cellar door

In the bracing world of 'phonaesthetics' (a word that only exists in the bracing world of 'phonaesthetics') the phrase 'cellar door' is considered the most generally appealing in the English language.  The research that went into this was categorically the best use of money ever.  It's probably also the most useless piece of information that I (and now you) know.

Of course, this hasn't stopped people from turning it into a name (Selador or Sellador).  This means that Hermit Hortense now has a definite competitor on my list of beautiful names.

Unfortunately, 'cellar door' doesn't sound nearly as well in Macedonian.  I'm also betting it's not as alluring when Stephen Hawking says it either.

perplexing question

I just read an article about a woman who stored the placentas from two separate child births for a couple of years.  This, while in and of itself is 100% completely normal, caught the attention of the media because she eventually decided to dispose of them on Maori land and (quote) "the method of disposal was not in keeping with Maori cultural protocols and the area was a place that Maori were unlikely to use for this purpose".

 

So, the question is: if you were to eat the placentas on Maori land, would that still be considered 'not keeping with Maori cultural protocols' and are the Maori sitting on an undiscovered gold mine in the placenta disposal market?

 

Also, does anyone actually believe that I'm serious about anything placenta related not being utterly disgusting?

The world is ending

The world must be ending b/c I finally joined Facebook. Things can only go downhill from here.

break in

Somebody broke in to our apartment this afternoon.  I saw him when I came home for lunch and tried to chase him but he got away.  He stole an entire row of the brownies Melissa was saving.  So if she asks, that's what happened.

On a completely unrelated note, I should probably go out running more often.

Justin's Award

Congratulations to Justin - he was awarded the District Award of Merit for the Salt Lake Council area.

http://gslc-bsa.org/openrosters/ViewOrgPageLink.asp?LinkKey=28594&orgkey=1728

Since the Salt Lake Council doesn't exactly have a fantastic award site, here is some more info on it

http://usscouts.org/awards/distawardmerit.asp

Congratulations!