Category: General

What really astounds me about all the commotion about the healthcare debate is the amount of agitation in people who are the first to get screwed by their health insurance provider.There was a great piece on Planet Money Podcast talking about how this doctor could browbeat the hospital into giving him a commuting arrangement by…

It’s gotten to the point that I just mute these people when their segments appear during their respective appearances.  They really need to retire.Andy Rooney, Sixty MinutesBen Stein, CBS Sunday MorningThat’s the doctor’s opinion, and he’s sticking with it.

Who would have thought on that hot, hot day; that we’d still be together after twenty-one years.“Not I,” said the fly.Hope there are many more to come.

Ratio of the average number of microbes living in or on a person’s body to the average number of human cells: 10:1Harpers Index August 2009

This week, the doctor learned how to peel a banana.  How could I have gotten to be fourty-nine years old before learning this simple trick… Some would say, “Slow Learner.”

via XKCD 14-Jul-2009I’m not an Ayn Rand fan, but sometimes these things are just inescapable…

Our friend Mr. Condom says, “Let’s be careful out there.  Only you can prevent sexually transmitted disease fires.”