I'm crackers about cheese!

It's been a busy coupla days...would you believe that I was workin' in the lab 'til 2 in the friggin' am last Thursday night? Fortunately I have the rest of the weekend to relax.

And on the agenda for Saturday night is our first raclette party! Our friend Gael bought us a raclette maker for our wedding present & we're going to try it out for the first time tonight. For those of you who are not familiar with raclette, it's a meal (most websites report it to be off Swiss origin, although my wife assures me that it is also considered a major part of French culture as well) prepared by placing sheets of raclette cheese on a little pan and inserting them into a specialized oven (as shown in the picture). Once it has melted, you pour the cheesy goodness over potatoes and different types of yummy ham.

By the way, it was a tough call deciding what the link for "cheesy goodness" was going to be. I almost had to go with this.

Finally, for our news item of the day, check out this piece from cnn.com entitled, "Cunning Rat Outsmarts Scientists". If this research can get funded...