Other places to eat donuts...

Donut Connoisseurs,
I was eating a donut outside of the Wednesday D-hour when I realized that we might be getting into a rut just eating donuts in the same place every week. So, here are some suggestions for other places you could enjoy a donut (with apologies to Dr. Seuss).

Donuts are delicious and versatile:

You can eat them in the car
Or getting loopy at the bar
You can eat them at the pound
While picking out a basset hound
You can eat them on a plane
Or walking through the pouring rain
You can eat them on a boat
And give the frosting to a goat
You can eat them on a bike
(‘twill be much safer if it’s a trike)
You can eat them in the lab
Or riding in a smelly cab
You can eat them on the go
Or at the newest Broadway show
You can eat them with the cat
While wearing mother’s fav’rite hat
You can eat them with a friend
And discuss ‘20s fashion trends
You can eat them with fried fish
And with your next-door neighbor, Trish

But, donuts are ALWAYS best if

You eat them on Wednesday mornings at 10:00 with all your friends and colleagues from HMSC
I can’t think of a rhyme for that, so just be there.

 -MLJ

Mattias Johansson
Marine Fisheries Genetics
Coastal Oregon Marine Experiment Station
Hatfield Marine Science Center
2030 SE Marine Science Drive
Newport, OR 97365
Phone: 541-867-0421
Fax: 541-867-0345
http://oregonstate.edu/~johansma

Donut Field Guide

The National Donut Society Field Guide to North American Donuts

by Mattias Johansson

 

With more than 700 donuts detailed with color photographs and descriptive text, this is the most comprehensive photographic field guide to the donuts of North America. The 762 full-color identification photographs show the donuts as they appear in natural habitats. Organized visually, the book groups all donuts by color and shape to make identification simple and accurate in the field, while the text account for each donut species includes a detailed physical description, information on edibility, season, habitat, range, look-alikes, alternative names, and facts on edible and poisonous species, uses, and donut folklore. A supplementary section on cooking and eating wild donuts, and illustrations identifying the parts of a donut, round out this essential guide. 

 

Come test your donut-identifying skills Wednesday @ 10:00 in the Donut Lounge!

-MLJ

 

Mattias Johansson

Marine Fisheries Genetics

Coastal Oregon Marine Experiment Station

Hatfield Marine Science Center

2030 SE Marine Science Drive

Newport, OR 97365

Phone: 541-867-0421

Fax: 541-867-0345

Donut Adoption Fair

Hatfielders,

Tuesday at 10am the Lincoln County Donut Society will be hosting a Donut Adoption Fair in the Donut Lounge. Come in and meet some of the three dozen donuts available for adoption. Many breeds of donuts will be available, including bismarks, maple bars, and old fashioned donuts. Adoption fees are by donation.

See you there!

-MLJ 

Mattias Johansson
Marine Fisheries Genetics
Coastal Oregon Marine Experiment Station
Hatfield Marine Science Center
2030 SE Marine Science Drive
Newport, OR 97365
Phone: 541-867-0421
Fax: 541-867-0345
http://oregonstate.edu/~johansma

What else can Donuts buy?

Hatfielders,

As many (but sadly, not all) of you know, the price of the three dozen donuts we buy every week is about $18. I was thinking about what else you could get with that $18, and if it was possible to get anything else that would bring as much joy to our collective lives. Here are a few things I thought of:

17 movie sized boxes of Nerds® candy from Target (About $1, we’d get quite a sugar buzz)

3 used DVDs from Netflix ($6, we probably couldn’t agree what to get)

77% of a share in Microsoft Corp ($22, should have bought this in 1982)

50% of the cat adoption fee at the Lincoln County Shelter ($40, we could take turns petting it)

19% of the Complete Calvin and Hobbes hardcover box set ($94.50, I’d get nervous with all of you reading over my shoulder)

5% of the fall ice hockey session fee at the Eugene Ice Rink ($392, the exercise would do us all good)

0.5% of the cost of the Mazdaspeed Three-day racing school at Laguna Seca ($3699, unfortunately, the cars only have two seats)

0.04% of a 2008 Porsche Cayman ($49,500, maybe we can all chip in)

About 1 millionth of the highest-priced house ever listed ($165 million, and it’s in Beverly Hills, where else?)

I don’t know about you, but I think we should keep getting donuts. Feel free to volunteer to buy, if you haven’t in a while (or never).

-MLJ



PS->Come have a donut with us tomorrow, and ponder the possibilities…





Mattias Johansson

Marine Fisheries Genetics

Coastal Oregon Marine Experiment Station

Hatfield Marine Science Center

2030 SE Marine Science Drive

Newport, OR 97365

Phone: 541-867-0421

Fax: 541-867-0345

http://oregonstate.edu/~johansma

What do you like about Donuts?

Just thought I'd share a few of the replies I got to last week's email, asking what people like about the weekly donut gathering.

A.G. Barks: "I like to talk about science while I chew with my mouth open."
G.W. Bush: "I enjoy trying to spell DONUT"
F.L. Smith: "What's this about donuts every week? This is the first I've heard of it."
D.M. Kind: "I like touching all the donuts while I pick the perfect one."
M.L. Johansson: "I like recruiting the next week's donut buyer. It makes me feel like a big man."

-MLJ

PS->Don't forget to bring a piece of silverware this morning, to help restock the donut lounge cutlery.

Mattias Johansson
Marine Fisheries Genetics
Coastal Oregon Marine Experiment Station
Hatfield Marine Science Center
2030 SE Marine Science Drive
Newport, OR 97365
Phone: 541-867-0421
Fax: 541-867-0345
http://oregonstate.edu/~johansma

Donut Freaks?

Hatfielders,
So, breaking somewhat with tradition, this is going to be a semi-serious donut email. I was described as a "donut freak" the other day by a colleague. I was annoyed, but since this is a family email series, I'm not going to talk about what it first made me think. I've thought about it since, though, and decided that I'm not weird for liking the donut Wednesdays. I'll share some of the things I like about our tradition. I'd also like to hear your reasons. Email them to me and I'll post them to the blog (donutemails.blogspot.com). Help me out.
-MLJ

Three things I like about Wednesday Donuts:
1. Donuts, of course
2. Something to look forward to mid-week
3. It was Marisa Litz's idea, Londi Tomaro makes the coffee, community members buy the donuts, and I get the credit as Hatfield's famous Donut Freak. ;-)

ps->Come out and have a donut tomorrow at 10:00.


Mattias Johansson
Marine Fisheries Genetics
Coastal Oregon Marine Experiment Station
Hatfield Marine Science Center
2030 SE Marine Science Drive
Newport, OR 97365
Phone: 541-867-0421
Fax: 541-867-0345
http://oregonstate.edu/~johansma