Mike came up with a tasty combo this weekend: Silk Nog and Bailey’s Irish Cream. The best part is that if you squint when reading the labels you could consider it “good for you”. For those of you who are recipe-impaired, here’s a run-down:
8 oz. Silk Nog (the “‘snog’”:http://www.freesearch.co.uk/dictionary/snog, aka soy nog)
1 oz. Bailey’s Irish Cream (the “Irish”, aka “what we had in the cabinet”)
Blend until blended. Drink until -drunk- done.
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It’s nice to know that San Diego is becoming known for “something politically positive”:http://www.guardian.co.uk/uselections2004/comment/story/0,14259,1375959,00.html instead of “the usual”:http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/20041214-9999-7n14pension.html.
_Scientific proof that water once flowed on Mars has been “voted the breakthrough of the year”:http://news.independent.co.uk/world/science_technology/story.jsp?story=594065 according to journal Science._
Runners-up included _Homo floresiensis_, human embryo clones, and declining diversity. Yay, scientists!
Honda is working on the “next generation ASIMO humanoid robot”:http://www.japancorp.net/Article.asp?Art_ID=9021, and their early progress is pretty exciting. ASIMO can run (if only at 3kph), shake hands (thanks to new sensors), avoid obstacles, and cock its head as though to ask, “Why do I only have a 1-hour battery?”
The Honda ASIMO site has “video clips of the research model”:http://world.honda.com/HDTV/ASIMO/ — pretty impressive stuff.
Today’s the day to celebrate Debby, botanizer extraordinaire and frequent Global Spin contributor. And what better way to celebrate than with a “nice bottle of wine”:http://www.robertsinskey.com/? ;)
Happy Birthday!