Why We Fight:
Apparently, the answer is "profiteering".

http://www.alternet.org/waroniraq/60950?page=1

Shawn's been talking about this idea for a long time, so I think he'll like this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BkJwcR21VLk

On Saturday I was enjoying cherries the size of kumquats and was pondering: is my life better than Louis XVI's? In the culinary sense I think that it probably is, but it got me to thinking - what kind of person would gladly change places with the absolute monarch of all France? Keeping in mind that the King probably didn't have a flush toilet or ( Read more... )

I thought that the 7th book was okay, but it could have been much better.
( No Spoilers )

I came across this today ( Read more... )

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I'm not a coffee drinker, so I just assumed that coffee only had as much caffeine as other drinks. I was way wrong. One regular sized cup of coffee from Starbucks or Tim Hortons contains about 200mg of caffeine, which is equal to ( Read more... )

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Colgate-Palmolive Co. on Thursday warned counterfeit "Colgate" toothpaste that may contain a toxic chemical had been found in discount stores in four U.S. states.Who on earth would make counterfeit toothpaste? I was at Shopper's Drug Mart the other day, and noticed that I could buy a year's supply of my favourite brand (Crest ( Read more... )

If there's an online Sherlock Holmes out there, try to deduce the motive behind these bizarre events ( Read more... )

I went down to Mountain Equipment Co-op yesterday and got some great bargains. I picked up a bicycle computer for $11.50 and a water bottle holder for $2.75. That's less than half of what they were asking at United Cycle. I'm glad I didn't overpay for the computer, too, because I tried it out yesterday and found it to be something of a ( Read more... )