Archive for October, 2007

CNN: Purpose of appendix believed found
WASHINGTON (AP) — Some scientists think they have figured out the real job of the troublesome and seemingly useless appendix: It produces and protects good germs for your gut.
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But sometimes the flora of bacteria in the intestines die or are purged. Diseases such as cholera or amoebic dysentery would [...]

Once again, from the “Horny Animals Make Bad Pets” Department:
Visitors to a Somerset stately home have been warned to keep away from a peacock - after he seriously damaged a luxury car he mistook for a mate.
The amorous bird caused £4,000 damage to an employee’s Lexus in the grounds of Sir Benjamin Slade’s country manor, [...]

CNN Money: Kraft recalls white chocolate
NORTHFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Packaged foods maker Kraft Foods (Charts) issued a recall in the U.S. for its Baker’s Premium White Chocolate Baking Squares due to concerns that the product may be contaminated with Salmonella bacteria.
The affected packages have UPC Code 0043000252200 and four best-when-used-by dates: 31 MAR 2008 XCZ; [...]

The unholy union of LOLCats and PostSecret:

And, as the header says, the internet is truly complete.

…instead, we should be undercover superheroes!!
From washingtonpost via linkfilter:
So, let me make my somewhat seditious proposal explicit: We should not call ourselves “atheists.” We should not call ourselves “secularists.” We should not call ourselves “humanists,” or “secular humanists,” or “naturalists,” or “skeptics,” or “anti-theists,” or “rationalists,” or “freethinkers,” or “brights.” We should not call ourselves [...]

“Jeeze, it’s like an oven in this hot car!” Apparently, it really is.
Hot car + cookie dough + a few hours = CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES when you come back! Yaay!

So, I’ve been wanting a new personal media toy for a while to replace my “Truly Pic’N’Roll”, which only holds 2GB, makes an annoying crackling sound between tracks, and is supposed to play video but really sucks at it (and has terrible battery life anyway). I’ve been coveting an iPod for months, but fortunately, I [...]

A few months ago I lamented about how I couldn’t figure out what side I’m supposed to be on with the whole “fat acceptance” thing because even though I do believe that nobody, but nobody, deserves to be discriminated against for things that are none of anybody else’s business (regardless of whether whatever it is [...]