Today I was reminded of one of my favorite road trips of all time. Brian, Jake, Lisa and I decided to road trip to New Orleans in August of 2004 for Southern Decadence (which is a blog in itself.) Anyway, we stayed with our dear "DJ"(aka Kevin) in his little one bedroom apartment and found ourselves exploring his medical text books. We came across what we though was the most revolting, bizarre, yet intriguing thing ever....a teratoma. This is basically a large tumor which can be removed but have been known to contain teeth, hair, etc.
I know GROSS!!! (* If you have ever seen My BIG FAT Greek Wedding, the main character's aunt references having a teratoma..."Inside the lump was a set of teeth and a spinal cord. Yes, it was my twin."
Anyway, we were fascinated and found them hilarious and revolting all at the same time to the point that Lisa and I decided we would one day go as teratoma's for Halloween. I heard the word today at work and immediately thought of that road trip. I e-mailed my road trip gang and received this link in response....http://scienceblogs.com/retrospectacle/2007/09/knit_me_a_teratoma.php.
Here's the instructions on how to make this spectacle. This would be a great housewarming gift for any magic knitters out there.
To my road trip gang...thank you for the laughs!
1 comment:
I aspire to be that knitter!
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