Tag… You’re It! 25 Things About Me

Posted by limpetfan | Posted in lists | Posted on 28-01-2009-05-2008

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I have been tagged a bunch of times for this Facebook thing now, so I figured I should just suck it up…

Here are the rules: you write a note with 25 random things, facts, ,habits, etc. about yourself. Then choose your closest friends to be tagged, including the person who tagged you.

25 Things About ME!

  1. I am incredibly afraid of birds. Ironically, my only tattoo is OF a bird.
  2. I am a perfectionist, and as such, my own harshest critic.
  3. I have written one complete novel (chick lit) and one half-complete novel (science fiction).
  4. I own a 5-inch Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope and spend a lot of time cursing the weather for interfering with my telescope usage.
  5. I am learning to knit.
  6. There are *some* people who say I am a control freak. They are probably right.
  7. I often question the decisions I have made about my career.
  8. I won’t buy or wear underwear unless it is from Victoria’s Secret.
  9. I feel really bad for Brain. That darn Pinky needs to stop preventing him from taking over the world.
  10. I think poo is hilarious.
  11. I make lists for everything.
  12. I’m a compulsive book-buyer. I have 15 books on my nightstand that I have not read yet, but I will continue to buy more.
  13. My family and a select handful of friends mean more to me that anything.
  14. I can watch season 3 of Alias over and over again and not get bored.
  15. I make awesome cupcakes.
  16. It takes me a very long time to trust people.
  17. BonJovi rules.
  18. Many people are either “scared” of me or think I am a bitch until they get to know me.
  19. I am addicted to Cafe Mistos at Starbucks.
  20. It pisses me off when I hear a person argue that life can’t possibly exist elsewhere in the universe.
  21. I do not understand a damn thing about art.
  22. I think it’s perfectly within reason to pay $100 or more for dinner if the food is high-quality.
  23. I would travel into space if given the opportunity.
  24. The only TV I watch regularly is the Food Network and the show The Universe on The History Channel.
  25. One of the best moments in my life was stepping off the plane and onto the ground in Tahiti.

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Mercury and Zombies

Posted by limpetfan | Posted in Crazy Stuff, imaginary scenarios | Posted on 12-01-2009-05-2008

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Zombies just want to eat brains.

Everyone knows this about zombies. However, I could not figure out why zombies and their brain-eating habits were applicable to my hometown of Danbury, CT… until today.

I was perusing one of my high school friends’ Facebook pages and stumbled upon a comment alluding to the possibility of a zombie invasion in Danbury due to mercury poisoning. To be honest, I had no idea what the guy was talking about, and I failed to see a link between zombies, mercury, and Danbury. They just didn’t seem to go together.

Too bad I was wrong.

You see, for many years Danbury was a hat-making haven. The hats coming out of Danbury were so good the King of England banned hat export to Britain from the American colonies. During the Revolution, Danbury was targeted by British troops and burned. The hat trade survived the Revolution, though, and continued to fluorish until sometime in the 1940s when hat-making procedures changed, partially because of legislation, and fashion phased the hat out. Why would something as mundane as hat-making be subject to legislative change? you may be asking.
It was because of mercury.
Mercury was an essential ingredient in the hat-making process. Lifelong hatmakers often died of mercury poisoning as a result, others went mad (ever wonder where the phrase mad hatter really came from??). Mercury has some nasty-bad neurological effects, and the history of hat-making and mercury are discussed in a bit more detail in this article.

Suffice it to say, Danbury has some mercury pollution issues. I was unaware of this up until now. But it’s no wonder people who are less ignorant than myself would debate the likelihood of a zombie invasion on the basis of mercury-addled brains.

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