“Not much to do in Tucson…” and “blood, let’s get into it!”

Some common phrases involving the word blood

“Blood from a stone” vs. “Blood from a turnip”

Ben’s tepid take on puns, and other “bad humor”

Caviar, another pun, and Norah and Ben haven’t heard of “blood and thunder”

“Blood brother” rituals aren’t sanitary, and facts about fainting at the sight of blood

Donating blood to the American Red Cross (listed as Vampires in Ben’s phone)

Bone marrow; Norah explains blood pressure (measured in millimeters of mercury)

Salt vs. sugar, and the components of blood

Plasma is a heterogeneous mixture; a colloid is a homogeneous noncrystalline substance consisting of large molecules of one substance dispersed through another.

The negative logarithm of the molar concentration of Hydrogen ions in a solution

Erythrocytes, leukocytes, and thrombocytes… “oh my!”

Norah announces her lipid panel, and then moves on to explaining blood sugar

An aside about frozen deserts

A simple sugar may be a mono- or disaccharide.  Monosaccharides are the simplest carbs; the body cannot break them down further.  Disaccharides consist of two sugar molecules (two monosaccharides) bonded together.  The body must break the bond apart (in to  two monosaccharides) before they can be absorbed.

Ben explains the ABO and the Rh blood group systems

Ben talks a little about Type O Negative and the origin of their band name

Why is blood type included in the character bios of old arcade games?

Using the website Tofugu for learning Japanese language and culture.

What are Norah and Ben’s personalities based solely on their blood type?

The blood type “descriptive words” are too vague for Two Vague

Kitty White’s blood type, and Hello Kitty blood type identification straps

Vampires, and Ben explains the story of the game Code Vein

Ben tries to explain From Software’s “souls-like” games to Norah

Code Vein has been described as “souls-like,” but Ben doesn’t find it too difficult

Ben’s Elden Ring 2022 GOTY hot take

Ben thinks Eric won’t sick him, and Norah thinks it was a “bloody good” show