We can here your exuberant enthusiasm, Anne! For those that want to look at the link, it won't work unless you take the period at the end off.
There was a recent discussion on this very subject on the PBS list, and I'm sure it's been talked about before, too. If you want to know more about it, go here, and search for "microwave pollen" or some such, in the archives.
http://pacificbulbsociety.org/...