Archive for September 15th, 2004

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OK, Maybe Not All Smoking is Bad

The chemical in cannabis that produces a high may help to combat the
spread of cancer, research suggests.
Scientists have discovered the active ingredient, delta-9-tetrahydrocannibol
can block the spread of gamma herpes viruses.
The viruses are linked to an increased risk of the cancers Kaposis sarcoma, Burkitts
lymphoma and Hodgkins disease.
The [...]

Smoking Is Bad, Reading Is Good

We were
watching an insipid situation comedy the other day while correcting essays,
and we saw an actress in a "typical American family" yawn and say to
her daughter, "I’m bored, lets go to [...]

The Rich Get Richer

If, as the old saw says, the proof is in the pudding, then the World’s
Greatest University over in the People’s Republic of Cambridge continues
to attract some mighty smart guys, and has the perspicacity to place
[...]

Spam Spreads to Comments Section

We have
been hearing dire warnings for some time now, particularly from our friends
in the Thursday
Night Blogger’s Group, about the looming disaster which
is Comment [...]

Vermillion’s Just Another Name for Red

When
we tell people that we are among the 8% of men who suffer from color-blindness,
most of them imagine we live in a “Leave it to Beaver” world of stark
black and white.
Nothing [...]

Best of Breed

We came across this disturbing photo at Worth1000. Things like this
and my sister-in-law Cecilia serve as constrant reminders that genetics
is a celestial crap shoot…..
from Worth 1000

Selling Wikipedia, Portal to Portal

More and more when we search the Web for facts or info
as part of our job or while blogging, we find that Google is directing
us to one of the most interesting and successful WIKI sites in existence;
[...]


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