How do you get from blood to pineapple in four steps?
Blood>saliva>salvia>pineapple
Let me explain. In the lab we have procedures to follow should a blood sample be spilled. The same rules apply to other potentially infectious material, such as saliva. On this sheet of procedures, ‘saliva’ is misspelled as ‘salvia.’ Salvia is a flowering shrub or bush, more commonly known as sage. There are many kinds of salvia, some that smell, some that don’t. And one fo the varieties is a pineapple sage, the leaves of which smell like…take a guess.
Ah, the fun things that happen in the lab.

I tried using my WUMS UPass for the Metrolink today, but I was foiled. I biked to the station, ’cause I am too lazy (and it was too hot) to walk. Supposedly there are bike racks at the station, but I didn’t have time to look, and I wouldn’t be too comfortable leaving my bike there all day. In order to take your bike on the metrolink, you need to be in the front of the first car or the front or rear of the second car. I was waiting by the entrance to the second car. Unfortunately, and as is my luck, there was already a biker there, and there can be only one per space. So I moved up to the first car, but before I could get in, the doors closed. Curses!
I ended up not wanting to wait for another train (since by the time it got to the platform and then to work I could already be there, or close to it), so I biked the rest of the way. Did I mention that it was already in the 80s at 9 AM? The ride itself wasn’t so bad; it was the cooling off period afterward that sucked. I have to decide if I want to try to take the train back to the nearest station and bike the rest of the way home, or bike all the way back.
It’s such a short drive/bike/light-rail ride that I really shouldn’t drive every day. But it is SO annoying once you get out of the heat and drip sweat. I don’t like to offend people by smelling like I just worked out, so we’ll see how often I manage. One day I’ll have to walk the distance to the station(s) to see how long it would really take. It’s probably better to walk. Sigh. Maybe rollerblades.