Three things to (potentially) fix this:

1. Pour the milk in the cup first, then the coffee. So it's warm heating cold, not the other way around.
2. Nuke the milk for 15 seconds beforehand
3. Quit being a p*ssy and learn to drink it black.

I actually did drink a round black over the weekend because I felt awkward getting up in the middle of my meeting. The first two makes sense but also confirm my claims.. equilibrium is tricky!

I think if you went Hot Coffee, Room temperature gatorade, THEN cold milk, you'd be fine. But going from hot to cold like that is bad- particularly for people who are training to be astronuats.

I thought everyone pretty much knew that.

weird.

I may have to try that tomorrow. I hear that if you puke, you get to go home automatically and if it quells the equilibrium - then double win.

I have that problem without the cold milk, so you're on your own there.

Your tagline? My new favorite thing ever.

Woo! If we ever get out of the recession, I'm going to change it to, "Oprah wants to sit on MY couch."

Hi.

An MFA is technically the widely-accepted terminal degree in the field of Creative Writing. An MA is a step below an MFA, an MFA is soooort've a step below a PhD. I would recommend this course of action only if you plan on teaching kids in a public school--otherwise, an MFA lets you teach undergrads with less effort, and you can also teach at private schools (you can do that with a BA, too). With an MA you will be dealing with a lot of literature courses, and also be expected to learn and become fluent in a second language (sometimes three for the PhD). An MFA is much less nonsense, which appeals to people like me, who just want to write, nevermind the bollocks.

I'd started my new blog with the intent of chronicling my MFA career. It's gone off-course, as you can see. Thanks for coming by.

Thanks for the tips and for stopping by. I'm looking at a part-time M.A. program, but given your advice, maybe I should be looking at an M.F.A. since I want to eventually teach and freelance down the road. "People who just want to write" is definitely me.