Random ideas to decrease life’s annoyances. 1. At the doctor- do not make me fill out the same data I filled out the last time I was there. Print a copy of my file and ask me to correct it.
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The public has accepted several myths about our actions in Afghanistan and Iraq that have been perpetrated by biased and incomplete reporting; often repeating distortions until they are accepted as facts. This problem was magnified by quarelling departments, security leaks,
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The Georgia legislature has passed a law allowing guns to be carried into public parks, public transportation and resturants that serve liquor. Guns will still be banned at the airport. This is not good enough, though for Representative Tim Bearden
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Scientists: Watermelon yields Viagra-like effects By BETSY BLANEY excerpts Watermelons contain an ingredient called citrulline that can trigger production of a compound that helps relax the body’s blood vessels, similar to what happens when a man takes Viagra, said scientists
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IS it just me or is the July 4th news just getting too weird. Dogs Used in Pornography Films to Be Spared Death from Fox News Excerpt “The undersheriff has rethought his position on the dogs involved in the pornography,”
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Grandma, 70, Gives Birth to Twinsfrom Foxnews Excerpt Panwar, who has two adult daughters and five grandchildren, underwent in-vitro fertility treatment so she could produce a male heir.Her husband, Charan Singh Panwar, 77, mortgaged his land, sold his buffalos, spent
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Compound in Red Wine Fights Ravages of AgeBy Alan MozesHealthDay ReporterThursday, July 3, 2008; 12:00 AM the entire article Excerpt “But red wine is a good source of resveratrol,” he added. “And, in this mouse study, we have shown that
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I am reading Douglas Feith’s “War and Decision”; his detailed account of the meetings and policy decisions after 9/11. Feith was Under Secretary of Defense reporting directly to Donald Rumsfeld. While his personal perspective is tilted toward the Department of
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While experience is being tossed about in this campaign like a midget at a drunken frat party (apologies to Dennis Miller), we should at least be able to judge a candidate by the people ‘selected’ as advisors. We now get
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I think that the faith based initiative is a bad idea. It was a bad idea when Bush proposed it and it is no better when Obama proposes it. Is it just a giant suck up to the Christain Right?
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One can now major in Informatics, the newest program at Indiana University. It is in repsonse to the need to understand, organize and utilize the vast information at our fingertips. Yes, I feel as outdated as when I view a
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I was at Indiana University touring the campus with a group of parents while my daughter Natalie was registering for fall classes. As I was looking up at the tower rising above the student union building I recalled the tragedy
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