Lords and ladies, as one who enjoys cooking, I feel I must pass on a warning after what just happened to me. We all know of the dangers of cooking with peppers of the hot variety and I'm sure we all know about precuations that can be taken. Well, even after you've taken them, don't assume everything is OK. This morning, I made chili. With jalapenos. I do not like to expose myself to latex so I don't wear gloves. After I was done, I of course washed my hands well. I scrubbed them twice with soap, then rinsed them. Then, I went and did a few other things - took out the trash, etc. Then, I went into the bathroom, washed my hands AGAIN and prepared to put in my contacts. As soon as that left contact hit my eye, I thought someone had poured acid onto my eyeball. What's even worse, of course my eye reacted instinctively, and didn't want to re-open so I could take the contact out. Finally, I pried the eyelid back open and with my still-jalapeno-infested fingers get the contact back out. I now have a splitting headache and there is no way I will be putting contacts in today. So please, everyone be super-super careful. And then be even more careful after that - I took precautions, and still ended up in trouble. Yeesh. How come Vlad never had this problem? :) Stacy