Roast Chicken with Homemade Gravy and Yorkshire Pudding

Good old comfort food, that's what I'm talking about.  You know, the kind of food that makes you want to curl up under a blanket next to a roaring fire.  And what's better than a roast chicken served with homemade gravy and yorkshire pudding?  Not much.
For the gravy, I use homemade chicken stock instead of the water called for in the recipe.  Also, use the leftover chicken carcass to make your own homemade chicken stock.  I make tons of stock during the summer, when fresh herbs are readily available, and then I just freeze it and use it all year long. This meal is so easy and so good, it's a perfect meal for the fall season.

Microscopy: A Small World

Every year Nikon has a photomicrography competition to recognize the efforts of those involved in photography through the light microscope. The winners for this year have been posted and there are some pretty amazing pictures. You can check them out at WIRED. It's crazy what things look like through a microscope: for example, this picture is of a fern spore. I took this during my microscopy class - is it weird I think it looks like a dragon riding the moon? Well that's the microscopic world for you or maybe it's just me.