February 2012
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Want Medicaid? Ditch the Vanity Plate →
In addition to wanting to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, the Mississippi legislature would also like to prevent Medicaid recipients from getting vanity license plates. Presumably because 1) this is somehow a problem and 2) this is apparently such a huge problem in Mississippi that it needs to be legislated.
From the Jackson Free Press:
Other legislators have targeted specific...
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You need to teach them right.
Sarah (pointing to Kathy's beer bottle): Who's that?
Kathy: That's Sam Adams. He's just a guy.
Me: Um... he was a brewer and a patriot.
“A year ago, Ohio ranked 48th in job creation. We trailed only Michigan and...”
– Ohio Gov. John Kasich, in his 2012 State of the State address. (h/t Emily Steiger for the submission)
“Wackadoodles”
(via discoverynews)
Yep.
(via marleymarley)
I’m glad I didn’t listen to this because:
12,600 words? Holy crap. The guy rambled for 80 minutes.
“You...
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Ugh
I flipped over from the Puppy Bowl to see what was on the pre-game show just in time to see them replay the helmet catch and then interview David Tyree and now it’s time to start drinking.
Timing
Aidan: Can I call [friend across the street] to see if she can play?
Me: In a little while, it's still early.
Aidan: It's 8:50.
Me: I know, but it's Sunday, and usually you wait until a little later on Sundays to call people.
Five seconds later the phone rings.
Aidan (looking at the caller ID): It's [friend across the street].
Nearly 20,000 pounds of chocolate lost in Pa. fire →
So very sad.
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“You look at the state of quarterback play in the NFL these days and you have to...”
– 44-year-old Jeff George
Um, no.
Tom Brady and the 12 things you might not have... →
Now I want to know if he ended up fulfilling this dream.
“‘If I hit it real big,’” Shea recalls Brady telling him, “‘I want to be able to wake up, put a pair of socks on, and at the end of the day, I throw ‘em away.’
“I’m like, ‘That’s all you want?’ And he goes, ‘Yeah, that’s what I want. I love new...
Big news: HHS website now carries hospital...
germgirl:
HHS has just started adding data on CLABSIs (“central line-associated bloodstream infections,” an important category of hospital-caused infections) to its Hospital Compare website. Here are instructions from the Consumers Union Safe Patient Project, which pushed for this, on how to find the data:
Central Line Bloodstream Infection Information Now Available for Hospitals Nationwide
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January 2012
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I wonder if I can join
Kathy joined a book club last year, and tonight they’re meeting at our house for the first time.
She just emailed me a list to take to the liquor store on my way home from work, and I think now that maybe it’s a booze club and they’ve just been spelling it wrong.
Tell me something I don't know
This is a first for me. I just got a phone call from a number I didn’t recognize, and the caller ID came up as “Phone”.
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brevetcaptain replied to your video: This clip is a trailer for Return of the River, a…
were those damn generating power or just for irrigation/flood control? And will the salmon be able to return up stream? Cool stuff, btw, with the bridges and dams. MOAR PLZ.
They were hydroelectric dams built in 1913 and 1926, but generated a pretty insignificant amount of power for today’s...
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WatchThis clip is a trailer for Return of the River, a documentary film by John Gussman currently in production. The film tells the story of the restoration of the Washington’s Elwha River, the central feature of which is the ongoing $325 million project to remove the Elwha and the Glines Canyon Dams.
The Seattle Times has a feature section with several different angles on the story, and the...
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“Lobsters have two urinary bladders, located on either side of the head. Lobsters...”
– American lobster - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
When lobsters want to attract a mate, the pee out of their heads.
Falling Apart
I woke up with an ache in my left shoulder blade. I figured I pulled a muscle in my sleep. Not a big deal.
Then I sneezed and someone simultaneously stabbed me in the back with a chef’s knife and I collapsed on the floor from the sudden pain.
I’ll be focusing on not sneezing for the rest of the day.
Camel predicts Giants will win the Super Bowl →
What do camels know about football anyway?
I want to know what the octopi are saying.
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Patriots - Giants Participation Report →
Neither the Patriots nor the Giants held practices today, but the teams still released their Participation Reports listing who would have had limited or no participation in such practices had they actually been held.
“There is a potential that there are companies that are using aborted human...”
– Oklahoma State Senator Ralph Shortey, who filed a bill to ban the making and selling in that state of food or products that use aborted human fetuses.
Oklahoma. Where all the important issues have been solved.
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My State of the Union Story
The State of the Union Address is tonight, and that has reminded me of my State of the Union story.
When I was in my senior year of college in 1991/1992, the prospects of getting a job after graduation were rather grim. The country was in a recession, with unemployment over 7%. Many of my classmates were applying to graduate schools, not because of any desire for more education, but as a way to...
My first conversation at work this morning was a...
I need a new life.
Great Timing
My stepfather just called to tell me that he’s sitting in his house with no heat because the furnace stopped working this morning because of a failed part and it’s such a new model that no one nearby carries replacement parts and they have to wait for a part to get shipped overnight from the factory.
But this shouldn’t be that bad because he has a pellet stove in the family room...
10 Reasons The U.S. Is No Longer The Land Of The... →
I’m still catching up on news from the last few days. I just read Jonathan Turley’s column from Sunday, which gives a great (sad, really) overview of why the last decade has been miserable for civil liberties in the United States. Here’s the wrap-up below, but the whole article is worth a read.
An authoritarian nation is defined not just by the use of authoritarian powers, but...
He would have appreciated this.
At the end of my father-in-law's wake on Sunday, Kathy's step-sister and I were the last two people in the receiving room.
Her: It got really quiet all of a sudden.
Me: I know. It's like a morgue.
“In the United States, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimate...”
– Hospital-Acquired Infection - Wikipedia
Thank you for your hearts and kind words
I do not think that word means what you think it...
A couple of years ago, my company’s marketing group started publishing an internal newsletter for the purpose of keeping everyone up to date with recent company & employee developments.
The newsletter is titled “[Redacted] Quarterly Review”.
Today’s edition brings the average time between issues to 7.3 months.
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“Despite warnings from the media and other agencies in South Korea, it seems it...”
– Fan death - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (via rrrrred)
It’s being kept silent because of a world-wide conspiracy to kill off those who sleep with a fan. Only the Koreans will survive.
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8 Things I've Done That Most Tumblepeople Probably...
Broke my arm while flying a kite
Backpacked across Bali
Watched a sunrise from atop an active volcano *shakes fist at fuiru*
Drove over a bridge that I designed
Ate a banana without peeling it
Completely melted a 32-gallon (120-litre) trash can
Raised a litter of racing greyhounds
Appended a pointless item to the end of a list post in order to achieve some arbitrary number goal for that...
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