Not since ketchup counted as a vegetable has there been a story that rocked the foundations of the food world like the research that was reported yesterday.  A group of U.S. & Thai researchers reports that the alcohol in fruity drinks actually enhances the antioxident nutrients in colored fruits. No word on whether Dr. Buffet [...]

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Those sleuthy folks over at the Consumerist have posted several links showing that Menu Foods (purveyors of contaminated pet food) CFO Mark Wiens sold half his stock shares three weeks before the recall was announced. In what Wiens calls “a horrible coincidence,” it has also become known that Menu waited three weeks between discovering the [...]

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I know we are all debating what we are going to do with ourselves after we die. Will we be buried… will we be cremated… how about mummification? Nah, the new wave of the future is here! Make yourself into 240 pencils! That is right, pencils! Check It! Technorati Tags: die, cremated, pencils

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Apparently, Al Gore isn’t “Green” enough for Drew Johnson, President of the think tank that pushes for conservative economic issues. They compare Gore’s 10,000-square foot home to the average Nashville household to prove that he is a waste… I’m sure everyone in Nashville owns a 10,000 square foot home… Either way, this article just stinks [...]

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Ok, so a snake gets loose in the garden center of a Florida Wal-Mart and bites a customer.  Kinda freaky, but stuff happens.  At two to three times, we’re still in the ‘coincidence’ category.  But now there have been at least seven reports of customers getting bitten by pygmy rattlesnakes. The lesson?  Screw the garden. [...]

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British skydiver Michael Holmes jumps out of a plane at 12,000 feet.  First chute doesn’t open.  Second chute doesn’t open.  He crashes into the ground at 80 mph.  All of it is caught on his freaking helmet cam!  Oh, and he lives to tell about it. Check out the video here at the Daily Mail [...]

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Well, if you’re feeling a little sluggish today, there’s a scientific reason. According to experts, today is the unhappiest day of the year. Taking into account mathematical equations that account for things like bad weather, debts from Christmas shopping and failure to keep New Year resolutions, January 22nd is the most unhappy day of the [...]

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If you are familiar with String Theory, or at least interested in the concept… here is an interesting animation to take a look at. It sums up the first chapter of a new book entitled Imagining the Tenth Dimension. Now, I’m not advocating the book, but I’m advocating watching the animation on the website… I’d [...]

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For the first time ever, scientists have captured video of a live giant squid.  Unfortunately, the elusive creature in question died while they attempted to capture it.  But the findings are still pretty amazing.  The story and video from Reuters can be found here. Technorati Tags: squid, Reuters

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Most, if not all, of us are aware of the story of the three kings/wisemen/magi (Caspar, Melchior and Balthasar) who visit baby Jesus and come bearing gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh. Sixteen years of Catholic education, and I never really learned what the heck frankincense and myrrh were. According to Wikipedia, Frankincense or olibanum [...]

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NASA announced Monday it will establish an international base camp on one of the moon’s poles, permanently staffing it by 2024, four years after astronauts return to the moon. In a related story, Century 21 has a full page ad in today’s USA Today for a lunar condo development ready for occupancy in 2025.  The [...]

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Last week NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope discovered 16 extrasolar planet candidates 26,000 light years away.  While that’s too far for a Sunday jaunt, the news is incredibly exciting for scientists as it is the furthest they’ve ever used the telescope to study.  The discovery helps lend support to the theory that over  6 billion Jupiter-sized [...]

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From BoingBoing, a story about a professor who teaches the physics of superheroes and comic books. The clip linked to from this story details how Spiderman‘s girlfriend (Gwen Stacy) died in Amazing Spiderman #121. Really good (geeky) stuff. Technorati Tags: physics, superheroes, comic books, Spiderman

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Didn’t You? According to Rupert Sheldrake, you very well might have. He was able to “prove” that “telephone telepathy” occurs more often than it should, but he only used very small groups as his test cases. Now he plans to see if he can get lightening to strike a twice with text messaging. Sounds to [...]

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It’s official, my hometown is the drunkest in the nation! This comes, not from Maxim or Playboy, but from Forbes.com and their ranking of America’s Drunkest Cities. That’s right, Milwaukee, WI is the drunkest city in America. A dubious distinction, sure. But perhaps there’s is a way to spin this. With many of the breweries [...]

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