Category - Misc

I’m eating some peanut M&M’s right now instead of working out because of my injury. When I poured them out they just happened to all segregate by color, which reminded me of a little experiment we did a while back.

A guy I work with stated one day that he didn’t like a certain color M&M (I don’t remember which), which prompted the debate over whether they really tasted different or not. His repeated assertions that they did prompted us to set up a blind taste test. We purchased a single bag of peanut M&M’s and got him a glass of water to rinse his palette between each tasting. He then ate them one by one and told us what he thought the color was.

I was amazed at the results. While he wasn’t perfect, he got around 80% (I don’t remember the exact number) of them right. If you consider that a bag of M&M’s has roughly 20 candies in it and 5-6 different colors, this is a pretty impressive feat.

So can you taste the difference between M&M colors?

So my work provides us with bicycles, treadmills, and other things so that we can keep healthy. Promoting the health of its employees is one of the core values of our company. After my recent graduation I decided to start using my lunch breaks to get in shape. I’ve been biking, running, and doing gravity resistance things (pull-ups, push-ups, etc) with a friend/colleague of mine, Paul. That’s gonna have to go on hold.

Friday, we were out riding and the front wheel of my bike caught on the curb as I was going up. For some reason, instead of spinning over like it normally would, it stuck. While the front wheel stopped completely, the bike and myself did not. I flew over the handle bars and landed square on my shoulder. A lady in a car saw what happened and let Paul use her phone to call for help. The fire department arrived and took me and my bike back to work – I wasn’t bad off enough that I wanted an ambulance. I grabbed my stuff and drove to the hospital.

My MS Paint rendition of the event

Turns out that dropping ~240 pounds directly on a shoulder doesn’t fare well for the structural integrity of one’s body. I ended up with a separation of the AC joint, which is basically the ligaments that hold your collar bone to your shoulder. It’s not really too serious (at least so they tell me) and it should heal completely within 6 weeks and I’ll have full mobility return. I also ended up with either bruised ribs or a hairline fracture of the ribs – they couldn’t tell which but they are treated the same so it didn’t really matter. Fun day.

I’m proud to announce the arrival of Elle Adeline McDonald, the newest addition to our family. She was born 5/10 at 9:45 am, was 6 pounds, 15 ounces, and 20.5 inches long.