Apparently you cannot be an expert and throw around phrases like "lazy couch potato" so academia presents us with this:

"Kids spend more time indoors now than ever before. Some health experts call the trend, nature deficit disorder and believe it may pose long-term health threats to youngsters." See video...Really? Staying inside all the time ( Read more... )

The headline catches the eye: "The Downside of Getting Drunk on Hand Sanitizer".

Is there an upside???

If someone is going to make a habit of consuming isopropanol the gene pool may be better off without them in it. Seriously.


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So the buzz continues this week, will religious conservatives run a third party candidate for President instead of backing a Republican candidate who does not meet their litmus tests?

Most of the media and blogosphere yakking has centered on what impact this would have on the election, Salon.com even drew up a pretty map showing how Hilary defeats ( Read more... )

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Boeing officially rolled out the first 787 "Dreamliner" today and buried in the coverage was a brief mention in a couple articles that the launch customer (the first airline to take delivery of a 787), All Nippon Airways, will be installing the first airline bidets in their aircraft.

I'm not sure that airplane plumbing needed to get more

I have resisted the iPhone mania, mostly because I am not a fan of AT&T Wireless a.k.a. Cingular.

But I just played with an iPhone for 30 minutes and wow, that is an amazing device. It does live up to the hype.

We're bringing a new car home this weekend and need to name it, please vote in our poll.


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News satire is at its best when you can show it to someone without telling them the source and they cannot quite tell if it is real or fake. Cover the logo on this and you would be hard pressed to pick: CNN? Fox? MSNBC?




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conejodanz is on a business trip so I have been digging into the DVD rack again.

Last night...

• Bataan (1943) - A motley band of American and Filipino soldiers (including a young Desi Arnaz) try to hold the advancing Japanese at a fictional bridgehead. It ends badly, but that was sort of the point since the film was made at the height of the war and meant ( Read more... )

Oops, I almost wrote that title as "Movie night Troi." Geek.

I considered watching Lawrence of Arabia tonight but conejodanz would have killed me if I watched it without her. That, and sticking to World War II films seemed better.

Onward:

• Enemy at the Gates (2001) - A sniper duel plays out during the pivotal battle of Stalingrad. While loosely based on ( Read more... )