The Fount of Useless Information
Your place for useless information that just might possibly be interesting.
‘Affluenza’: Is it real?
http://www.cnn.com/2013/12/12/health/affluenza-youth/index.html?hpt=hp_t2
More proof, as if it were needed, of our oligarchical police state. Rich, get off, poor go to jail for the rest of your life. I have no doubt that the ‘syndrome’ is real, but …
Lurid Subprime Scams Unveiled in Long-Running Fraud Trial
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/blogs/taibblog/lurid-subprime-scams-unveiled-in-long-running-fraud-trial-20131212
Matt is more upset about this sort of thing than I am. I _expect_ this sort of behavior when our government regulation has been as completely neutered as it has been …
Exercise as Potent Medicine
http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/12/11/exercise-as-potent-medicine/?_r=0
I have noted many times that exercise is good for you (just a few examples):
…Lizard Breath May Have Evolved Before Dinosaurs
http://news.discovery.com/animals/dinosaurs/monitor-lizards-breathing-may-have-evolved-before-dinos-131211.htm
This is interesting and has me wondering how it is that we are only just now discovering it. That birds had a funky way of breathing that seemed to super charge their …
On my ride in this morning I had a mental conversation with my boy about encyclopedias in general and Wikipedia in particular. I figured it would be a good thing to add to my blog, so here she be…
There …