ectopic, adjective: in an abnormal place or position.

Not until today, when I read the phrase "ectopic chromatic sites", did I realize I need to see/hear the adjective ectopic associated with more than just pregnancy. USE IT IN A SENTENCE FOR ME.

Other miscellaneous facts of the now: I have four different kinds of hippy chapstick in my backpack.

The news story that made my day (and this one with a picture) -- doodles found on Tony Blair's desk were analyzed by psychologists and handwriting experts only to turn out to belong to Bill Gates. Best quote:

We look forward with amusement to explanations by a variety of psychologists and graphologists of how various characteristics ascribed to ( Read more... )

New fertility option: graft your balls onto nekkid mice!

I feel so sorry for the poor little nudie mice.

MIT kicks ass. Maybe Foster is right and I'm capable of going there? 'Cause that is so doggone cool.

The quiz that recently messed up peoples' pages also begged for an interesting experiment -- what if a person was to take ALL the Zodiac quizzes they had?

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Evidently baby food is a cheap, contained and nourishing substance for homebrew microbiology experiments.

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Turns out there is one, and it is not seeing ghosts. It's called proprioception!

This brought to you courtesy of the Google search "man touch".

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