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Oct. 29th, 2004 07:15 pmI don't have a whole lot to say. Friday night? Check. Red wine? Check. Pink Floyd? Check.
Hey, we had a kegger at work for the first time in 26 years of living memory. I went merely to see who would actually show up on a Friday at 4:30, and ended up in a political discussion wherein we all assumed we were on the same page. Government employees? A hotbed of Democratic sympathizers....If you're not, what the hell are you doing working here?
I've already voted. Our state/county/region has made absentee balloting the way to go. I spread out the news sections, the obligatory position papers, and knocked off my civic duty on my lunch hour. One little stamp later, it's done and dusted. Go Colorado!
Tonight's Mini-rant: so what's the deal with blood tasting like copper, huh? I mean, come on! We're not Vulcans, for crying out loud. Blood is laced with iron, for those of you unaware of your periodic table. Hemo = iron. Not copper. But I suppose you think the coppery taste of blood sounds more poetic than the ferrous taste of blood. Get over it.
[ETA: I had to look it up after I professed this, and yes: whole blood contains about 500 times more iron than copper (by weight) This seems to be exclusive of the iron bound in hemoglobin. Blood has as much lead and tin (the tinny taste of blood...) as copper; it has more magnesium and zinc, and its sulphur content is 10,000 times that of copper (his blood tasted of the pit-fires of hell...) See how much you learn on LJ! < /science lesson > ]
Next week's rant: you kiss me hard enough to make me bleed, I'm gonna smack you into next Tuesday! Kwitcher biting.
An ATBT sequel cookie. Some of you - um, two of you - are avoiding spoilers for this, but for the rest of you:
Cookie for Delicate Sound of Thunder (the title du jour)
( ATBT sequel cookie )
Hey, we had a kegger at work for the first time in 26 years of living memory. I went merely to see who would actually show up on a Friday at 4:30, and ended up in a political discussion wherein we all assumed we were on the same page. Government employees? A hotbed of Democratic sympathizers....If you're not, what the hell are you doing working here?
I've already voted. Our state/county/region has made absentee balloting the way to go. I spread out the news sections, the obligatory position papers, and knocked off my civic duty on my lunch hour. One little stamp later, it's done and dusted. Go Colorado!
Tonight's Mini-rant: so what's the deal with blood tasting like copper, huh? I mean, come on! We're not Vulcans, for crying out loud. Blood is laced with iron, for those of you unaware of your periodic table. Hemo = iron. Not copper. But I suppose you think the coppery taste of blood sounds more poetic than the ferrous taste of blood. Get over it.
[ETA: I had to look it up after I professed this, and yes: whole blood contains about 500 times more iron than copper (by weight) This seems to be exclusive of the iron bound in hemoglobin. Blood has as much lead and tin (the tinny taste of blood...) as copper; it has more magnesium and zinc, and its sulphur content is 10,000 times that of copper (his blood tasted of the pit-fires of hell...) See how much you learn on LJ! < /science lesson > ]
Next week's rant: you kiss me hard enough to make me bleed, I'm gonna smack you into next Tuesday! Kwitcher biting.
An ATBT sequel cookie. Some of you - um, two of you - are avoiding spoilers for this, but for the rest of you:
Cookie for Delicate Sound of Thunder (the title du jour)
( ATBT sequel cookie )
