Mood enhancement trivia...

[helen99]

I just received the Thinkgeek catalog, which has a line of teeshirts with caffeine molecules printed on them (I have one). Recently they've added a chocolate molecule to their line of shirts. The two molecules looked so much alike that at first I thought they were identical. There is a difference, though. The first image is caffeine, and the second one is chocolate.

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[helen99.livejournal.com]

I remember taking Organic Chemistry in college, and totally loving the subject. I've forgotten most of it, but it was the most fun I've had in a course (that and regular chemistry plus lab). I actually made up a filk to the tune of "Tannenbaum" that goes,

"Oh Isovaleraldehyde, how lengthy are thy carbons,
Oh Isovaleraldehyde, how lengthy are thy carbons,
five carbons long, five carbons wide,
no matter how we tried and tried
We could not reach the other side
of Isovaleraldehyde..."

Ah, the fond memories.

Yes, I'm a little strange...