Scientists Discover That Antimicrobial Wipes and Soaps May Be Making You (and Society) Sick, a guest blog by Rob Dunn.

True story: I'm happy with plain old soap and water. The med school tells me that ZOMG must use antibacterial everything. So this article makes me a happy kitty.

Hey, folks! If any of you who was born in the US has ever lived overseas, according to morons like the one in this article, you are no longer a US citizen!

Just your "seriously, wtf" for the day.

So, this morning was my annual visit to Dermatology Associates here in Tallahassee ( Read more... )

Schwarzenegger gives California legislature the finger

Seriously, why the hell can't Florida find someone like this? Our own friggin' gov is abandoning ship already and we just got him voted in!! Grah!!

Arnold, if you decide to leave CA, FL could use someone like you IMNSHO*.

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Pro-Life Group up in Arms over Krispy Kreme's Abortion Doughnuts

No. Don't ask me. Just go read it.

Then do what I'm tempted to do if you so please: run to the nearest Krispie Kreme.

No, not the latest LJ news or rumours. Christ, people, there's more going on in the world than a little internet community's restructuring.

Congressman sleeps on cot to save cashAt first glance, with a title like that one would expect to read about some stunt for charity. But nope, this congressman from Utah is actually sleeping in his office to ( Read more... )

Governor Terminates Texting While DrivingThis? This makes a hell of a lot of sense to me. Talking on a cell phone while driving is bad enough in my opinion (in fact, if my phone rings while I'm driving I hit the 'silence' button and keep going until I'm fully stopped to check who it was), but texting is just really high on the Darwin Award Nominee ( Read more... )

Somehow, this just makes me happy:

8-year-old guitar wiz has reason to play the blues

When Tallan "T-Man" Latz was 5, he saw Joe Satriani playing guitar on TV. "I turned around to my dad and said, 'That's exactly what I want to do ( Read more... )

Nah, just really not much to say that isn't sims-related, and since I opened up simpathology for that sort of thing, it usually shows up on there. Yesterday's rant was one exception. Today's little newslink is also an exception, but with 99% less rant!

Proof that dolphins are smarter than people.I can honestly picture the scene: the rescue workers are ( Read more... )