August 12, 2005

• Alrighty so first things first. I got my first player for the google game. 2points to tantrumthrown
  for getting that ball rolling. Tantrum certainly wasn’t going to make
  it easy on me though, using the words “natch” and seersucker

  First I had to look up seersucker, because i did not know what it meant
  and thought it was something dirty. Turns out a seersucker is A light
  thin fabric, generally cotton or rayon, with a crinkled surface and a
  usually striped pattern

  Etymology (thanks, Bartleby.com!): Hindi srsakar, from Persian shroshakar : shr, milk (from Middle Persian) + o, and (from Middle Persian u, from Old Persian ut) + shakar, sugar (from Sanskrit arkar, from the resemblance of its smooth and rough stripes to the smooth surface of milk and bumpy texture of sugar)

  Now natch is one of my favorite words and an abbreviation for the word naturally.

  All that however is tangential. When the two are googled together, what
  mainly comes up is a bunch of technical websites and fashion sites. Not
  very interesting. However, i am a persistent googler and eventually i
  discovered that both Natch and Seersucker are the names of Characters in the book “If I Ran The Zoo” published circa 1950 by who other than my hero Dr. Seuss

  And now we have tied the whole thing back to medicine I also have a
  sneaking suspicion that Tantrum may have known this when sending me the
  words…

  In the News:

  Believe
  it or not, it’s perfectly legal for police to rummage through your
  garbage for incriminating stuff on you-even if they dont have a warrant
  or court approval. Scary thought isn’t it…what do YOU throw away each
  day? This ruling was made in Montana and the Judge who gave it did so
  because it was in accordance with the letter of the law, but click here
  for his full statement on why he feels 1984 has arrived.

  No wonder oscar was so upset…the po-po could raid his house anytime
  they wanted! Homeboy could never keep his meth lab and porn collection
  under wraps

  And in a beautiful segue on muppets and crime, i was watching a
  Mcdonalds commercial the other day, and dude…whatever happened to
  Hamburglar! and grimace and birdie and the mcnuggets? I liked those
  guys a lot better than this whole hip-hop we are down with today’s kids
  music video thing they have going.

  Which got me thinking about the Hamburglar. why would he wear the
  horizontal black and white stripes . I mean yes okay, it obviously was
  supposed to signify a prison uniform, but did that mean The Hamburglar
  got caught so often that he didnt bother to change out of the striped
  jumpsuit anymore? If so, he is a pretty crummy hamburglrar. And why
  call yourself that if you wanted to stay at large? You wouldn’t call
  yourself The Carjacker or The Embezzeler, would you?
  
  Fooooooooood!

  Started up the dinner groups again yesterday, where a bunch of us med
  students all go to each others apartments and cook dinner for each
  other once a week. Pics posted tomorrow or the next day. I just took
  the easy route and made some falafel and hummus, but if you would like
  the recipe, comment, and i will post it in the reviews section

  Alright, I will make myself stop here…still working on the next
  how-to guide. Comment away, as I continue to evolve into your one-stop
  entertainment shopping

  and dont forget to play the google game!

  -J

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