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Hiya! Happy Saturday from Monterey, California! This is the face of a blissed-out birthday lady who just had an hour-long deep-tissue massage. Ah… I said “peace out” to my 42nd year on the earth last night with a visit to the Spa on the Plaza, and uh… So good. Afterwards, I hit up the steam room, and since nobody was there (I was one of the last appointments of the day), I spread out a bunch of towels, laid down, tucked a towel underneath my neck, and sweated it out. The spa had these fancy showers with three shower heads...

You know you’re a cat lady when you do the following: Buy a catnip plant that you keep in your front yard — not just for your cat, but for all of the neighborhood kitties. You never feel fully dressed unless you have a handful of cat treats in your pocket or a can of gravy in your purse. You make up new song lyrics for your favorite tunes, replacing words with references to your cat. El Hub and I will be cruising down the highway and a song will come on the radio, and suddenly we’ll start singing the...

So…what is the Monday Poll? Excellent question! It isn’t, contrary to its name, an actual poll, like with little clicky buttons. It’s just a list of five more or less random questions I’ve been posting on this blog every Monday morning for the past quadrillion years (since 2007). I love reading your answers, and it helps me get my week off to a good start. ? 1. To blend or not to blend? Blend it! And then, even if you don’t think you need to, blend it some more. 2. One thing your best friend(s) taught you? They taught me...

Microscopic image of a single cell artificially colored, laying on billions of nanoholes.Credit: 2018 EPFLEPFL researchers have developed an innovative label-free method for studying the behavior of single cells continuously and in real time. By placing a cell in a small chamber containing nanosensors and observing it over many hours, it is possible to identify the cell’s unique personality and understand how it communicates. This powerful new technology could be used to select the most aggressive cells to combat an enemy. Potential applications include treatments for cancer and autoimmune diseases.h/t Phys.org: Cell chat: Attacking disease by learning the language of cells

More adventures on the gluten-free front. (Good morning and happy Saturday, by the way!) I should have taken pics along the way when I made this GF veggie spaghetti the other day, but it was totally improvised, a.k.a. I had no idea if it was going to taste gross, so there were no cameras up in the mix. Cameras only get involved when there is 0% gross factor, ha ha! The pasta turned out pretty darn delicious, if I do say so myself. It’s made out of yellow lentils and brown rice and tastes kinda nutty, like Japanese soba noodles....