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Don’t Pinch Me Bro!

Today is St. Patty’s day. St. Patty is the patron saint of getting drunk off your ass. Apparently you MUST WEAR GREEN TODAY. Quick story that just happened: I am at work. Decided to do my morning business, when finished left the restroom where I ran smack dab into two ladies that work in the building. [...]

A Bit on Flouride

I have often wondered about why Fluoride is pumping through our water supply. If you did not know, basically the entire United States adds Fluoride to the tap water that you drink and bathe in. The question is: Why? Supposedly it is good for your teeth. Catch is there are loads of dentists who don’t agree with that. Furthermore, why [...]

Mercury is Good for You!

Apparently I, along with practically everyone else on the planet, was wrong about Mercury.

More Tragedy – Chelsea King

This is the world we live in. Period. I grew up in that area. RIP Something to consider: It is an odd thing with humans that if a large amount of people die somewhere far away we say things like “Wow.. that sucks..” but if one person dies close to where we live we are mortified.

This Required Research?

According to MSNBC.com : “Watching a curvaceous woman can feel like a reward in the brain of men, much as drinking alcohol or taking drugs might, research now reveals.” Ummm… DUH. All you really had to do was ask any man on the planet this and he would have told you – did you really need to [...]

Did you know that Space Aliens laugh at us?

As reported initially by the BBC and then re-printed by Fox News: [The embattled ex-head of the research center at the heart of the Climate-gate scandal dropped a bombshell over the weekend, admitting in an interview with the BBC that there has been no global warming over the past 15 years. Phil Jones, former head of the [...]

Breaking the Cycle

This morning I felt compelled to chip away at a specific tier within the awe-inspiring expanse of human ignorance as it applies to natural ecosystem equilibrium. It is critical to break the cycle of illogical fear producing legislation that then justifies the illogical fear. The same ignorance is taken with an array of other top-tier [...]

The World According to Thraxxus

A bit on great things. There is an inherent problem that I have discovered during my term served in this reality and it is this: whenever you have the best of something it diminishes everything else in that category to dust. My example this morning is the glorious beef jerky that a dear friend’s retired 5 star [...]

I Dare Say Herr Professor… 40 Lashes Due Onto Thee

Admittedly, I was taken aback upon reading the following: A prominent US climate scientist at the centre of the ”climategate” leaked email controversy has been virtually cleared of professional misconduct by an internal university enquiry. Michael Mann, of Penn State University, featured regularly in the more than 1000 emails that were hacked from the University of East Anglia [...]

Haiti WTFedness!

Apparently the Red Cross has asked people to stop sending their own breast milk to Haiti. The quote? “Tell them not to send it,” said Eric Porterfield, a spokesman for the American Red Cross. “I’m 100 percent sure we didn’t ask for that.” I can’t begin to really say why giving someone else your breast milk is [...]

In honor of my latest post (referring to Ungulate Emasculation)…

… after all this time, cocaine does make you smarter! Who knew?! Cocaine-induced alterations in gene expression cause changes in neuronal morphology and behavior that may underlie cocaine addiction. In mice, we identified an essential role for histone 3 lysine 9 (H3K9) dimethylation and the lysine dimethyltransferase G9a in cocaine-induced structural and behavioral plasticity. Repeated [...]

ScanJack

One of our writers, Scanjack, was in a major car accident last night with his wife. They are both in the hospital. Send some good thoughts his way. We hope everything is ok pal. We’ll be here when you get back.

What?! Sorry… I was daydreaming.

Culturally we are all sensitized to relating the act of daydreaming to that of a lazy mind. School-aged children are repeatedly encouraged to stop daydreaming and to “focus” upon the task at-hand. Additionally, a wandering mind is often cited as a leading cause of traffic accidents in adults. This theorized lack of discipline in mental [...]

For a good Cause

I know we spend lots of time bitching about politics and to be honest none note worthy news articles.  On this particular day I present to you an amazing story.  Not only does this hit close to home with my own medical past but the gentleman highlighted in this story is a very close and [...]

THE Burger Place

Guy Fieri covered this place on the food network show “Diners, Drive Ins, and Dives“. I have spoken of it several times but never been there. Right now, after watching the best of show and seeing it again, this place is right at the top of my “I wanna eat there!” list. The Squeeze Inn [...]

CDC addressed fears over 2009 H1N1 vaccine safety and availability at a press briefing Tuesday.

H1N1 Update: CDC Offers Reassurance on Vaccine Safety and Availability The CDC Director Thomas Frieden addressed “three major concerns that people have” — that 2009 H1N1 is “just a mild illness”; that the vaccine may not be safe; and that it’s already too late to be vaccinated.</spanDr. Frieden countered with a reminder that 2009 H1N1 has [...]

Anthropogenic Climate Change and Belief

At a time when humanity is now both empowered by a blizzard of information and stunned by its effect, we seem to have come to an inflection point. Our genetic composition allows us to learn from experience in an orderly manner. See fire. Touch fire. Fire hurt. No touch fire. No hurt. And when there is [...]

Another H1N1 Vaccine Recall?

REALLY?

Pigs Flew Crooked

Apparently there has been a massive recall of the H1N1 Vaccine for kids. Will anyone be held accountable? Not Likely.

Wow! Your Yogurt Tastes like Primoplantae…

Given one of the more popular discussion themes on BlinkinBlogs remains on global climate (change), here is a post regarding something quite interesting yet unprovocative. J. Craig Venter, best known for his work on the human genome, recently gained some nice lettuce from the petrol industry to underwrite his promising research in genetics and energy [...]

Good Diagnostic Resource

One of the better Diagnostic Algorithms* I’ve read… clear and simple. *This is only being offered under the category of generalized information and should not, under any circumstance, be utilized for primary decision guidance when inquirying about a medical situation involving your family or yourself. It is strongly recommended to consult with your [...]

New pathology characteristic outlined for A/H1N1?

In sickest H1N1 patients, mortality rate ranged from 14.3 percent to 41.4 percent Overall death rate is closer to seasonal flu than SARS Older people could have immunity to H1N1 because of virus 50 to 60 years ago “Definitely get the vaccine” The ”ClifNotes” version of the latest findings is summarized as: Although the death rate appears [...]

WTF have we become?

This is Selena Gomez. Selena is obviously beautiful, and some could argue talented. I have no issue with this. My problem is that according to that wikipedia entry she was born on July 22, 1992, which by my calculation makes her 17 years old.  Reportedly she has been singing on stage dressed akin to this video [...]

Complete Moronic Incivility This Way Comes

“Being civil”. This can mean many things to many people.  During the homogeneous 1950s it was the era’s byline for “towing the line”.  Civility in many aspects is the glue that holds society together.  Recently I read an article about pirate culture.  They enjoyed a public relations victory by having their ilk described as chaotic anarchists [...]

A Bit on the Flu

This was sent to me in an email. Read it with good will, and follow it however you feel necessary. Again I did not write it. “The following was an excerpt from a current blog entry authored by Dr. Gupta (CNN Medical Correspondent out of Atlanta) regarding the observation, care, treatment, and overall expectations surrounding the [...]

H1N1 Vaccination Nation!

Apparently half of the USA is to be vaccinated for the H1N1 which has yet to kill even half the amount of people the normal flu has! Go Team!

FU Friday Zombie Teens

Women Porn and Religion

Does the title remind you of watching Sesame Street .. one of these things just doesn’t belong…? Well it sure does to me.. Today I ran across a site that I will share with you later, but the way my brain processed it when I ran across it  was to me rather comical. What are two things [...]

A Reason for Home Schooling

Apparently the government is pushing for H1N1 vaccinations to happen at school. Makes me wonder if they will bother to get the consent of the parents.

Death Panels: An Idea Whose Time Has Come

Before I pick up Thraxxus’ gauntlet and chuck it back at him, I have to express my giddy approval of the “Death Panels” to be enacted by Obama’s new health plan. Not only do I think they are a good idea, but we should enact them ASAP. I believe having appointed bureacrats decide who lives [...]

A Word to the Wise

Yesterday I was talking to a dear female friend of mine, we’ll call her Bunny because that sounds like a cheerleader name and she hates chearleaders, about the intracacies of marriage – more specifically about how women beat the will right out of men. Bunny said that she totally saw this and how often it [...]

This is your brain on Zombie!

As we await the Zombie Apocalypse it might be good to learn more about how the zombie brains work.

Self Defense Training

I have been a long time advocate of the martial arts, from both a self defense perspective as well as spiritual. The martial arts can hone your body into something you never imagined and make you more aware of your surroundings. In my many years of study I have never seen a video that so [...]

What’s Next!?!

Americans take their pets very seriously. Ridiculously so in my opinion. Trust me. I have pets and my wife and I have spent so much money on them to keep them well that we could have paid for two round-the-world travels packages for less. Our cat, Bailey, we now refer to as Bailey Billions because [...]

The World Today

If you really believe that the United States of America is above ridiculous levels of parental douchebaggery, well, you are wrong, blind, mis-informed, and just might be the guy the rest of us are scared of. Examples!! First we have this idiot who is upset that the guy he sold his 14 year old daughter to didn’t [...]

Different Perspectives

We start with this article. I don’t want to go over how angry that article makes me, I think it is self explanatory. I will, however, show you Will Smith’s perspective on the same subject, with a different spin. I would normally imbed the video from youtube, but it was requested to not be imbedded elsewhere, [...]

Thraxxus’ Self Righteous Thought of the Day

“Before we tell others how they should lead their lives, we should probably have mastered our own.”

Embarrassing Story

So, my new boy looks just like me – and this fact is fascinating. It is like looking at a raw version of myself that may or may not grow in similarity as he “cooks”. Also, it allows me to compliment myself indirectly when I (loudly) comment on how cute he looks in that Pooh [...]

A Congrats to GlazednConfused

Congratulations to GlazedNConfused! His wife had a baby on Thanksgiving day. Their son is 10lbs 10 ounces. Let me put that into perspective: many of you ate some turkey on Thanksgiving, and in many instances, your turkey was about 11 pounds – roughly the same weight as his baby. Which lead me to thinking, as these [...]

Marketing Failure

This ad showed up on BlinkinBlogs.com this morning via GoogleAdsense. Take a quick gander at it. I cannot properly express my feelings about the ad thus I will merely point out what is wrong with it, and that someone should be fired for it. The Lady in the Before picture appears to be of a darker [...]

Bible Fun!

I am a huge fan of holy books such as the Bible, Koran and Playboy. Cracked.com did this little bit on some lovely passages in the Bible that tell us of how things used to be. Take a read – the religious experience is breath taking. I would love to sit down with a Bishop [...]

Randy Pausch – RIP

Randy, in my opinion, was the definition of inspirational stories. If you do not know his story read about it here. The Lecture he did, titled at one point “The Last Lecture” is below. Do yourself a favor and watch it. Get something to drink, settle back, and watch it.

Global Warming: Does it Matter?

If you have lived in Tucson Arizona since the 1960s, you have been witnessing that record low temperatures happen much less than they were from 1910 to 1960. The City of Tucson’s population is also growing and with an increasing number of people comes a proliferation of concrete and steal. As more buildings and roads [...]

Not for the Faint of Heart

If you have a squeemish stomach, do not read this. I read this article this morning and almost cried in my office. I find it so terribly sad what humans will do to each other, more specifically, what adults will do to children. Take the child in this story, one of many I have read [...]

One More Night? My Next Prayer is for Jason.

Marriage is basically one long string of compromises, mostly minor and some major. Any married person that says otherwise is either (a) gay, from the great state of Massachusetts and married to his/her clone, or (b) the leader of one of those cults that keep their wives down in the basement, visiting them occasionally to [...]