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 HN> Not so sure that the slug slime and snail slime is a defensive
 HN> mechanism as much as it's a method of preserving the moisture of the
 HN> creature itself...not a problem in a marine environment..hagfish have a
 HN> similar ability...so much so that they can make water around them
 HN> almost jello like!

My father worked at Mt. Desert Island for a while doing
studies on dogfish uteri, but down the way, there were
scientists looking at hagfish, which were said to be the
most hideous creatures on earth (and their habits are
most unsavory - they crawl up a fish's butt and eat it
from the inside). I'd eat hagfish if it were available.

  I'm confident that as long as they are not toxic (
 HN> and I don't think the philine have toxins like some of the other
 HN> nudibranchs) that philine could be prepared in some sort of edible
 HN> manner. If they make it this far north perhaps we'll give em a
 HN> try....you and me of course...Anne will merely observe and think we're
 HN> nutz (and who's to say she'd be wrong?) 

Who indeed. I can't see them grosser than jellyfish, which
when julienned aren't gross at all. Or deep-fried.

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 -> A certain amount of care with dessert would probably be a
 -> good idea, too.
 HN> Have they cautioned you about the sugars in Beer as well?

They didn't have to, I'm well aware that I shouldn't tell them
I drink beer. By the way, I just ate about 10 of those fun size
candy bars and did the diabetes test, and the sugar was
negligible, just above normal limits. I don't know if the
results at MGH were a fluke or not.

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 HN> BTW, Anne is going to make a spring trip to NY to see family and such
 HN> (last week of march first week of april) And she will be flying through
 HN> Dulles on United, any tips on the airport?

United concourse at Dulles is No Fun At All. Why isn't she
flying through Chicago, which is easier, shorter, and
usually cheaper?

Is she going to La Guardia or JFK? In the morning?

I see that the LGA connection offered,
UA916 arriving IAD at 1520 to
UX7779 leaving IAD at 1550
looks very chancy (though the latter is likely to be late).

I would take the JFK connection, which gives an 1h 50
layover or the later LGA connection, which isn't readily
visible on the booking engine but can be sold and that gives
a 2h 5 layover.

Or the redeye, if she can sleep on planes.

Anyhow, the mainline flight will fly into and out of the C
and D gates, and the IAD-NYC will be on a commuter plane -
this may also use C or D, which would make even a short
connection a snap. However, half of the so-called express
flights fly into and out of the A terminal - this will
entail a bus ride, which adds a bunch of time, making short
connections very hairy indeed. Beware of this.

If she has a long layover, she should check out Vino Volo,
which has a good selection of wines by the taste or glass
and fairly nice though expensive snacks. It's at the very
end of the C concourse. Other than that, Potbelly Sandwich
Works in C and Five Guys (burgers) in A are said to be the
best places for lunch. There's a Gordon Biersch (probably
ok) and a Moe's (rather poor) in D.

Give me an e-mail with her itinerary and I'll give more
specific advice.

Blue Sky Martini
cat: booze, United Airlines
servings: 1

1 1/2 oz acai-blueberry vodka
1 oz blue curacao
2 oz lemonade

Pour ingredients into an ice-filled cocktail shaker; shake,
then wait five seconds before straining into a martini glass.

Hemispheres Magazine cybersidebar 9-2007

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