Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Stuff below the fold

Heh. Maybe Crassus' legions did make it to China.
DNA suggests it might be so, historical reports suggests it might be so, next step: archeological evidence which so far is lacking.

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The mystery of the exploding watermelons.
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a world with fewer women...means a higher murder rate and more crime.
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the real scandal of New Orleans: A very high murder rate.
the bigger scandal: That this "study" didn't include demographic information, probably because it would be too sensitive.
repeat after me: It's the gangs, stupid. and some folks are working with local churches to stop the violence.

and the real question: Has the emphasis on the war on stopping terror resulted in less emphasis on cops working with and stopping violence in gangs?
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guess what? Someone finally realized that electronic medical records would be easy to hack.

Ya think? The comments tend to be clueless however, because hard copy records have limited access and need to be xeroxed whereas a good hacker (the average 7th grade geek) can download a couple thousand to his hard drive in ten minutes.


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Those uppity women...how dare she drive her kids to school.

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why Angelina Jolie is awesome.
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factoid of the day: noodling is illegal in Texas.


"While noodling has a long history in the U.S., only 17 states permit hand fishing, including Louisiana, Georgia and Oklahoma, home of the Okie NoodlingTournament...

and if you want to noodle mark your calender:



Okie Noodling Tournament
Saturday, July 9, 2011

The 12th Annual Okie Noodling Tournament is scheduled for July 9, 2011. Please note, this year the festival will be held at the City Park (Wacker Park) in Pauls Valley. Bob's Pig Shop is still presenting the event and will be open for business during the festival. Wacker Park is located 2 blocks N.E from Bob's Pig Shop. If you're checking-in fish, parking will be provided near the weigh-in station.

and yes, the film about Okie Noodling has their own webpage

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