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.

A response

150 pages of immunology have led me to make a response to Megan's post from a guy's perspective.

Winter date location: Sledding. The Depot is too expensive to spend hours skating around in a small circle on bad ice. Sledding provides numerous opportunities to cuddle up together and there is nothing more romantic than crashing and suddenly finding yourself landing on top of each other.

Summer date location: Canoeing. Row out to the middle of a lake, pull your paddles and just take a nap in the middle of the water.

Make-out music: If you're concentrating on the background music while you're making out, it's not good.

Cheap date: Taking a walk through any of the Minneapolis parks. Dont set an end goal, just walk and see where you end up

Best and worst television dating: A double shot of love with the ikki twins (yes!) and the bachelor, boo.

Get it out of the way: "Do you play softball?" The majority of guys will understand what this means.

Questions, comments, concerns? Let us know.

-S

Let's date

A long and lyrical Cultural Studies and Comparative Literature paper has kidnapped every appositive and participial phrase out of me. Instead, here is a bulleted best of the best, dating-style.

Winter date location: The Depot
Summer date location: Take your pick of any grassy area, any blanket and any finger foods. My favorite? The grassy knoll behind Minnehaha Falls.
Make-out music: I'm partial to Cloud Cult right now (see previous post), but just no Phish. Please. I become high through iTunes osmosis and it's not pretty.
Cheap date: Maybe it's because I'm a tour guide and have said this joke to hundreds of prospective students (I wonder how many current freshman would recognize me...), but I will stargaze at Tate before I graduate.
Best and worst television dating: Millionaire Matchmaker and Millionaire Matchmaker respectively.
Get it out of the way: "Are you a musician?" Run, ladies, run! Musician are bad news bears, in the sexiest and egotistical and most tempting of ways. I would know.

Questions, comments, concerns? Let us know.

-M