I think that there is something wrong with me. Not that my friends would think so because I think that they have the same view on this as I do in varying degrees but because my way of seeing the world in this manner, the matter-of-fact, everyday filter by which I process is significantly different than the mainstream population, which includes the ( Read more... )

http://www.menofmortuaries.com/

I don't think this could work in India though, with the caste system and the repugnance towards those that handle the dead.

A young woman was sitting on a bench with a chicken perched on her shoulder. She occasionally fed it a piece of lettuce from her sandwich ( Read more... )

I had an episode today. I picked up a complete arm from an OR. I made it from the OR to the gross room and lost it there. One of PA's took care of me and I explained to her what happened. She really was interested in knowing that I was going to be okay. I powered through it and assisted my trainer on the collection from the arm ( Read more... )

They may be unhappy about divorce and consumerism in the US but I think other countries view marriage as even more a commodity and take it one step further, they kill the wife or cause her to kill herself. It is the ultimate in consumerism, way beyond what happens here. Tired of your old wife? Kill her and replace her with a new one and you won't ( Read more... )

I never actually thought about it but the Nation is right, George Bush is Anniken Skywalker and Cheney is the Emperior.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/thenation/20070627/cm_thenation/15208632;_ylt=AqAls19VGSHLJtzv_YtK3YP9wxIF

All I try to do each morning is get a little news in my system, keep a little idea on how the world is and this woman, who is famous solely because she is the spoiled daughter of some rich tycoon, is all over the news because she got out of jail after serving time for a DUI or something. I DON'T CARE! I don't want to know how she felt about it or ( Read more... )

Quick..write a one-page fictional story that would give background to this news item ( Read more... )

I just read an article about how this woman in Georgia wanted to get Harry Potter banned from the school library because it promoted witchcraft, which is considered a religion, and therefore should not be in a public school library due to separation of church and state. Irrelevant to this but as a side note, she also couldn't wait for Jesus to be ( Read more... )

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070508/pl_nm/usa_congress_energy_dc;_ylt=Ao9Vsno9Opq2IOKUn7Md3BEPLBIFRead more... )