Thursday, September 23, 2010

Stuff below the fold

Heh.
Father Z has written a litany to pray for the internet thugs
an excerpt:

From faceless Facebook admin drones, spare us O Lord.
From tweeting Twitter idiots, spare us O Lord.
From from heart-hardened spammers, spare us O Lord.
From rss feed problems, spare us O Lord.
From server memory resource difficulties, spare us O Lord.

From viruses, trojan horses, and all manner of snares, Lord save us.
From wasting our time, Lord save us.
From our own stupidity, Lord save us.

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The latest "you don't really need expensive medical care" propaganda from the LATIMES: Mammograms found to be less crucial in preventing deaths

ah but if you look closely, the Norse didn't do mammograms in women over 70, where it is more common than in younger women...and the "decrease" in deaths was still 10%, which in the US would come to 4000 lives a year saved.

also missing: That it gave only death rate decrease, which is has been falling due to better treatment and earlier diagnosis...


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No, "we" didn't kill off the Neanderthals after all: It was the volcanos.
except for the descendents of those with human boyfriends?

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Apple cidar vinegar, touted by some folks as the cure for everything, also is one of the ingredients in this homemade fly trap, according to Boingboing.
the trick? Add a few drops of dishwater detergent to the vinegar...it's unclear if the detergent lowers their floatability and they drown or if it's poisonous, but I plan to try it...wonder if palm vinegar works?

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