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Alzheimer's and triggers
The Rise of Alzheimer's Horror: Interesting article on the effects of the rising number of cases of Alzheimer's on the entertainment industry.
Urbandictionary.com defines trigger as follows: "A topic, phrase or word that emotionally sets someone off."
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I love the first listing on the CDC's WONDER page under "Chronic Conditions". Yeah, I guess death is a rather chronic condition after all :) -
Take a trip down memory lane
In honour of Google's tenth birthday, they have put up the oldest version of their archive, January 2001, for search here. In many cases, even if the results are no longer on the web, you can view the page using the Internet Archive link next to the description. I googled my name and found a couple of old pages I had completely forgotten about ( ( Read more... ) -
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Sperm cells created from female embryo
Hah! Take that, men! You are now superfluous. We don't need you anymore. Women shall rule the world and there's nothing you can do about it!
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But Westley, what about the ROUSs?
Rodents of Unusual Size? I don't think they exist. -
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Playdoh Bunnies Cute commercial :) -
Ok this is really damn cool!
Here you can hear a cylinder wax recording of Alfred, Lord Tennyson reading "The Charge of the Light Brigade". The recording was made on May 15, 1890. It's a crappy recording, of course, many words and even full lines are obscured and can't be heard. But it's still fascinating to listen to and know that that is *Tennyson's* own voice.