Just because

In response to my being tagged at something shiny disorder, here is a random sample of information about me:

What I Was Doing 10 Years Ago
Graduate school at Cornell, I believe working on time of flight Monte Carlo.

Five Snacks I Enjoy
cookies
apples and peanut butter
cheese and crackers
nuts
applesauce

Five Things On My To-Do List Today
pick up Gretchen's medicine
fill car up with gas
gestate
determine ionospheric structure functions
write a thank-you note

Five Favorite Recipes
Corn Potato Chowder
Cranberry Orange Apricot Bread
Crusty Chicken Breast Topped with Salad
Apple Betty Pie
Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Bar Cookies

Five Jobs I've Had
teaching assistant at a summer science program
modern dancer
nuclear physicist
ballet teacher
senior research scientist

Five Bad Habits
cookies
staying up late
leaving my shoes all over the house
not emptying the dehumidifier when I think of it (hey, it's in the basement)
paying bills late

All the Places I've Lived
Texas
California
New York (upstate)
Georgia

Five Random Things About Me
I enjoy Willie Nelson's music
I'm right handed, but my left eye is dominant and my left foot is bigger
I spend a significant fraction of my income on health care for my dog
I secretly long to work in movies
I'm allergic to cats (that means you, Mr. Bigglesworth)

Jon Stewart, May 10, 2008, Cobb Energy Performing Arts Center

Yes, it's been almost two months since I saw this standup performance by the host extraodinaire of The Daily Show. What with Mr. Silvershoes starting a new job that requires him to be out of town a great deal AND with a baby on the way, blogging just hasn't risen to the top of the list lately, so I have a few things to catch up on. Don't expect much; I simply didn't want to leave this performance off the list.

What can I say? Jon Stewart is a funny man. While some of this routine was lifted from The Daily Show, most of it was new to me. Of course the joke lineup included several pointed political observations, but the funniest part was when Mr. Stewart started talking about his pets. I nearly rolled into the aisle when he went on a riff about his dog getting sick, having experienced something similar with Gretchen in the not-too-distant past. Isn't it funny (peculiar) that something so disgusting can turn funny (ha ha) in retrospect?