HARRIS: Time for one more? WILLIS: Sure. HARRIS: This is from Wilma from the town of Bedrock, I'm sorry from Texas, who writes...
]]>HARRIS: Time for one more? WILLIS: Sure. HARRIS: This is from Wilma from the town of Bedrock, I'm sorry from Texas, who writes...
]]>Inspiration behind the Theme: The ruby red pulp surrounding the seed of a pomegranate fruit. I love nibbling on these little gems.
]]>Inventor of Plastination, Dr. Gunther von Hagens, talks about the process and his creations during a news conference at the Museum of Science in Boston, in this, July 28, 2006, file photo. Von Hagens says he has stopped using bodies from China for fear that some of them may be executed prisoners, ABC News reported on Friday, Feb. 15, 2008. Dr. Gunther von Hagens told ABC's "20/20" that he had to destroy some bodies he had received from China because they had injuries that made him suspect they were execution victims. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, file)
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jQwtrJsRe6Md-gX-pYNNDwWpOFlgD8UR2APG1
]]>The Mississippi State House is proposing a law that would ban restaurants from serving people with a BMI higher than 30. On one hand, of course, you could say that's no worse than laws preventing bartenders from serving another shot of whiskey to that guy who just chipped a tooth falling off his stool. On the other hand, of course, an obese person is not going to use the opportunity afforded by an unnecessary plate of chicken and dumplings to pinch the ass of the waitress, puke in the bathroom sink, take a piss next to your dumpster and ram into an oncoming car on the way home, so there's really not much of a comparison. More seriously though, would it work? Wouldn't the nation's fat people, faces hot with the shame of being weighed publicly on a scale outside the Outback Steakhouse, simply drive straight to the nearest convenience store and pick up a few pints of Karamel Sutra to cool off? Aren't our seriously fat citizens too poor to indulge in that much Panera bread anyway? Moreover, did Rep. W.T. Mayhall not hear? Americans are officially no longer the fats of the world. Just like with that whole economy racket, we're being surpassed by the Euros! "And Finland, Germany, Greece, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Malta all have a higher proportion of overweight adults than the United States, according to a report by the International Obesity Task Force in 2005." Seriously, WTF, Greece and Cyprus? So much for the Mediterranean diet! If you manage to get fat off olives and red wine, do you have any idea how fat you'd be if you were born in the land of the deep-fried Oreo??? Anyway, suffice it to say that no one expects the bill to pass, but you can't fault them for trying to combat obesity, which could result in mass foot amputations remember, in new and innovative ways. And obesity is not the only terrible societal ill they are targeting! "Many bills are likely to fall to the wayside, such as HB 282, which discourages restaurants from serving certain kinds of food to obese people, and HB 291, which authorizes castration as part of a sentence for a rape conviction." I fucking love this country.
http://jezebel.com/351622/mississippi-to-ban-fat-people-from-eating-in-public
]]>A look at what President Bush said in his final State of the Union Address delivered Monday night. Each word is scaled in proportion to the number of times it was used. Roll over a word for its frequency.
]]>Jan. 22, 2008 -- Scan the news and blogs and not only do you see that Cloverfield had a record-breaking opening weekend, but there was an unforeseen side effect: nausea. And it didn't come from the popcorn, or the writing -- but the camerawork.
http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=86587
]]>NEW YORK - Heath Ledger was found dead Tuesday at a downtown Manhattan residence, and police said drugs may have been a factor. He was 28. NYPD spokesman Paul Browne said Ledger had an appointment for a massage at the Manhattan apartment believed to be his home. The housekeeper who went to let him know the masseuse had arrived found him dead at 3:26 p.m.
http://omg.yahoo.com/breaking-news:-heath-ledger-found-dead/news/5898
]]>What could be the best meteor display of the year will reach its peak on the night of Dec.13-14. Here is what astronomers David Levy and Stephen Edberg have written of the annual Geminid Meteor Shower: "If you have not seen a mighty Geminid fireball arcing gracefully across an expanse of sky, then you have not seen a meteor." The Geminids get their name from the constellation of Gemini, the Twins, because the meteors appear to emanate from a spot in the sky near the bright star Castor in Gemini. Also in Gemini this month is the planet Mars, nearing a close approach to the Earth later this month, and shining brilliantly with yellow-orange hue. To be sure, Mars is certain to attract the attention of prospective Geminid watchers this upcoming week.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20071207/sc_space/bestmeteorshowerof2007peaksdec13
]]>Massachusetts lawmakers say a proposed measure that would ban parents from spanking their children, even in their own homes, is a way to protect kids from abuse. But many parents believe it's an example of government run amok.
]]>Comet Holmes is seen among the stars of the constellation Perseus in the North-Eastern sky just after midnight, from Tyler, Texas on Monday, Nov. 5, 2007. The comet's gas cloud continues to expand over the last 10 days after a sudden eruption and is still visible with the unaided eye. (AP Photo/Dr. Scott M. Lieberman)
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jTxFV7LcIMuSZm5BvfBKlEt8WHvAD8SNL3E01
]]>"I think they went too far with it," said Kendra Bull, 20, who has worked at the McDonald's on Jonesboro Road for about five months. "If it was too salty, why not just take one bite and throw it away? Why did he take eight bites and finish it and come back later and say it made him sick?"
http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/atlanta/stories/2007/09/08/mcdonalds_0909.html
]]>ABC News: Robin Roberts: 'I Have Breast Cancer' The 'Good Morning America' Anchor Will Seek Treatment in the Coming Months
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