I also did a double-take.

Also originally from New England, but again I've always seen prime rib bone-in.

I was trying to figure out how sturdy the table was.

Something similar happened at a kitchen I worked at for a year. There were these two older, fat, horrible white women who had worked there for something like 10 years; they would be the nastiest POSs to anyone else in the place, but for some reason the management didn't feel that they had a way to fire them. There…

It seemed like a decent guess. Pretty much everyone that I found who seemed relevant to your description seemed like unpleasant people.

Shirley Corriher?

Specifically the side-effects of psychiatric meds, and how they can interact badly with just about anything; aspirin, pot, hormones, etc.

I think that there's a typo or a mistranslation, because what the article states would be expected is exactly the opposite of physics.

Really? Where was it used in Torchwood?

Because humans.

Ah. Well, it was definitely covered her quite recently.

I think it's brilliant. Sometimes you can't fix a problem all on your own; especially when the problem is a social one and you're a chemist. This product, if it works and gets produced, is brilliant. I don't think people understand how hard something like this would be to come up with from scratch.

That article was on here, and it was under 6 months ago.

Do not combine pot with psychiatric medication. Don't. The side-effects on that stuff is bad enough.

...I am constantly reminded that I make no use of my time.

I announced the news to my wife in the other room, and she responded with "don't you mean David?"

Is funny, 'cause species naming conventions!

Just a guess on my part, but I would presume one of a few things. 1, it might not work well with a non-permeable plastic. 2, it's probably not very cost-effective this way in disposable cups and unlikely to entice mass usage. 3, prolonged contact to the chemical might have an adverse effect on taste or even be…

...then people have stopped spiking drinks, which at the very least is a GOOD thing.

...say what? I'm sorry, are you drunk or something? Whaaaat the hell "tough as nails attitude"?