Odd Lots
- Several people have written to say that green neon sign crosses are common in Europe (where I’ve been all of twice, sigh) and indicate conventional pharmacies having no necessary connection with marijuana. That would explain a lot; Europe has certainly led the world in marijuana tolerance. Here, however, green crosses have clearly become culural icons for the medical marijuana industry.
- Here’s a very nice introduction to the meteorology behind the El Nino and La Nina Pacific weather events.
- From the Epic Failure of Imagination Department: I’m holding out for STORMY, MACS, Laura, Launce, CardShark #17, and Sangruse V9…but William Gibson is throwing in the towel and settling for Google.
- The fine structure constant, which governs the strength of electromagnetic interaction (and thus many properties of matter, including important things like star formation) may not be constant across the entire cosmos. We should be lucky that we’re here, because if we were somewhere else we might not be possible. (Thanks to Frank Glover for the link.)
- Sheer marketing brilliance: A small brewer is printing a level indicator on his beer bottle labels so that you know how far to fill the bottle with water (or leave it filled with beer) to generate a given musical tone when you blow across the top.
- I am much impressed with Samsung’s new Galaxy Tab Android slate, but I’m afraid it may force me to contact with the colleague for the urgent work during a cosy time.
- So much for lounging around the house in your ratty underwear.
- Evidence continues to accumulate that the BMI is not only utterly useless, but in some areas misleading. (It can’t even predict obesity.) There are better methods and just as simple. But like the “carbs good, fat bad” mantra, BMI just won’t go away, even if it’s contributing to early death. (Thanks to my own Carol for the link.)
- Yes, it’s true: There was just something different about ’60s and ’70s SF book covers.
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So much for the “Green Cross for Safety” 🙂
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/ad/NationalSafetyCouncilLogo.jpg
Local church folks was wondering who has stolen halogen lamps of the graveyard. One night a house burned down and surprise the lamps were found there. Unfortunately didn’t get high although i was downwind. 😉
Something like this…
http://www.aamulehti.fi/uutiset/pirkanmaa/hs-kannabislampuista-syttynyt-tulipalo-tuhosi-talon-hakametsassa/189066
There’s a man named Prince Fielder. He’s 5’11”, 268 lbs, which is a BMI of 37.4 (Obese Class III). His batting average is .276, with 30 home runs and 74 RBIs. But he’s having an off season; last year he hit .299 with 46 homers and 141 RBIs. The Brewers paid him $11,000,000 for this year.
Imagine how good he’d be if he wasn’t so fat…
He’ll be a sexy skinny leg. 😉
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Fielder#Vegetarianism