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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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 …)
NYT Twitter Article
I think this NYT Article (Who’s Driving Twitter’s Popularity? Not Teens.) misses the mark drastically and sows trite generalisms. “Twitter’s unparalleled explosion in popularity has been driven by a decidedly older group. That success has shattered a widely held belief that young people lead the way to popularizing innovations.” Who decided they were older? (Oh, … Read more
Bill even looks huge from space
There is a hurricane named Bill this year. It was only inevitable that this would show up in my in-box from a friend:
Can’t Play Ball
The same week that over two dozen Congressmen (and one woman) played hardball in Nationals stadium, Toronto Blue Jays manager Cito Gaston reinforced the fact that the American League plays a game that’s not quite baseball. His closing pitcher Scott Downs sprained his toe running to first base in an interleague game. I suggest his … Read more