http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11161493 Who to believe: so its a person who talks to their invisible friend OR Stephen Hawking a bunch of child molesters OR Stephen Hawking someone who has one old book OR Stephen Hawking
Since there are midterm elections coming up this year, that means the fake rage of tea baggers will come down upon politics. This means lots of conservatives will be out to go vote in California, which will be bad the for the legalization of pot on the ballot. Just like prop 8 got voted down, [...]
Ex-military leaders: Young adults ‘too fat to fight’ http://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/04/20/military.fat.fight/index.html?hpt=C1 Maybe we’ll actually eat ourselves out of a war. High fructose corn syrup might be our ticket to peace.
Marijuana use by seniors goes up as boomers age http://www.salon.com/news/2010/02/22/us_seniors_marijuana/index.html As they have in the last few decades, baby boomers my change how business is done in this country. But the catch this time is it might actually do good. The aging population might actually work to get drug laws reformed or maybe repealed altogether. [...]
Skepticism is a very healthy way of approaching things, but it gets taken over for stupid things and gets confused with cynicism. People are skeptical of vaccinations which are tested and proven world wide, but will take it on faith that a saint is on a piece of toast. Skeptic is a latin based word [...]
http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/11/30/commentary.klau.blogging/index.html Bottom line, if you wouldn’t say it outloud in mixed company think twice about typing it up on a blog.
http://paolov.wordpress.com/2009/10/01/what-is-natural/ The term natural drives me nuts, it’s so broad that it get’s co-opted by evertyhing to sell product. Maybe the term needs to be put to bed in exchange for another word, or at least make a more grandular definition.
http://ow.ly/DIxu Strictly anecdotal, but the light I have has gotten slightly dimmer in the last 18 months.
“people in a bad mood were more critical of, and paid more attention” http://www.telegraph.co.uk…/Bad-moods-boost-memory-and-judgement.html I knew it! My moodiness pays off for something! Now if you don’t mind, I’ll be brooding on a number of topics and noticing everything in my surroundings.
Things are constantly getting better, it’s the level of cynicism that’s getting bigger. More people get food, have access to higher education, can voice their opinion, than ever before. I guess it’s just something in human nature that forces them to only look at the darker side of everything. This is dangerously getting close to [...]
