madame scientist's not-so-mad musings

Does Neurobiology trump Theoretical Physics? I suspect the mathematicians have the last laugh.

A biologist, a physicist, and a mathematician are sitting in an outdoor cafe. They watch two people go into a building across the street. Shortly thereafter, three people come out.

“Hmm,” says the biologist. “It looks like they reproduced.”

“Nah,” says the physicist. “There was obviously error in our initial measurement.” The mathematician looks up from his coffee. “Who cares? If another person goes in, it’ll be empty.”

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He Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven William Butler Yeats (1865-1939).

Irish poet and playwright, senator, mystic and Nobel Laureate. Here is my favorite Yeats poem paired with this post from Earth .

Had I the heaven’s embroidered cloths,

Enwrought with golden and silver light,

The blue and the dim and the dark cloths

Of night and light and the half-light,

I would spread the cloths under your feet:

But I, being poor, have only my dreams;

I have spread my dreams under your feet;

Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.

Let the Turkey Trot: Stuffed, Spiced Whole Cauliflower

“I can’t run in the Turkey Trot”, my 7 year old daughter looked up at me, anxiety writ all over her chubby face. She was referring to the annual Thanksgiving race, when hundreds of children were released from elementary school to run around the field and loop through the nearby woods.“Why ever not?” “The winner takes home a turkey. But we’re vegetarians!”

I looked down at her stubby legs, encased in the impossibly cheery stripes of Hanna Andersson leggings. For the first (possibly the last) time, I was less than brutally honest about my children’s abilities, or lack thereof. Hiding a smile, I assured her that if she won, we would donate the turkey to the local Food Pantry so the poor would not go hungry. She was so relieved that I resolved to make as grand a stuffed non-turkey as I could. Since that Thanksgiving, many years ago, I’ve perfected the stuffed cauliflower, based loosely on Julie Sahni’s recipe from Classic Indian Vegetarian and Grain Cooking.

More: https://madamescientist.wordpress.com/2011/12/31/let-the-turkey-trot-stuffed-spiced-whole-cauliflower/

To all G+ foodies, especially Shinae Nae , who posts step by step images of the most delicious culinary creations.

#food #vegetarian #vegan #Indian food

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