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Best Book Review Ever
This review was posted on Amazon for one of Aryn's law school books:
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Does the U.S. have the best health care system in the world?
I saw this interesting graph today that plots the life expectancy in each country versus the amount that the country spends per person on health care. In general, countries that spend more money on health care have a higher life expectancy. But there is one enormous outlier:
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Things I am thankful for (non-cheesy edition)
Don't worry; this won't be super-cheesy, I promise ( Read more... ) -
Lost in the woods
Well, the good news is that something happened this week that was worth blogging about. I know, I am not meeting my goal of updating this blog at least once per week, but the fact of the matter is that my life is boring most of the time. Sure, there is the occasional giant spider attack or something like that, but if I can describe the entire event ( Read more... ) -
Banned books at the UNC book store
I was at the UNC book store the other day and they had a fascinating exhibit on banned books. This display consisted of books that had been banned in various school districts and libraries throughout the country. (You got a 10% discount for buying any of them. :) ) The exhibit also listed the reasons that each book was banned. It was a bit ( Read more... ) -
The life of married nerds-a case study
Some couples argue about money or sex or in-laws or child rearing. Aryn and I argue about mass extinction events. Last night we had a fairly lengthy discussion about the Permian-Triassic extinction. In particular, we argued about whether or not this particular mass extinction event killed off the trilobites and what role (if any) the eruption of ( Read more... ) -
Adventures among married people on Friday night
So the other night Aryn and I came to the grim realization that we might be adults now. I mean, we're both over 30, married, and we have a mortgage. And we might even end up having a baby one of these days. That's really weird to think about, because we still don't feel like adults. We were both somewhat traumatized by this realization, so we kind ( Read more... ) -
Utah #1 in porn consumption
I found a fascinating article today that said that people from conservative states (ie "red states") are more likely to buy porn online, and that Utah was #1 in online porn consumption:
The biggest consumer, Utah, averaged 5.47 adult content subscriptions per 1000 home broadband users; Montana bought the least with 1.92 per 1000. "The differences ( Read more... ) -
The Bible and Gay Marriage
I read an interesting Newsweek article about the Biblical justification for gay marriage (or the lack thereof):
http://www.newsweek.com/id/172653
I thought Miller made a number of interesting points:
Let's try for a minute to take the religious conservatives at their word and ( Read more... ) -
Why single women vote Democratic
A number of commentators have pointed out that one of the main reasons that Barack Obama won the election was because of his overwhelming support among single women. Single women voted for Obama by something like a 70-30 margin ( Read more... )