Brittany Briefs

Many of the things Brittany says or does do not live up to a full blog post, so here I shall combine a few of them.

The first evidence I have to back up her statement that she is "the biggest nerd I will ever meet" is that she plays ARGs (alternate reality games). Tonight I have to take a picture of her standing outside a movie theatre at midnight holding an insignia with a candle burning within it.

Her friend Tim, one of the game night participants, is a single 30 year old guy who decided to have a vasectomy so he could enjoy his single days a bit more. Brittany informed me that all men with vasectomies set off the metal detectors in airports, and then when the wand indicates a beep where it inevitably will, they have to explain the circumstances. Wow- yet another occasion where a kernel of truth loses touch with reality. Certainly some men that get a vasectomy where a clip stops flow in the vas deferens and there are some metal clips available that can set off the detectors. But most of these surgeries, from a quick web survey, utilise titanium hemoclips which do not set off metal detectors. And these are just a small number of all vasectomies given. Most include the cutting of the vas with stitches or cauterization on the ends.

While doing laundry, Brittany praised me for cleaning out the lint trap saying, "Did you know that lint can be a leading cause of house fires?" I said yes, explained that I taught fire safety for a year to elementary school students, and added that the greater danger that is often ignored is the lint trapped in the dryer's plastic vent tube. (Aluminium tubing is much less likely to catch fire). Brittany ended the discussion, seemingly unaware that I was more knowledgeable than she with, "Well I just wanted to share; I'm full of random factoids like that."

Brittany bought a new iPod USB charging cable. I have no evidence that this is the case, but I fear she tried something like the onion in Gatorade charging method that is a hoax on YouTube. Sadly 5 million people have seen this clip, and some high fraction seem to believe, based upon other blog entries I've seen. Luckily some smart people out there have made spoofs that are pretty funny, including charging with an eggnog filled pepperoncini, a kitten, and a pumpkin. But it does seem sad that the skeptics don't even believe the truth about potato or lemon etc. batteries.