Hungry, Hungry Virus...Phew!!

A particularly voracious virus tried to eat my computer this weekend. I'm not sure if I should say "tried to" as the entire system had to be "nuked" as our wonderful and talented IT genius neighbor said.

Anyway, it has all been wiped out and reinstalled now. Thank goodness. And we managed to back up all the pictures and music to an external drive ahead of time, so we didn't lose anything of consequence. It took a lot of time and energy from our weekend, but now I'm just breathing one big sigh of relief! :)

Oh, Radio Gods

I was driving my car today, and I was eating a peanut butter sandwich. (I know, I really shouldn't eat and drive...) I don't like peanut butter sandwiches all that much to begin with. But, it just so happened that I didn't have anything else portable, and I wasn't in the mood to make egg salad. So I ended up with the peanut butter. Anyway, this peanut butter seemed particularly awful. I had to quit eating it about half way through the sandwich because it just tasted so terrible. And I began to wonder if peanut butter goes bad. I, for some reason, had the idea that peanut butter lasts pretty much indefinitely. Mine was old; I'm not exactly sure how old, but I don't think I've purchased peanut butter since living at my current condo. That makes it over a year old. As I continued to drive and ponder and listen to the radio, a little radio contest came on. The caller had to answer three questions. And guess what the final question was.

"How long does peanut butter keep after it has been opened?"

I just started laughing.

Unfortunately for me and the peanut butter, the answer was 2-3 months. Hopefully my stomach does not notice the half tablespoon of bad peanut butter that I ate.

My Namesake

We finally (in August) went to the Georgia Aquarium, where we visited my good friend Maris the beluge whale. Maris is the one in the middle in the picture of me and two whales.