2008-10-20 10:26:38: I think I'd go ahead and get Thomas Jefferson, see how he feels about things. I am sure he'd marvel at a lot of our technical achievements, but would be aghast at the consolidation of power in a few hands (in the USA anyway). I wonder if he'd be surprised ...
2008-05-02 11:11:55: I like the boxer-briefs. They're 'tweeners, not constrained by being either all this or all that. I got my first pair more than 10 years ago, and have either worn them or nothing since.
Not the same pair, mind you. I have a couple pair now. Not that I'm wearing ...
2008-04-22 07:35:14: My wife and I have found that the cloth shopping bags are actually much easier to use- they hold more and are much more durable than the disposable paper or plastic shopping bags. We are starting our garden, as we finally moved into a house in the city with a ...
2008-05-02 11:14:39: A little delayed in responding, but thanks for the suggestions. I'm looking to see if there's anythign like the Habitat Reuse Center by me. Ditto the Freecycle deal.
Thanks!
2008-04-22 07:41:42: I think video games are rad, but there is still a desire for narrative, and so the printed (and this is a broad definition of printed - I include electronic formats such as the one you are viewing) word will remain relevant. The video game experience has become more flexible ...
2008-04-17 11:44:19: There was a famous pitcher, Gaylord Perry, who was born in 1938; played up 'til the early '80s and was quite a character. Wikipedia article is pretty informative on Perry.
I have not heard of a single Gaylord since, other than that one movie character.
Adolf, I don't know of any ...
2007-11-30 10:49:28: <a href="This organ will cost you an arm and a leg.
Beyond organs, beyond tissues, what of the progenitors of these structures, the stem cells? They may have the highest potential value of all... if you can use donor stem cells (allograft) in a person.
2007-11-30 11:41:24: Listen, no living person is going to sell his or her pancreas.
RE: intestine - I know you can do with having a lot of it removed; you can have your entire colon removed and live. The small intestine, people used to get jejuno-ileal bypasses, reversible surgeries that bypassed all ...
2007-12-04 06:09:44: How often have electors broken party lines, I wonder? I am certain that it has happened, but google-fu is revealing unenlightening stuff like this , which indicates only that no renegade elector has swung an election.
I know it's a bit off-topic, but bugbread and PT got me thinking about this. ...
