From Nature.COM: 
Chew on this: the gum that fights cancer
Slow-release treatment could mop up carcinogens in the mouth.
Michael Hopkin
It freshens breath, protects teeth and even, if you believe the commercials, makes you immensely popular. But Finnish researchers are hoping that chewing gum could soon pull off an even more ambitious trick: helping to stave off cancer.
They […]

Ok I have feeling I might take some crap for this entry, but I came across something tonight that I just had to talk about.
It seems like a repeating story,  almost every month you hear about some twenty-something school teacher having sex with one of her students, and on top of that she’s usually all […]

Pretty Nice M.P.G, if you don’t mind lying on your belly riding in a giant hotdog (or turd) shaped death trap.
While the tech involved is pretty cool, one can’t help wonder; wouldn’t it just be easier to rebuild (or re-invent) our rail infrastructure, build multi-use pedestrian friendly urban centers, and discontinue the destruction of our farmland […]

It’s heartening to see a small community like Hercules fight off the Wal-Mart Schlockization of their town.
Hercules is making a concerted effort to try something new.  They are trying to have a REAL community using smart urban planning that is pedestrian friendly and based around small commercial businesses. 
God forbid Wal-Mart is being denied the opportunity […]

 
India on alert for suicides after stocks slide
MUMBAI (Reuters) - Indian police are watching out for possible suicides by brokers and investors after a steep market slide wiped out billions of dollars in share values, officials said Monday.
Policemen were keeping a watch near lakes and canals, possible places where people in distress could head to […]

From MSNBC.COM: 
DNA verifies Columbus’ remains in Spain
Spanish bones linked to explorer, but Dominican claim could still be valid
MADRID, Spain - Spanish researchers said Friday that they have resolved a century-old mystery surrounding Christopher Columbus’s burial place, which both Spain and the Dominican Republic claim to be watching over. Their verdict: Spain’s got the right bones.
A […]

From YahooNews: 
Civil War-Era Fort Up for Sale on EBay
ROUSES POINT, N.Y. - A Civil War-era fort is for sale on eBay. Fort Montgomery, built in 1844, was manned during the war but never saw any action.
“This is the first time it’s been formally for sale,” said Victor Podd of Boca Raton, Fla., whose family has […]

Oh how the mighty have fallen.
John McCain, once seen as the last bastion of sanity in the Republican Party gets booed and heckled during a commencement speech at the New School in New York on friday.
Huzzah to the students and faculty who turned their back on this fellow.  John McCain,  wow! What a disappointment this guy […]

Ok It’s time to update the Iraqi Invasion Checklist:
Captured Saddam Hussein……… Check
Finally realized there are no Nasty WMD in Iraq…… Check
Hung around to to see Iraq elect a Government…… Check
Killed around 100,000 “Evil Doers” ……. Check
Created more terrorists than there were before….. Check
Gave Haliburton $Billion$ in No Bid Contracts…… Check
Lost Track of $Billion$ in those […]

I’m not usually one for seeing movies on opening night, however tonight my roommate organized a little group to go see “The DaVinci Code” at our local neighborhood theatre so I went along.
I read the book around 3 or 4 years ago soon after it first came out.  It still stands out in my mind […]

From MSNBC.COM: 
Living fossil’ found in Coral Sea
Shrimplike creature was thought to have gone extinct 60 million years ago
PARIS - French scientists who explored the Coral Sea said Friday they discovered a new species of crustacean that was thought to have become extinct 60 million years ago.
The “living fossil,” a female designated Neoglyphea neocaledonica, was discovered […]

 
Apparently some drunk in Oregon was living with 70,000 Beer Cans for years before anyone found out about it. 
No idea how he got around the house, or if he ever had guests over.  Pretty Gross.
From KSL.COM:
70,000 Beer Cans Found in Ogden Townhouse
John Hollenhorst reporting
A seemingly unbelievable mess discovered last year in an Ogden townhouse […]

 
This post is #491,  as I get close to the 500th post on this blog, I thought maybe today I would take a time-out and see what you people think of this project.
So if you’re a loyal reader, or maybe an occasional reader, or someone who is brand new, I want to hear from you […]

 
From WIRED.COM: 
Second Life Land Deal Goes Sour
By Kathleen Craig
In what might be a first-of-its-kind lawsuit, a Pennsylvania lawyer is suing the publisher of the rapidly growing online world Second Life, alleging the company unfairly confiscated tens of thousands of dollars worth of his virtual land and other property.
The attorney, Marc Bragg of West Chester, Pennsylvania, […]