A little matter of scifi and chinese cookies:

So, I went out to get Chinese food with some friends tonight and my fortune cookie read:   

"An alien of some sort will be appearing to you shortly."

 (insert X-files theme song here)

I'll keep you guys updated on whether or not this occurs.  Do know that I have my video camera at my side at all times.  

p.s. if by alien it actually means the "illegal" kind, then this fortune has already come to pass.   

On the matter of carrots:

It's not that I don't like carrots, I love carrots (raw not cooked)!  When I was little, I learned from The Magic School Bus that if you eat enough carrots you'll eventually turn orange.  How sweet is that?  Didn't work for me, but I sure got a lot of vitamin A, good for your eyes right?  Too bad that despite that, I still have to wear reading glasses.  Maybe carrots aren't everything I thought they were.  Recently I've been reading a lot of health articles, and i came across one that said they are actually one of the worst vegetables for you, just a lot of sugar and starch, how sad (no wonder they're so delicious)!  And then people make them even worse by slathering them with dip (kinda defeats the purpose of eating veggies).  So anyway, I guess what I'm trying to say is that I'm attempting to make the switch to broccoli (cooked not raw), so If my skin has been looking a little green lately, I promise I'm not sick!  Hopefully I'm just the opposite, since broccoli has so much vitamin C, good for the immune system right?