Picnic...

Picnic is such an obscure word I had to research it a bit. Look at it and say it out loud a few times. Just make sure you're alone or that you explain yourself to others around you.

Definitions:

1. A meal eaten outdoors, as on an excursion
2. Slang: an easy task or pleasant experience
3. A smoked section of pork foreleg and shoulder Usage:

While in British and American English one would say "driving in rush hour traffic is no picnic", an Australian or New Zealander would say "driving in rush hour traffic is a real picnic"; these reversed idioms both suggesting a difficult task.

Picnic Days:

*In the year 2000, a 600-mile-long picnic took place from coast to coast in France to celebrate the first Bastille Day of the new Millennium.

*In Italy the favorite picnic day is 'Angel's Monday', also known as Pasquetta (little Easter), the day after Easter.

Origin:

Formerly, picnic meant a potluck (yah for Adventist lingo), an entertainment at which each person contributed some dish to a common table for all to share. The first usage of the word was traced to a 16th century French text, describing a group of people dining in a restaurant who brought their own wine. The word picnic is based on the verb piquer which means 'pick' or 'peck' with the rhyming nique meaning "thing of little importance".

Acronyms:

*Pediatric Investigator Collaborative Network on Infections in Canada

*Problem In Chair, Not In Computer (slang internet usage)

Can you think of any better acronyms?

Late Night

Nissa and I are procrastinators when it comes to Microbiology. We've been the best of study buddies this quarter and I have to admit I would not have the grade I do today had it not been for our study sessions.
This is one of those sessions. I should have taken a picture of the clock at 4:15am because that's when we finally got through all our notes.