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CBC articles on possible seasonal flu vaccine / H1N1 risk
Note: Comments disabled because I don't feel like getting into a vaccination discussion. I am not planning to get a seasonal flu shot myself, but I believe that each person can make the decision for him or herself. Feel free to e-mail me privately if you are curious and want to discuss.Posting these links because I know a number of people who ( Read more... ) -
Cell phones / radiation
Over the years, I've read bits and pieces of information about cell phones and radiation (or microwaves, or wireless networks, etc.). Mostly, what I saw was vague (or extreme) enough that I moved most electric items away from the bed, told myself that I needed to use a headset for my phone, tried to stay back from the microwave when it was on just ( Read more... ) -
New TV shows, la la la
I had been thinking about posting about how Joss Whedon's new show "Dollhouse" wants to be a live action cross between "Kiddy Grade" and "Gunslinger Girls" (I'm just hoping that the plot holds up to good anime standards). I'm not going to put any other spoilers than that, but it had that cosplay + [enter_item_here]-of-the-week feel to me. Of ( Read more... ) -
Anyone need cables?
(Look, a post. Without much personal content, but still something ( Read more... ) -
PSA: Sunscreen
There have been news stories lately about sunblock ratings and how they need to change (for example: current UVA protection claims on packaging mean nothing).
The Environmental Working Group has published a Sunscreen Summary rating a large number of sunscreens on both sun hazard (e.g. how effective they are against UVA / UVA) and health hazard ( ( Read more... ) -
Freaky yet cute!
(via mr_teem)
Giant Microbes has added new products!
Oooh, maybe it would be nice to have a White Blood Cell to cuddle when I'm sick. Go little white blood cells! Fight those invaders! Fight like...the wind...(er... :} ) -
(Untitled)
For the cat-loving, cat-allergic, Gilbert and Sullivan-knowing, masses of people on my friends list, just in case they didn't see this, I present:
The Shedding Cats Patter Song (Two Lumps) -
Mmm, insanity
So far tonight, the dishwasher has oversudsed onto the floor, the ceiling in the kitchen started leaking/spurting water causing arawen to go out onto the roof (luckily the one-story mostly flat one) and use multiple tubes of roofing tar in the middle of a massive thunderstorm, and the lights flickered twice (but we didn't lose power). But I finished ( Read more... ) -
Fire!
For many, many people...
Dance Dance Immolation
Also (added to this entry because I didn't really want to create a whole separate new one):
Quoting out of context by the "liberal" media (NYT) (gah! - example is short but clear)
