Not your typical sundae experience

Normally when I'm in St. Paul for various reasons and things (oh the joys of CBS being split amongst mpls and stp) I like to stop into the Saint Paul Student Center for delicious ice cream. I dont know if you know, but its made fresh by the food science majors and it is pretty much the most fantastic ice cream i have ever had (and i eat ice cream at every meal, for the record). it's also a pretty good value as well!

and get this, the spoons are made from corn! go green minnesota! the spoons are not your typical smooth feeling plastic spoons but provide an interesting sensation (yes they are tasteless). I didnt like them at first but i think its actually added to the experience.

no matter how crappy i am feeling, this ice cream ALWAYS cheers me up. so you should go get some!

I reccommend gopher gold and black raspberry burst. mmmmmmmmm.

-S

T or B

Today I was quite perplexed as I had the choice of using the word "motile" or "mobile." In essence I thought they meant the same thing and to a degree that is true. Here is what m-w.com had to say:

mobile-
capable of moving or being moved

motile-
exhibiting or capable of movement


so it sounds like one can be both motile and mobile if you can move on your own but only mobile if you can move, but with assistance

i'm still slightly confused.

-S

What's your favorite color?

There has been a lot of discussion lately regarding the new I-35W bridge. No one really seems to know what governs the color of the bridge lights at night. For the majority of winter, the lights were blue. But some people have also seen red, white, and green. Looking online I was not able to actually find an answer and I was not satifisied with the "it depends on the outside temperature" explanation.

So I took the my digging to the next level and emailed the director of communications for MnDot. Here was his response:

"Sam,

In all honesty, it is somewhat arbitrary.

We haven't established a protocol for determining color. We used the blue for awhile. We attempted the green prior to St. Pat's day, but couldn't make it work. It has been green since, I think.

We will use some other colors in the future. I expect that we will develop a policy regarding the use of color."


Answer solved.

-S

Pon and Zi

I love the Pon and Zi cartoons. I always seem to stumble across them when I need them most. Here are my favorites:

-S

Memoirs of a...

Look for the first volume of my dating memoirs on the shelves sometime around 2020. They keep getting more and more absurd.

-M

Bonjour

Frenchmen are raunchy.