…at least, for the next few days: All Your Snakes Are Belong to Us. Do I really need to say more? Well, if I do, here’s the All Your Base Are Belong To Us web site (though you can find the video on YouTube if the AYBABTU site bogs down), and here’s the Snakes on […]
DHS has released a new set of important guidelines regarding renegade hormones; you can see the interactive Flash presentation here. Hint: start with Low and work up. As the presentation says: Just remember — hormones are out there, and they know where you live. Heh.â„¢ ..bruce..
Here in the West, we sometimes wonder why people go into reality shows and game shows only to make fools of themselves. (“What, and give up show business?”) But who in their right mind signs up for something like this? Hat tip to Dave Barry. ..bruce..
UPDATED (08/09/06): Welcome to Consumerist readers (and thanks to The Consumerist for the link)! I’ve run across two different stories recently that have the same theme: fundamental flaws in common physical security methods can result in (a) you losing your property (car, household goods) and (b) your insurance company refusing to pay because they don’t […]
…blogging may be light for the next few days. I’m traveling on business. ..bruce..
All of the exhibits used in the trial of United States v. Zacarias Moussaoui have been placed on-line. These include the exhibits used by the prosection and by the defense. Of the various exhibits and pleadings, here’s one — signed by Moussaoui — that reminds us what we face and why we fight: If this […]
…thanks to some CSS tweaking by “Evil Bruce” Henderson. ..bruce..
(UPDATED BELOW) (And, Megan, thanks for the Instalanche!) I haven’t been terribly happy with Sen. Reid’s battle against the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste site over the years, but even I have to agree he’s got a good point here: WASHINGTON (AP) – Sen. Harry Reid has a new argument against the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste […]
…isn’t this the way that superheroes (or -villians) get started? Doctors seeking treatments for malignant brain tumors have found promise in the venom of scorpions, according to a study released on Friday. The study showed that a synthetic version of a protein found in the venom of giant yellow Israeli scorpions targeted tumor cells but […]
Just say no
Nancy Reagan’s “Just Say No” anti-drug campaign was mocked when it was started some 20 years ago, yet I think that ultimately it is the only effective approach. I’ve had a few extended family members who have stumbled into drug abuse; one is currently clean and doing very well, one is struggling with a life […]
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