Congratulations Andrea and Brad

... and your new baby to enter this world in July!

Love you all!

Fargo at Luther?

No, not the city. The movie. Earlier today we had loud wood chippers right outside my window. (No, I'm not kidding.) It made me think of this scene in the movie "Fargo."

Crazy Cat Ladies

Last night I had a meeting with the Feline Rescue board of directors, a local cat adoption center I volunteer with. (I'm their marketing director.) We've been seeking a new development person and last night our HR director was talking about a great lead who loves cats, has great planned giving experience and is really excited about the potential position.

Today I got a message over Facebook from my dear friend Krista that said... "I just got off the phone with Andrea from Feline Rescue..."

Yup, that's right folks, we continue to prove ourselves to be the crazy cat ladies together. She had no idea it was the same organization I volunteered for and I had no idea that she was looking for more for volunteer opportunities.

We'll make a great team; we already have at work and in friendship. (Ok, that was just cheezy, I know.)

It's a small crazy cat world after all.

Hell Explained by a Chemistry Student

I got this from my dear friend Ryan. I think his explanation of this sums up the story perfectly so I included it.


"Okay I was looking for a project from our old intern David and I came across this. I am about ready to pee my pants."

-Ryan

The e-mail that followed: (I apologize for copyright infringement. Don't sue me.)

Hell explained by a chemistry student

The following is an actual question given on a Washington State university chemistry mid-term. The answer by one student was so "profound" that the professor shared it with colleagues, via the internet, which is, of course, why we now have the pleasure of enjoying it as well.

Bonus Question: Is Hell exothermic (gives off heat) or endothermic (absorbs heat)? Most of the students wrote proofs of their beliefs using Boyle's Law (gas cools when it expands and heats when it is compressed) or some variant.

One student, however, wrote the following:

First, we need to know how the mass of Hell is changing in time. So we need to know the rate at which souls are moving into Hell and the Rate at which they are leaving. I think that we can safely assume that once a soul gets to Hell, it will not leave. Therefore, no souls are leaving. As for how many souls are entering Hell, let's look at the different religions that exist in the world today. Most of these religions state that if you are not a member of their religion, you will go to Hell. Since there is more than one of these religions and since people do not belong to more than one religion, we can project that all souls go to Hell. With birth and death rates as they are, we can expect the number of souls in Hell to increase exponentially. Now, we look at the rate of change of the volume in Hell because Boyle's Law states that in order for the temperature and pressure in Hell to stay the same, the volume of Hell has to expand proportionately as souls are added.

This gives two possibilities:

1. If Hell is expanding at a slower rate than the rate at which souls enter Hell, then the temperature and pressure in Hell will increase until all Hell breaks loose.
2. If Hell is expanding at a rate faster than the increase of souls in Hell, then the temperature and pressure will drop until Hell freezes over.

So which is it?

If we accept the postulate given to me by Teresa during my Freshman year that, "It will be a cold day in Hell before I sleep with you," and take into account the fact that I slept with her last night, then number two must be true, and thus I am sure that Hell is exothermic and has already frozen over. The corollary of this theory is that since Hell has frozen over, it follows that it is not accepting any more souls and is therefore extinct, leaving only Heaven, thereby proving the existence of a divine being, which explains why, last night, Teresa kept shouting, "Oh my God."

THIS STUDENT RECEIVED THE ONLY "A".

For Doctor Who Fans Only

This it too good. This is for all the Doctor Who Loves who follow my blog (all one of you that I know of, oh and you're the person who shared it with me. My drug dealer, err, Doctor dealer.)

http://cakewrecks.blogspot.com/2008/11/face-time-on-cw.html

Morning Workouts

This morning I managed to get up and drag myself to the gym at 6 a.m. for a workout. It was a great reminder of why I used to be diligent about morning workouts a few years ago- I love them!

I just this week joined LA Fitness and I am committing myself to working out 3 mornings a week. I used to be able to do it, there is no reason I can't again get into the habit and lose that "office treats weight" I've gained (i.e. the Butterfingers I blogged about yesterday.)

Mmmmmm... Butterfinger

I wish I could remember the old tagline for Butterfinger candies. I remember there were some classic Butterfinger commercials featuring Bart Simpson. This Halloween season, Butterfingers have been my candy of choice. Probably because one of my colleagues who "manages" the candy dish keeps giving me the all the Butterfingers (and admittedly because I whined when they were out.) Crispy, crunchety, peanut buttery... wasn't it something like that?

Yum.

Happy Election Day!

Now, Go Vote!

Lunch Menu

I know I've commented on the lunch menu at work before, but it never ceases to be interesting. Today the web version of the menu for the week was missing first letters from the menu items names. I ate an "aco Salad" today and tomorrow promises the ever appetizing "ratwurst" for lunch.