You want to move Mars and Venus into Earth orbit?

If we can't afford indulgences, what then? Confess to Al Gore and hug 15 trees as penance?

Also a geek married to an MD. Guess I'm not as much an anomaly as I thought.

I cannot believe that that was an accidental phrasing...

Do you really think that's true?

I would pay an extra 5k to be able to basically ignore the speedbumps they put up incessantly around here.

Is there any evidence to support the assertion that the other scientists are interesting?

Yes I have. My wife tries to drive the car with me every time we go somewhere. She is entirely undaunted by the fact that it never really works very well.

Also, if they want segregation, just send the guys over to slashdot.

Even more alternatively:

Employee: Crap, I'm going to be over budget this year. I won't get my bonus. I know, I'll just pirate this expensive instead of paying for it. It's not like they ever audit licenses around here anyway. As long as everything works, the bosses are happy.

Boss: Sorry, you've been doing a great job, but we're downsizing you. Naturally we're doing this just before we have to pay bonuses.

Employee: Well, at least I can make a few bucks reporting these guys to the BSA. It's what they get for pirating software.

That's just the first part. Then they send it over to the CSI guys and say "enhance!"

All good propaganda starts out being perfectly plausible.

Damn you. Now I will not rest until I have figured out how to make a Möbius pancake.

Those studies were probably with cooked eggs. I would bet there is a noticeable difference when still raw (Not that I'm willing to conduct the experiment :). Sort of like the difference between real and artificial vanilla. There is a big difference if you take a straight spoonful, but it disappears one you put it in a cooked dish.