Nedroid (because I'm lazy and it made me laugh)

The blog is still here, friends, but my time to attend to it is not.  In the meantime, enjoy this wonderful comic.

As always, a billion thanks to Nedroid for making my night last night.

Happy Sunday

Happy Sunday, friends.  It's been a good day--church, 3 hour nap, and a yummy dinner with friends (more to come on that).  I leave you with this as I go to bed and get ready for another exam week.  It more or less approximates what I looked like when I started dating Jess.

H/t derp.com

Inception picture

So this picture has been making me laugh a lot, both today and a few weeks ago when I first saw it.  Please enjoy.  FYI, it actually doesn't have anything to do with Inception, but the screen captures are from the movie.

Excellent moment in testimony meeting

One of the guys who shared his testimony today said something very clever.  He likened medical school to the mortal portion of the plan of salvation:

"We come to Earth, receive a body, and get tested.  We come to medical school, receive a body, and get tested."

I let out what was probably the loudest laugh that I've ever produced in a chapel, and apparently (Jess said) about half the congregation turned to look.  I hadn't noticed, because I was too busy being entertained.  An excellent Sunday today.  I only wish I had been clever enough to think of it first.

Costco Trips

I love Costco--they have great stuff in bulk for cheap.  They give food samples.  They have a tasty food court.  And where else can you buy a package of toilet paper that weighs more than you do?

We went there on Friday for date night (how romantic!) and picked up all of those aforementioned things.  We got a delicious pizza for ten bucks that's much bigger and much tastier than the Hot and Readys at Little Caesar's.  We also got a yummy tub of cookie dough, ostensibly for baking, but really just for snacking on out of the fridge (yum).

So here's two more things about Costco that I wanted to share with you.

1. Costco milk in Ohio comes in a different shaped jug.  Totally weirded me out the first time I saw it.  But hey, they're stackable!

H/t The Brown's Sanitarium

2. "Pat".  At our local Costco gas station, there is one attendant that we have seen every. single. time. we've filled up.  Like the SNL character, "Pat" (not the real name, so as to protect the innocent and ambiguous) is of indeterminate gender.  Pat's name is one that is usually a female name, but spelling would allow it to be a male's name, too.  Pat's build is completely ambiguous, but skinnily so rather than SNL's fatty.  Hair? Ponytail.  Voice?  Sounds like Shawn from the early seasons of Boy Meets World.  Most of this wouldn't bother me so much if Pat weren't so chatty.  At least half of my visits to the pump consist of awkwardly conversing with a person that wants to come across as a woman, but all of my senses are screaming to me is a man.  And the pump just doesn't seem to pump fast enough.

I love Nedroid

Thanks Nedroid!

Picture post

Well, it's been a crazy day.  My brain feels like this cat's face looks.  And picture makes me laugh.  Enjoy

Parasitology Flashback

During my undergrad, I took a course in parasitology, or the study of parasites.  While this class didn't provide me with a lot of information I can use (outside of cool small talk, unless I visit third world countries), it was hands down one of the most interesting classes I have ever taken.  One of the creepy critters we learned about was called Dicrocoelium dentriticum, and it has one of the craziest life-cycles of any organism ever.  The comedic genius at The Oatmeal has illustrated said life-cycle.  Please enjoy.

And that pretty much sums up one of the coolest pieces of knowledge in my head.  Special thanks to The Oatmeal for helping spread (hehe) something so crazy awesome.  Well played, Captain, indeed.

Brilliant idea

Saw this a while ago online.  It's fake food that looks like it has spilled.  Perfect for saving your seat!  Where would you use yours?

h/t to Gizmodo and Jeremy's Place

For Bob

As a little bit of background, a good friend of mine for a long time had misinterpreted the phrase "Pulitzer Prize" as "Pulit Surprise."  While both sound enormously exciting, I let forth a significant giggle when I heard the second one.  So when I saw this illustration on a website that I follow, I immediately thought of Bob.  The elephant's name can only be Pulit.

Another Nedroid!

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