So, have you seen the viral BBC interview? A professor in Pusan, South Korea was upstaged by his kids in a hilarious interview clip. Unfortunately for him, only the part with the children seems to be making the internet rounds rather than his erudite analysis. For the rest of us, it's internet gold.
My favorite part is the .gif made by @valerieloftus on Twitter, with the captions, "Walk into the club like" Like what? Like a boss!!!
This weekend was a little different since I was on call. Actually I was on "super" call because I was carrying the phone while the residents rested up for a big test on Saturday. As staff, I'm usually backup but not this time! I had two excellent consults, one of whom went to surgery on Saturday and one whom will go to surgery today. The residents were jealous because consults do not usually generate a 100% hit rate for surgery! Don't get me wrong- I'm not wishing for people to need surgery but if they show up and need it, I'm glad I'm there!
I also watched the Pixar Short Film Piper. It just won an Oscar for Best Animation Short Film. How did I miss this when it came out!? It is so stinking cute AND it features my favorite type bird in the whole wide world- a SNOWY PLOVER!!
Another excellent link is an incredible "to-read" list courtesy of a literary interview with Zadie Smith.
Finally, I tried to make aquafaba and it was a success! Aquafaba is whipped/blended chickpea water, i.e. the liquid that drains from a can of chickpeas. A chef discovered it in 2012 and it is an incredible merengue/egg white substitute. I learned that it needs to be unadulterated if the merengue is to last though. Adding syrup for a sweetener makes it collapse pretty quickly. So, good things to know! I might not use it that often since 1. I eat eggs and 2. I don't make a lot of merengue-containing dishes but it's so cool to repurpose a previously discarded part and make it real food!
