LITTLE TERROR icon, and Earth Day quizzes

I found a new Matthew Good icon (Little Terror) courtesy of the Crazy Exes community:




High-scoring words of the night:

CALZONES (226 points) - against Kathy H. [three 2W] {a good deficit-erasing word!}
BOOT (133 points; 4W, 3W, hook off EACH to make TEACH), TYPING (262 points; 3W, 4W, hook off SEX to make SEXY) - against Vanessa S.
VAULTIER (167 points; two 3W; a good deficit-erasing word!), LEARNER (147 points; 5W, 2W; a good deficit-erasing word!) - against Itamar R.
PAJAMA (340 points) - against Anthony G. [5W, two 2W]
FLAGS (144 points) - against Ursula P. [two 4W]


Great. I just started bleeding from the fingernail area again, like I noticed on Saturday right after Awana. Yikes... yay for bandages on fingers? Just found that there is a post office at Oakridge (downstairs Bay at TicketMaster), so I might as well mail Milo / Lindt bunnies / Toblerone / blank card to Corey before my dentist appointment... or afterwards, depending. Also need to buy notepads and maybe other stuff for Hannah W. at Safeway / the bookstore, so we'll see.

Leslie's just got their Earth Name. I just got my Earth Name. It's Dahlia Breeze.

Leslie just took the How Green Are You Quiz and is Quite Green. I am Quite Green. You are quite green. Well done for helping to do your part to make the planet a better place for all of our children. Make sure you share your knowledge of how to be green with your friends.

Poo nugget for Thursday, Apr. 23: Doo You Know? - Why Are The Bathrooms Always Full After Lunch? - The need to make a bowel movement after eating a meal - a "postprandial" poo - is dictated by the gastrocolic reflex. When the stomach is distended (as occurs after eating a meal), a reflex is triggered causing activation of the intestines. As the intestines contract, stool is propelled along until it gets to the rectum. The rectum then fills up with stool, signalling our brains to quickly find the closest loo so we can evacuate the stored contents. Need proof of this biologic truth? Check out the bathroom stalls at work about half an hour after lunch.