For quite a while now young people with cellphones have been receiving calls and texts without the knowledge of the rest of us. We are more used to the common “who’s stupid ring is that?” Now, teenagers have found a ringtone that cannot be heard by most adults. Its called the Teen Buzz [...]

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I stumbleupon’d an article yesterday, Russia is soon sending gerbils to space. Apparently, because of their non-need for for water they are perfect for sustained space flights.
“Day and night will be simulated and special machines will clean their excrement in the weightless conditions.”
So, you have these gerbils floating about inside some sort of box. [...]

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Socialized Health Care… A term that as US citizens we hear little about, or at the least, as a “crazy” European law. What’s wrong with the united state’s health care system? Its not socialized! It’s “Market-Based Health-Care.”
Socialized health care is a term used to describe the act of giving citizens of a particular country [...]

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Since I can remember, spam has stood for the most repulsive form of meat available.  As the internet grew it came to mean what we all know and love–spam emails, popups, and other unwanted web content.  Since then it has evolved to a webverb like ‘to google.’  Now you can spam people, or get spammed [...]

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I never really noticed before, we’re all getting fat. I didn’t notice because everyone is fat. That was until I watched Michael Moores latest movie, Sicko. What struck me even more than the condition of our health care system was how incredibly fat he was next to the French and Canadians. [...]

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When I was young, I thought Black Friday was in reference to Black Tuesday from the stock crash of 1929. But, as I grew older I learned it was called that for another reason. In days before computers, the balance books were updated using red ink for debts, and black ink for income.  [...]

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 Ok Al.  You’ve got some pretty good evidence.  “They” are always saying the sea ice is receding, its smaller than its ever been, and its shrinking so fast we’re all going to die.  While thats mostly hype, this article detailing the opening of the Northwest Passage coming 40 years before predicted.  Other predictions say it [...]

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