dinner sometime between 6 and 9 pm, then I go upstairs and change into my PJs, take my contacts out, and brush my teeth.  Then the rest of the evening is a big blur.  According to Jes, what is happeneing is that I start out either downstairs on the couch or in bed watching TV with my laptop next to me…and then I fall asleep.  The lights are on, my glasses are halfway on my face, the laptop is still on some page that I was reading, and TiVo is on the I’m-all-done-with-your-program,-do you-want-to-delete? screen.  I think I once fell asleep in the middle of posting a blog.  Yep.  I woke up the next morning to find that my laptop was still on the admin page with my blog half-written.  *sigh*   Some mornings…no, most mornings, I can’t remember what I was doing the night before or how I got into bed.  You’d think I was a drunk or something!  It’s a good thing I don’t live by myself.  I’d have a really high electricity bill, my glasses would be broken, and I’d probably never get a good night’s sleep.Â