The dangers are greater than you can compute, moron With the flu season underway, many public health officials are publicly discussing their concern of the effects of a public flu epidemc. They are most concerned, however, with a certain kind of flu. The nerd flu. Full Story >> |
A recent USA Today poll shows that 86% percent of high school dropouts between the ages of 32-38 believe they could have graduated had the Internet been available to more than 12 people in the 1980's. Full Story >> |
In a report released late this afternoon, my uncle Daniel announced that the upcoming geomagnetic event created by a massive solar flare "will consume the Earth, thusly consuming all that inhabit it." Full Story >> |
Take my organ...please Influenced by news of a successful Husband-to-Wife Liver Transplant, doctors are seeing a sharp spike in general Husband-to-Wife Organ donation activities, a recent AMA article reports. Inspired by such a selfless display of love, husbands nationwide are literally cutting themselves open to outdo one another in an unintended conteste de l'amour. Full Story >> |
Sadly, he has the proof When Brian Angstrom received his new digital camera for Christmas, he was excited to snap great candid pictures of all his family and friends.
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As always, he's right Software usability expert Jakob Nielsen made a surprise announcement on his website useit.com this week that he will be branching out from website/software usability and now be including lingual and cultural usability into his studies.
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:-) quickly turned to :-O and :'-( One Land O' Lakes employee and two consultants were killed today when the server that powers the corporation's instant messaging system exploded at the IS facilities in Arden Hills, Minn.
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Another white powder causes disruption of The American Way of Life™ In a joint statement today Pentagon officials along with Weather Channel meteorologists have officially blamed the latest winter storm on Al Qaeda. Much of the Northeast was pounded by a storm that dropped anywhere from one to three feet of snow this week causing the closure of schools, roads and airports as well as an almost complete overshadowing of President's Day. Full Story >> |
Patients Say It's Worth It In what scientists are calling a landmark and fun-to-research study, Johns Hopkins University published an article yesterday indicating that doctors who are hot prescribe more high blood pressure medicine than do doctors who lack aesthetic appeal. Full Story >> |
ompany plans to "keep it Rael, aaaiight?" Clonaid, the company that claims to have successfully cloned a human, held a press conference today to respond to the statement made earlier this week by an independent scientist that the company's claims could be "an elaborate hoax". Clonaid was founded by a religious sect known as the Raelians who believe life on earth was created by aliens. They also believe that humans were originally clones of the aliens but apparently with a special "gullibility gene" added. Full Story >> |
Site now offers dental insurance and so much more Readers of the online political analysis journal Witty Tirade.com were surprised last week to find the insightful, profanity-peppered content they know and love replaced by a marketing tool. Full Story >> |
"Crude oil is not even see-through" A debilitated oil tanker split in two and sank Tuesday off the northern coast of Spain, causing alarm for environmental groups and voyeurs alike. The Bahamas registered ship has already spilled 2.5 million gallons of oil into the ocean near Spain and may spill the rest of it's 20 million gallons which will undoubtedly cause significant damage to fishing reserves and wildlife as well as the closure of topless beaches all along the coast. Full Story >> |
Kitten body modification may have been practiced earlier than originally thought Anthropologists from the University of Maryland today announced that they have uncovered what they believe to be the earliest known U.S. photo of Bonsai Kitten style cat body modification. Full Story >> |
"We demand restitution" Microsoft today apologized to the city of New York for a guerilla ad campaign that included hundreds of butterfly decals plastered all over New York's midtown. Full Story >> |
Oath May Be Revised Following "Justified" Action by Outraged Nurse Valerie Mitchell, Nurse Practioner at Maryland's Calvert Memorial Hospital in Hagerstown, is under trial by her licensing board after allegedly slapping a female patient and kicking the groin of the patient's husband. Full Story >> |
Analysts praise the new Insta-Crash technology Western Digital Corporation, well known for it's line of Caviar Hard Drives, has announced this week that it will be breaking the 200G barrier. Full Story >> |
Claims he "Never really looked at it before" Systems Analyst II, Mike Devers, 29 of Columbus, Ohio had an enlightening yet embarrassing epiphany yesterday when he finally noticed that the logo on his Handspring Visor was representative of a upside down person doing a handspring. Full Story >> |
