The IAT - Test your bias

I found an article about at test that tests internal bias...if you feel stronger about something more than others, on slate.com (http://www.slate.com/id/2134921/?nav=tap3). My test was on McDonalds v Burger King...i don't like or care about the subject...and my result was:

Your data suggest a slight automatic preference for McDonald's compared to Burger King.

If your score was described as 'inconclusive,' then your performance was not within the range to provide an interpretable result. Most inconclusive results are due to a high number of errant responses.

Interesting study...I'll probably take it again...hopefully it will be on another topic.

Guard ya grill

http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=1553878

OH NO! The FIGHT'S OUT
I'ma bout to punch yo... LIGHTS OUT
Get the FUCK back, guard ya grill
There's somethin wrong, we can't stay still


Move Bitch by Ludacris

Cute

When I walked into Patient #2's room, I heard his parents, in their native tongue, guess what nationally I am..."Chinese?...Malaysian?."  Funny.  Good kid.  He got up around 2am and realized he hadn't brushed his teeth or washed his face...so he took care of business.

bugaboo

Number of Bugaboo strollers seen this afternoon: 4
'spensive

Hey Yogis

Brodie Bruce...Banky...Earl

Phoenix, the 31-year-old star of the Johnny Cash biopic "Walk the Line," was driving eastbound above Sunset Strip about 2:50 p.m. when he realized his brakes were not working, said Officer Jason Lee, a police spokesman.

Got is from the Chicago Trib...had to look twice at the name "Jason Lee" ...probably not the skateborder/actor.

Reading

I watched Syriana a few weeks ago in Wayne, PA. Liked it but I wanted more. And I'm getting more by reading a book called The Saudis: Inside the Desert Kingdom, by Sandra Mackey. Very interesting to read about Saudi Arabia, considered to be ground zero for Islam, from a woman's perspective, how oil and money changed life there (and how they tried to prevent modernization from affecting their way of life - Islam as not a religion but a lifestyle).

My mom has clients who live on the ARAMCO compound and work there as a nurse (wife) and an engineer (husband)....such a typical Filipino combination, sigh....Well, when they visit their house in Houston, they go crazy with the bacon, since pork isn't allowed in S.A.

I wonder if Kevin Bacon is not welcomed in S.A.?


Hey butterfly in the sky....you don't have to take my word on it.

Mountain Love

An email from a friend (BAM)...

Coffee

Love Dunkin Donuts coffee...better than Starbucks (less harsh). Still wouldn't get me to fly JetBlue. United tried this with Sbux coffee...don't know if they still do so.

Time to pack up the halter-scrub top

I can see a bunch of MD's buying a car with the patella they sold on line.

Last week, William Shatner sold his kidney stone to the Web site GoldenPalace.com for $25,000. Shatner, who donated the proceeds to charity, convinced his doctors to give him the stone, which was taken out last autumn. Do all patients have the opportunity to keep their excised body parts?

Generally, yes. Many hospitals are willing to return everything from tonsils to kneecaps. After a pathologist examines the removed parts and takes whatever samples are necessary for hospital records, the patients can often walk away with the rest.

The Dram Shop

There's a hidden bar on Broadway that sandwiched between Stella's Diner and a taqueria. Outside, you can find a large dog bowl filled with ice water, in the warmer months, and year round, you can see a statue of an elderly woman at the door. Total hole. Smells like old cigars and broken dreams.

Anyway, it's a great place to go when you're just off the night shift. Bar opens at 7:00AM. Six of us were there by 8AM. A 72 year old man and his toothless girlfriend run the place. The girlfriend seriously got a little sad when she was in a picture taking a shot with the Birthday Gil/Nurse...due to not having her teeth in. When the bartender was nice enough to buy us a drink, his girlfriend asked if i wanted another "Malibu and Vodka." I really had a Malibu and OJ...So she gave me one of those...

This is THE place for strong drinks. No kidding.

On the cheesy wall is a framed photo montage of nurses from our floor in the past. Our faces could be the newest thing in the building.

Coupling

I've never laughed to hard watching TV. Why can't American TV be this good? Oh wait, you have to pay for HBO. And better yet, the BBC channel.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/coupling/

You’ve never understood about bottoms, Jane. Having a bottom is like living with the enemy. Not only do they spend their lives slowly inflating, they flirt with men while we’re looking the other way.

- Her Best Friend’s Bottom

Best episode of Season 2: The Melty Man
http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/coupling/episodes/s2ep4.shtml

Bollucks, I will just have to enjoy the Coupling DVD.

Perfect for Springer

Mom ditches kids to watch Springer

LTDGOVT

The picture is sorta bad...what you can't see is this is a DC license plate. This was his (Mr. AmityvilleHorror, for this blog) second choice...his "9INCH" vanity plate name wasn't approved. WHat at LTDGOVT.

Paoli, PA

There's a seat for Greg, Marcia, Jan, Peter, Cindy, and Bobby...pre-Cousin Oliver. 

I wish I could quit you

For you Project Runway fans...

Like I Said...

Sunoco is the "Official Fuel of NASCAR"

Vrooooom!


This was taken in Bryn Mar, PA 

Hotmail is dead to me

Ever since I got my gmail address, I've sporadically used and even checked my Hotmail email account.  Well, it's dead to me now.  I lost ALLLLL those emails.  I feel like I have no past.  That was my transition to adulthood email account...from college to my first, now defunct career or prison sentence behind a computer.  I'm sad...well, not really.

Peas,
sweetyellowcorn

Mac and Cheese...Crust or no crust

I saw the Crusty Mac and Cheese recipe in the NYT, copied and saved it.  See below.  Kept seeing it on the Most Emailed article list.  Guess Slate.com saw it too

http://www.slate.com/id/2134290/?nav=tap3.

Doubt I'll make it.  There's a place in Chicago called HUE (Hilary's Urban Eatery) that has the MOST decadent mac and cheese.  So good.  Even if I'm not a regular eater of this stuff...My first experience with mac and cheese was 2 yrs after college when I was hanging out with Tollwaywarrior.  We threw in a frozen pack of spinach with the Kraft mac and cheese...otherwise I wouldn't touch the dish.  Not bad tasting but not a good thing to eat on a regular basis.

Recipe: Crusty Macaroni and Cheese

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Published: January 4, 2006

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3 tablespoons butter
12 ounces extra-sharp cheddar cheese, coarsely grated
12 ounces American cheese or cheddar cheese, coarsely grated
1 pound elbow pasta, boiled in salted water until just tender, drained, and rinsed under cold water
1/8 teaspoon cayenne (optional)
Salt
2/3 cup whole milk.

1. Heat oven to 375 degrees. Use one tablespoon butter to thickly grease a 9-by-13-inch baking dish. Combine grated cheeses and set aside two heaping cups for topping.

2. In a large bowl, toss together the pasta, cheeses, cayenne (if using) and salt to taste. Place in prepared pan and evenly pour milk over surface. Sprinkle reserved cheese on top, dot with remaining butter and bake, uncovered, 45 minutes. Raise heat to 400 degrees and bake 15 to 20 minutes more, until crusty on top and bottom.

Yield: 8 to 12 servings.

nil per os

NPO (Latin for nil per os, nothing per mouth)

El Arroyo's on 5th

Signs are better than their food.

Gag Em Aggies...Just Kidding.

The official gas of NASCAR is Sunoco.
I'm in the Philly suburbs this week.
Lots of "horsey girls."
Makes me want riding boots from JCrew.

I yelled at the little Asian lady next to me on the plane yesterday.
She unbuckled her belt the second we landed. 
I just woke up from a very deep sleep.
She annoyed me pre-flight with her pacing by the gate and her Chinese language version of "The Purpose Driven Life."
After I corrected her, she said something I couldn't understand.
Then I wave my hands to tell her to forget what I said.
In any case, she put her belt back on.
This brought me back to a flight from the US to Norita Airport in Tokyo enroute to Manila...The flight attendants were getting pissed at the Japanese passengers for not sitting down or trying to light up a cigarette.

Mo Town Philly

The official gas of NASCAR is Sunoco.
I'm in the Philly suburbs this week.
Lots of "horsey girls."
Makes me want riding boots from JCrew.

I yelled at the little Asian lady next to me on the plane yesterday.
She unbuckled her belt the second we landed.
I just woke up from a very deep sleep.
She annoyed me pre-flight with her pacing by the gate and her Chinese language version of "The Purpose Driven Life."
After I corrected her, she said something I couldn't understand.
Then I wave my hands to tell her to forget what I said.
In any case, she put her belt back on.
This brought me back to a flight from the US to Norita Airport in Tokyo enroute to Manila...The flight attendants were getting pissed at the Japanese passengers for not sitting down or trying to light up a cigarette.

Mo Town Philly

The official gas of NASCAR is Sunoco.
I'm in the Philly suburbs this week.
Lots of "horsey girls."
Makes me want riding boots from JCrew.

I yelled at the little Asian lady next to me on the plane yesterday.
She unbuckled her belt the second we landed.
I just woke up from a very deep sleep.
She annoyed me pre-flight with her pacing by the gate and her Chinese language version of "The Purpose Driven Life."
After I corrected her, she said something I couldn't understand.
Then I wave my hands to tell her to forget what I said.
In any case, she put her belt back on.
This brought me back to a flight from the US to Norita Airport in Tokyo enroute to Manila...The flight attendants were getting pissed at the Japanese passengers for not sitting down or trying to light up a cigarette.

First day on my own

First day off nursing orientation.

Scary but everything is cool so far...knock on wood.

I'm actually sitting...AND eating something for lunch.

 

In other news, there's a fabric chair at the nurse's station that everyone avoids.

Apparently, the only person who sits on it stinks.

So this person's smell haunts those who sit in it.

 

Dude, my blog was on MSNBC.com

1. I hate Rachael Ray

   In sweetyellowcorn...great grilled, popped, and tasty off the cob Sep 07, 2005 3:03 pm

   ... help but be a total bitch and point out how much she: claps her hands shrugs her shoulders giggles I'm sure more females are annoyed by her than males. She's too perky! I bet if I bitch-slapped her she would still giggle. Read this on MSNBC www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9189565/site/newsweek/ RR Drinking Game: http://www.slobak.com/rachaelray.html Here's a blog dedicated to pointing out how much she SUCKS! You even have to be a member of the community to post comments. www.livejournal.com/community/rachael_ray_sux/ ...

Words from work

DOn't smoke weed if you're pregnant.

You will get a cute screaming demon after 9 months.

http://www.utexas.edu/spotlight/2006/tower0104.html

I love being a Longhorn in Chicago.
But I do miss being in a sea of orange.
If you're even on thefacebook.com, there's a group called "I Bleed Orange...Once a Month"

trophy houses, starter castles, and McMansion

Funny article, critical of architecture that tries to fool the senses.  Slideshow fun.

McMansions often look ostentatious because they're trying too hard.

shit, i'm at work

HOLY SHIT!

We won!

Hook em