I wish I was....

Cut-proof resistant.

That's what it says on this sample of compostable bio-disposable plates. Made in China, so, of course, not only is the translation odd and in English, almost meaningless, but you know the product's full of lead, riddled with undeclared sulfites, made by slaves, and resulted in the devastation of entire eco-systems.

( Deep cleansing breath, America. )

Things that make your brain skip...

Like a cat hair on the DVD that is my mind:

"...a fractional factorial main effects orthogonal design."

I've been staring at it for 15 minutes, waiting for something to happen...everytime I get a little close to figuring out what this actually MEANS...things start to pixilate and I have to go back to the beginning of the sentence.