The hubby's birthday...and a bit of academia...

Today my hubby turned 32. We didn't do too much, we just kinda played parent, he washed his car, we had some visitors. In the end we took the booger out to Grand-ma's and went to dinner. Dinner was great and afterwards we wandered aimlessly around the gigantic bookstore for a while. All in all, a really great day.

On the academic note, I read a story on msn about a girl who got a nipple piercing and ended up with necrotizing faciitis. It was an interesting story up until they said that necrotizing faciitis and gas gangrene are the same thing. So I e-mailed them and told them that these conditions are caused by two different bacteria, Streptococcus pyogenes and Clostridium perfringens, respectively. It was kinda cool to catch a microbiology boo-boo made by the Associated Press and circulated by a bunch of major news carriers. Made me feel smart for about ten seconds and like racking up all those student loans might actually be worth it!