Thursday, March 16, 2006

Am I paranoid or what?

I read this on CNN, just the headline and I was like "oh my god they found DNA or something in a milky way", thinking candy bar not outer space........
I am so ready for Birdy Flu (as I affectionately call it), that i am hoping for all sorts of contamination scenarios. I'm not yet overly concerned with Mad Cow but I can tell you that i don't believe that it didn't make it into the food supply........that will be my next paranoia.


http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/space/03/16/helix.picture.reut/index.html

Monday, March 13, 2006

Whatever happened to the Kmart I hated.........

As a kid, as childish as it may be, I was so embarassed to be seen in a Kmart i would sit out in the car for hours.........in the winter, with the heat off...........in fact, sometimes I would even duck down in the seat because I didn't want people to see me there.......I remember seeing a few kids from school in the kmart.........why did I care? I guess because kids were always making fun of people that went to kmart.........but the truth is we all shopped there.
I still think it tends to be a place for sad people...........not sure why. The clothes are certainlt better than before right? We never went there for clothes but I always mosey over for a looksee.....and it was always crappy.
I don't mean the dickies and flannels either.

Anyway, this is a Kmart I'd be proud of to go into with my head held high!
Too bad this stuff is usually online only not in the store..........I am sure I could get this for 75% because what person that shops at the Big K is buying this coffee pot?

http://www.kmart.com/catalog/product.jsp?productId=136732&Ne=471&N=472&Nty=1&categoryId=472&pCategoryId=471&gpCategoryId=466&nomerch=1

I want this.....

Years ago there was an exhibit at the Franklin Institute of Science here in Philadelphia about germs and smells and gross body functions........needless to say I really wanted to go and then I forgot about it and it was too late. Typical.
I would like to have this kit. Actually I wish I had a son or nephew or tomboy niece to get this for! What if someone made something deadly? That would be a good courtTV trial to follow!

We could have hours of fun...........
Need a proper recipe for ecoli.

http://www.discoverthis.com/disgusting-science.html

Can someone explain this to me?

I'm so tempted to buy this...........the other sea monkey kit has something called "instant eggs"......
Can I watch it swim? What do they look like? It sounds to me like they are going to look like little specks of stuff........they are attracted to light apparently.........do they look like anything???

http://www.discoverthis.com/sea-monkey-locket.html

I think they are gross.........can't I get the same thing by leaving some water in a glass for days and days............they need a less cute name............

http://andy.w2s.co.uk/sea_monkey/Resize%20of%20P1010018.JPG