Considering that I feel too fatigued/scattered to even read most of the articles that have interested me in the last few days, I found this interesting: Fight Fatigue With Short Energy Breaks Another factor leading to exhaustion, says Jon Gordon,…
High Heels?
Scientists calculate how high heels can go I’ve added notes to facilitate calculating your own score. I’ve never run across “pwhooar” before, but I’m assuming that’s something like the probability that said heels will be endangered by a ceiling fan.…
Brief Notes
Interview with Mel Gibson’s dad teaches strange ‘lessons’ on life I learned a lifelong lesson during my recent interview with Mel Gibson’s father, Hutton Gibson. The interview took place on the eve of the release of Mel Gibson’s new movie,…
Cool!
Space Dust to Unlock Mexican Pyramid Secrets Showers of space dust are helping unlock the secrets of a 2,000-year-old Mexican pyramid where the rulers of a mysterious civilization may lie buried.
More Tidbits
This had me howling: Things I wish I could write on students’ papers I tend to think this is right on: Have George W. Bush’s military records been tampered with or altered? The New World of Blogs Imagine a costless…
Health Headlines
Guess I should go back to taking the stuff, huh? Glucosamine Stops Knee Arthritis in WomenSupplement Likely Benefits All Types of People, All Joints, Say Researchers
A Couple of News Stories
Does this idjit think he’s a holy man or something? Bush’s feet can’t touch the ground Um, you know that socialization people ask homeschoolers about? How would it happen in this school? Eighth-graders at Dillard Middle School in Goldsboro have…
Good Gods
Cosmetic Foot Surgery on the Rise. Half of the surgeons also said they had treated patients for complications from cosmetic surgery, said Sharon Dreeben, MD, a foot and ankle surgeon in private practice in La Jolla, California. … Women seek…
Getting Rid of the “Baby Stuff” in Pre-K
I’m the first to admit that I see absolutely no merit in “pre-K”—or even kindergarten—for most kids. I certainly wasn’t scarred by the lack of them, and I definitely wasn’t behind in anything when I started first grade at the…
Politics for Today
Bush, Tenet, Iraq, Conservatives, Vietnam and Sept. 11 through the eyes of a 27-year CIA analyst The Project for a New American Empire Who are these guys? And why do they think they can rule the world? Policy implication of…