AIMful conversation

Quoth kd5mdk:



Wherupon I, in response:

Skud is catching up on business correspondance

skud: I have a glass of bourbon which is nearly empty, and a google doc in which I am writing myself a recommendation letter.
commodorified: Don't forget to remove any sentences containing the words Acquitted, Squids, or Frottage
skud: already removed them.

Which reminded me that, as I am somewhat ill and in need of amusement, it's time for word games, specifically for a round of:

Action Verbs To Avoid When Writing Your CV

I'll start:

Defenestrate
Abscond
Strafe

Of Dubious Utility At Best

I am, in general, firmly with oursin wrt guilty secrets.

OTOH, I am not sure what else to call the fact that sometimes after midnight when I am ripped on cold meds and yet cannot sleep I sometimes spend a surreal, googleicious and youtubeish hour or so attempting in a lazy sort of way to figure out exactly what Bez actually does, and why.

And another thing

For the verb-impaired, in honour of this restaurant review

This round will be "Nouns Words which - rightly - give one pause when found on menus or in food writing."

From the review:

oozing
sinister
specimens
plausible

Carry on!

(This thread is not necessarily recommended for your lunch break.)

Just in time for the depths of cold and flu season

A Simple and Convenient Synthesis of Pseudoephedrine From
N-Methylamphetamine

O. Hai,*a and I. B. Hakkenshita,b

Received 12th December 2011, Accepted 21st January 2012
First published on the web 23rd February 2012
DOI: 1F.1BC9/b00000F00A

A novel and straightforward synthesis of pseudoephidrine from readily available N-methylamphetamine is presented. This practical synthesis is expected to be a disruptive technology replacing the need to find an open pharmacy.

Via nancylebov. PDF. I have not tried this. I do not intend to try this. I do not recommend that YOU try this. I am not encouraging you to associate with meth dealers or manufacture medications in your home and will not be held responsible for the outcome of either. Do not read while drinking due to risk of aspiration. Read with caution if afflicted with a nasty painful hacking cough that feels as if your chest were being ripped asunder by vicious starving mutant weasels and makes your headache even worse and ... um. Sorry. ANYWAY.

For the makeup-wearing persons on my friendslist

I am increasingly convinced that Sali Hughes is brilliant.

Yes, she's both conventional and prescriptive; this is what she gets paid for. I trust you all to take what's of use to you and modify it for your own purposes.