Not to be morbid, but I was looking at the National Safely Council's website about odds of dying in various ways (theduce2 sent out this article about the odds of being sued because of using P2P to download music or other things, and comparing it to the odds of different ways of dying, so I got curious). The odds of dying by 'External Causes of Mortality ( Read more... )

Stolen from lemerde:

Anarchism
100%
Green
50%
Democrat
50%
Socialist
33%
Republican
17%
Communism
17%
Fascism
17%
Nazi
0%
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Campus this morning feels like the forest between storms. The air is crisp and clean, the sunlight is diffused through the clouds, and it smells like an evergreen forest after it rains. I so miss the mountains. This is good hiking weather. It will likely rain, but rain does not ruin a hike. In fact, living in Washington, most of my hiking has been ( Read more... )

(US toys held hostage)

Eating yogurt is very strange when your tongue is still half numb. It has texture but no flavor. Makes me think of liquid rubber.

Here is the true mother of all warning labels, posted by the Nelson Rock Preserve (you can actually find it on the web). I particularly like the warning that people who sneak into the Preserve may be criminally insane. Or that they may warn you about some of the dangers but if they do so, they don't take responsibility for warning you about all the ( Read more... )

In the last 7 entries on my friends page, 5 people are mentioned as being sick. Of those, I have had contact with 3 in the last few days. Not to mention several out sick at work. Thank the gods for an overactive immune system... Though We'll see where we are at the the end of the week ( Read more... )

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Here's a cool new invention. Check out the add for it :).

(Retrometabulator)

Where as it seems that everyone else on my friends list is trying to make a major improvement in their lives, my current goal is simply to recover from the holidays. mythagon and I have spend nearly 3 solid weeks at various parties and functions with family and friends. The hodidays have gone very well. Many old friends in town, many family members in town ( Read more... )