At least for noe the NY supreme court has legalized gay marriage . Mind you this is way after the chruchofjulie did.

Wow Maya 6.5 is way faster than Maya 6. I can't wait to get my copy this coming week. Without my kick I feel like I missed out on so much today. I went to say goodbye to (e:southernyankee) and then went shoe shopping for about an hour with (e:lilho) in celebration of tax free clothing week. It was exciting to get a nice pair of shoes for about $40.00. I still can't find a pair of sneakers I like. This problem is going on 4 years. I used to really love my sneakers. (e:lilho) got to eat her first banana split at Condrell's in Kenmore. We decided to eat it outside which turned out to be really cold and messy.

What is up with shoe sizes. Does anyone else understand what they really mean. Today I foudn that in Born brans I take an 11 1/2 while in New Balance I take a 12 and in Adidas I take a 13. Why can't shoe sizes be standardized like everything else. I jut don't get it.

My sidekick has been missing all day. I know I saw it in the house this morning. I can't imagin elife without it anymore. I don't know how all you people live without such a device. i feel stupid, slow, and disconnected.

Well you should be seeing a 3d mushroom with a texture loaded in from a separate site. If not you should see a link taking you to a page where you can get the plugin. Hopefully it works.

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Has anybody else wondered about the history of MSG. This is copied directly from here

Discovery of Glutamate
The first steps in the discovery of MSG took place at Tokyo Imperial University in 1907. Professor Kikunae Ikeda noted "There is a taste which is common to asparagus, tomatoes, cheese and meat, but which is not one of the four well-known tastes of sweet, sour, bitter and salty."

He started experimental work on Kombu Seaweed, another source in which he found the taste was present. He succeeded in extracting crystals of Glutamic Acid, 100 grams of Kombu Seaweed containing around 1 gram of Glutamate. He noted that the Glutamate had a distinctive taste, different from Sweet, Sour, Bitter and Salty, he gave this taste the name "umami".