Vaccine Hysteria
The kooks are out in force on the Anti-Vaccine front with the introduction of the new swine flu vaccine. I thought The Daily Show did a good job digesting it down to one graphic:
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Eating Raw Shrimp, Not Advisable
So, last week I bought some precooked shrimp at the grocery store. They were cheap. I bought them. Tuesday, I was at a different store, I see some pre-peeled pink shrimp. I glanced at the label, it didn’t say “raw”. I defrosted the shrimp, thought they smelled a little fishy, wasn’t really paying attention, sat … Read more
Dead Like the Lovely Forgotten Bones
The fall television seasons are kicking themselves into life. Hulu makes it much easier to catch the many pilots flying furiously past. The 2002 Alice Sebold book The Lovely Bones seems to have it’s hand heavily on a new offering from ABC: The Forgotten. I recently finished watching the two seasons of Dead Like Me … Read more
Quo Vadis, Mr. President
On Wednesday night, President Obama addressed the Congress about health insurance reform. One thing I’m wondering is how many Americans didn’t listen? More particularly, how many Americans are opinionated on the “against” side and listen to talk radio or any other conservative media and didn’t listen? I listened to most of President G. W. Bush’s … Read more
Deep Fried Hollandaise Sauce?
I thought this was pretty cool. Is it Eggs Benedict? (From Science Friday …)
Bill’s iPod Spends a Night on the Town
As most people know, I don’t have a cell phone. You people don’t call me as it is; you don’t need more access to me. When I head out the door, I do usually take me iPod Touch with me. If you’re unfamiliar with those, they are just like the iPhone but with no phone … Read more