"How Zombies Work"

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From HowStuffWorks.com: How Zombies Work

How do YOU spell IRONY?

Bush Pushes U.N. to Move Swiftly on Syria Report - New York Times

More Death Ray Stuff

Apparently some intrepid souls at MIT have proven that Archimedes Death Ray, while not necessarily feasible as a weapon, it can be made and it can cause spontaneous combustion of an oak plank! Thanks to Slashdot.

Dylan Thomas reads "Do not go gentle into that good night"

COOL! Poets.org has audio of Dylan Thomas reading... good stuff!

Bizarre proposed Indiana reproductive legislation

Hmm.... Add this post to the one I just did, nd we've basically got the roots of A Handmaid's Tale happening in contemporary politics!


Boing Boing: Bizarre proposed Indiana reproductive legislation

Bush Considers Invading Blue States under "Bird Flu" Ruse

File this AP news release under T for TERRIFYING.

Bush asserted aggressive action could be needed to prevent a potentially crippling U.S. outbreak of a bird flu strain that is sweeping through Asian poultry and causing experts to fear it could become the next deadly pandemic. Citing concern that state and local authorities might be unable to contain and deal with such an outbreak, Bush asked Congress to give him the authority to call in the military.

I am probably definitely paranoid. And this is certainly not a prediction. But... this is what you get when you have an administration that is rarely candid about what its intentions are. It's entirely too easy for me to imagine New England -- you know, the blue states, overrun in an "epidemic" and sent ito martial law lockdown and the spin machine selling a coup d'etat as "security".

Exercise may be good for cognition

Pretty interesting article about a study at the Salk institute that suggests that 30 minutes of extecise a day may actually help regain soem congnitive abilities, if I understood it corectly. Pretty Nifty.