The Autism Numbers, is there an epidemic?
A brief look at anthropologist Roy Richard Grinker’s book on Autism and its history. It was first described in medical journals by Leo Kanner in 1943. English Historian William of Newburgh described children who would today no doubt be diagnosed as autistic in the 12th century. Is autism an epidemic or was it just largely [...]
Walmart’s Entire Black Friday Sale Information Posted!
All 272 items along with the 16 more Wal*Mart Black Friday advertisement scans!read more | digg story
Black Friday 2006
“Possibly a hint of what is to come this Black Friday, but in the interim, Wal*Mart is offering a Sempron based laptop that is Vista ready beginning November 5th (more than two weeks prior to Black Friday)…” for $398 Laptop! This site tracks all of the leaks regarding Black Friday 2006 sales. read more | digg story
‘Weird Al’ Yankovic finally hits the top 10
Now this is weird. “Weird Al” Yankovic’s new album, “Straight Outta Lynwood,” has scored the enduring song parodist his biggest chart successes in a career that spans nearly three decades.read more | digg story
Drinking coffee makes you more open-minded
The coffee you drink as a pick-me-up in the morning could also make you more open to persuasion, researchers say. Evidence from a new study suggests that this happens because caffeine revs up the brain, not because it generally boosts mood. read more | digg story
SkypeOut now FREE for US & Canada!
Yes. It is really very, very free. There’s no prepayment, no minimum use, no subscription, no monthly fee, no nothing. You just download and install Skype and then you start calling. Both the caller and the number called must be in either the US or Canada. There are no strings attached. read more | digg story Have [...]
Porn Causes Brain Damage
U.S. Senate testimony of Dr Mary Anne Layden, co-director of the University of Pennsylvania’s sexual trauma and psychopathology program, who said that “even non sex-addicts will show brain reactions on PET (Positron Emission Tomography) scans while viewing pornography similar to cocaine addicts looking at images of cocaine.” Sweet Jesus! I should be a vegetable, like [...]
ABC Greenlights ‘Masters of Science Fiction’
ABC has greenlit the television series “Masters of Science Fiction”, with episodes based on stories by such writers as Ray Bradbury and Isaac Asimov. Awesome, It’s about time more Sci-fi makes it on TV!read more | digg story
LibriVox : Free, Public domain audio books
LibriVox provides totally free audiobooks from the public domain. There are several options for listening. LibriVox harnesses the power of the many to record audio versions of books in the public domain, and “free” them in podcast form.read more | digg story
Tylenol is the leading cause of liver failure
Acetaminophen/paracetamol (AKA Tylenol) is the leading cause of acute liver failure. The number of cases doubled between 1998 and 2003. Over the last several years, regular strength (325mg) Tylenol has been gradually disappearing in favor of the extra-strength (500mg) varieties. This article is extremely interesting. I’m not a big one for taking Tylenol. In fact, [...]
