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Though an unprotected human would not long survive in the clutches of outer space, it is remarkable that survival times can be measured in minutes rather than seconds, and that one could endure such an inhospitable environment for almost two minutes without suffering any irreversible damage. The human body is indeed a resilient machine.
COOOOL
via mefi
So, apparently Mike Huckabee wants to fix the constitution… so it lives up to his God’s standards. Right…
[From The Raw Story | Huckabee: Amend Constitution to be in 'God's standards']
… O_o
Prescription drug abuse is up, presumably since, “Everyone is stressed and everyone is self-medicating… Generation Rx is very insidious; kids are looking to medication for a sense of wellness and not to treat an ailment.”
[From The Fallbrook Village News :: Generation Rx: a new war against drugs]
Intriguing. But I could never do it 
It all made perfect sense. Fix the words and you fix the thoughts. I’m not a negative person, but I wanted to cut out the commiserating most of us use for 30-40% of all conversation…
[From Real Mind Control: The 21-Day No-Complaint Experiment | The Blog of Author Tim Ferriss]
The Hangover That Lasts - New York Times:
So, some words of caution for those who continue to binge and even for those who have stopped: just as the news is not so great for former cigarette smokers, there is equally bad news for recovering binge-drinkers who have achieved a sobriety that has lasted years. The more we have binged — and the younger we have started to binge — the more we experience significant, though often subtle, effects on the brain and cognition.
So drunking makes you stupid. Damn.
On the plus side, exercise seems to undo most of the damage. I’d be interested to learn more about the details, and their actual implications on college life. Are they saying “binge drinking” is only drinking a lot, in a short time? Or is the effect from getting drunk, gradually or not. Having one or two drinks is pretty different, socially.
After 10 Years of Blogs, the Future’s Brighter Than Ever:
In the 10 years since the first site known as a “weblog” went online, the blog has matured from a geek niche to the internet’s dominant publishing paradigm.
Blogs have come a long way since Dec. 17, 1997, when Jorn Barger coined the term “weblog” to describe the list of links on his Robot Wisdom website that “logged” his internet wanderings. In the decade hence, blogs have come to dominate the net, from 100 million personal diaries to the breaking news sections of the august The New York Times.
“It’s the easiest, cheapest, fastest publishing tool ever invented,” said Jeff Jarvis, news blogger, media pundit and director of the interactive journalism program at the City University of New York’s Graduate School of Journalism. “The people have a voice they didn’t have before.”
NPR : Border Fence Firm Snared for Hiring Illegal Workers
All Things Considered, December 14, 2006 · A fence-building company in Southern California agrees to pay nearly $5 million in fines for hiring illegal immigrants. Two executives from the company may also serve jail time. The Golden State Fence Company’s work includes some of the border fence between San Diego and Mexico.
This is just toooo funny.
[tags] politics, immigration [/tags]
Weird Al is a Genius.
Prepare to re-live middle school (for those of you in you born circa ‘85-86 or so). All in in one video. Polkafied.
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