Doing some tab clearing here …
- Holder sez Fast & Furious was a bad idea That he, of course, opposed. Yeah.
- Okaaaaay. But why lacerate his spleen in the first place?
- Dunno how big a problem this is going to be for people outside of China. But it’s something for PM buyers to be aware of.
- One more reason to be glad you don’t live in Britain.
- Who knew that maple syrup played such an intriguing part in American history?
- Dr. Andrew Weil on dealing with depression.
- J.D. Tuccille on “Free-Range Publishing.” Some things in life really do get better. (Thank heaven the fedgov hasn’t yet seen the need to step in to “save” the traditional publishing industry, which is apparently not in as deep a crisis as the Vital Christmas Tree Industry.)
- Try to guess the product being advertised. (Tip o’ hat to S.)
That commercial was too funny!
Vitamin D3 is great for depression. So is eliminating wheat from the diet. 🙂
I am not a big believer in using chemicals to sort out perceived mental problems-it may help from time to time, but I think we,as a nation, are waaaayyy overmedicated.
You can get busted in London for having a 2 inch Swiss Army knife.Or a three inch pocket-type screwdriver.Or anythng that kinda-sorta-might look like it might possibly be a weapon.. Looked like the guy had some old Webleys in his collection. So, he got two years for a pellet gun? Mental image-in the courtroom, Weird Al’s “Trigger Happy” is playing in the background,as some guy gets time for having a Hello Kitty Super Soaker…
That commercial is better than a lot of shows are. Sometimes, commercials are good enough that it could be said the show is interrrupting them..
The Chinese counterfeiting is a really bad thing, but why do some people get worked up over that and ignore the US government’s counterfeiting operation at the Federal Reserve? I mean, who’s the big counterfeiter here?
Kent — The original source for that news might be ignoring fedgov (and EU and other gummint) counterfeiting. But I suspect nobody hereabouts is.
But while we know full well that our FRNs are phonies, I wonder how many of us might buy PMs from eBay sellers or other parties and have no clue?
Oh, how I wish I’d known that about maple syrup six months ago!! Someone offered me some syrup and asked if I wanted A or B. Well, I figured the A would be a purer product and chose that. It is nice and sweet, but has not much maple taste, really. It was very disappointing.
If anyone ever offers me more of it, I’ll know what to choose.
I didn’t know about the A or B grades, either, until a friend from New England showed up with a gallon of B for everybody at the Desert Hermitage to share. Definitely the way to go.
I was waffling back and forth about a book I am writing between going the self publishing route vs. the traditional route. Many traditionally published authors say the issue is one of credibility. If a “real” i.e. traditional publisher didn’t select your book for publication than it wasn’t a “good enough” to make the cut and self publishing is only what second rate authors did. I have to admit to being a bit persuaded by this argument and still have not fully gotten over it, but now I figure if one of my heroes Boston T. Party can become successful self publishing maybe I should take another look at it.
Mic, I always had the same view of self-publishing. I’d never have dreamed of doing it. But just within the last year or two the world has changed. Not just the technology (which now truly allows self publishing) but … well, everything.
I hope you go for it — and keep us posted about your book.
And here I thought that the Grade A/Grade B labeling was a sneaky plot by frugal Vermont Yankees to keep the better tasting product at home, just as the best beers made in Amsterdam never leave that city, and the best wines made in Sonoma County never leave that county.
Of course, the two theories are not mutually exclusive.
Won’t be long until they’re pulling teeth and removing fingernails in the UK so the subjects can’t bite or scratch. Only the police will be able to take a bite out of an apple, It’ll be applesauce for the rest.
R.L. – The Brits will have to hold off on the pulling teeth bit, for lack of dentists, unless they make people pull their own teeth. See “In a Dentist Shortage, British (Ouch) Do It Themselves, May 7, 2006, New York Times, at http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/07/world/europe/07teeth.htm1?_r=1&scp=1&sq=in%20a%20dentist%20shortage,%20british%20(ouch)%20do%20it%20themselves&st=cse&oref=slogin
Good for the Chinese counterfeiters. That’s free enterprise at its finest! Oh, but you can be sure some government nanny-state bureaucracy will want to step in and “protect” everybody from things like fake medicine…. or as we call them, alternative healing products.