December 2008
31 posts
“A Japanese man who had been living in Terminal 1 of the Benito Juarez...”
– Japanese ‘tenant’ leaves Mexico City airport - Yahoo! News
“Teenagers who pledge to remain virgins until marriage are just as likely to have...”
– Study: ‘Virginity pledges’ are ineffective - Washington Post- msnbc.com
“De Beers chairman Nicky Oppenheimer confessed, “Diamonds are intrinsically...”
– mental_floss Blog » 5 Beloved Traditions Invented to Make You Buy Stuff
“In June, the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life published a controversial...”
– Op-Ed Columnist - Heaven for the Godless? - NYTimes.com
“As a supervisor at a Washington Mutual mortgage processing center, John D....”
– The Reckoning - WaMu Built an Empire on Bad Loans - Series - NYTimes.com
I created a monster
So it was either 200 txt messages or 1500. I tried 200 but it didn’t work out… and now… I text all the time and aren’t close to 1500 yet, but it’s a matter of time. Eeek!
“What we have in this country is a washing-machine model of addiction treatment,”...”
– The Evidence Gap - Drug Rehabilitation or Revolving Door? - Series - NYTimes.com
“The study, which included extensive brain imaging, is the most dramatic...”
– Blind, Yet Seeing - The Brain’s Subconscious Visual Sense
Oldest Ever Lolcat Found *gasp* (Iz From Teh 1905)... →
“Our profound need to feel connected is hardly a modern discovery. “No one...”
– Loneliness holiday blues | Salon
“A police patrol carried out an inspection of the car and they noticed a mosquito...”
– Blood from mosquito traps Finnish suspect - Yahoo! News
“Learn a new fruit :
The mangosteen (Garcinia mangostana) is a tropical...”
– Mangosteen - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
“People with Type 2 diabetes on a high-fiber diet kept their blood sugar under...”
– Recommended Diet for Diabetics May Need Changing, Study Suggests - NYTimes.com
“Type A
Type As may seem calm on the outside, but inside, you’re filled with...”
– Can Blood Type Determine Your Personality?
“Clever dogs will pull the plush squirrels out of their little plush log and then...”
– Bargain gifts for the dog lover - 2008 Gift Guide - Salon.com
“The heat source is a pair of headlights. A car door alarm signals emergencies....”
– Looking Under the Hood and Seeing an Incubator - NYTimes.com
““This is a gift from the Iraqis; this is the farewell kiss, you...”
– Iraqi Journalist Hurls Shoes at Bush and Denounces Him on TV as a ‘Dog’ - NYTimes.com
“Giardia infections can linger for months because the parasite plays a cunning...”
– A Coat of Many Proteins May Be Giardia’s Downfall -
“Every patient should have a doctor who is in charge throughout the entire...”
– Letters - Say ‘Ahhh,’ While the Doctor Yawns - NYTimes.com
Well Blog - NYTimes.com →
Interesting, but the discussion about physicians always turns negative as if the idea that Dr are awful needs to be perpetuated further. Sometimes it make me frustrated. I think it’s hard not to take it personally.
“The problem, of course, is squeezing in as many of these indulgent visits as...”
– Journeys - Le Tour du Chocolat - NYTimes.com
Why is drug company ghostwriting news?
Just ban it already… it’s clearly a huge bias and in no way any kind of way to prove medicines work.
Prompted re Wyeth
“think we can banish bubbles simply by curbing corruption and imposing more...”
– Pop Psychology - The Atlantic (December 2008)
“No fair! What parent hasn’t heard that from a child who thinks another...”
– Studies show dogs have sense of fairness - Yahoo! News
“Consumer Reports evaluated 37 brands available nationwide. Among the...”
– High Sodium in Unexpected Places - NYTimes.com
iTunes 8.latest
Is really slow. :-/ argh
“I was looking for a place to rest my soul,” he said. “It helped me forget.”
– Asylum Seeker From Cameroon Lost His World but Gained a New Home - NYTimes.com
“But the expert panel said those reforms were not enough. Caps on work hours...”
– Panel Calls for Changes in Doctor Training - Well Blog - NYTimes.com
“A clinical trial showed that the pill, called Sutent, delays cancer progression...”
– The Evidence Gap - British Balance Benefit vs. Cost of Latest Drugs - NYTimes.com
“There is a useful analogy here to raising children. The British physician D. W....”
– The Six Habits of Highly Respectful Physicians - NYTimes.com
“In lieu of another planet, consider the ant. In an advanced ant city, thousands...”
– Ant civilization in The Superorganism. - By Christine Kenneally - Slate Magazine