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Men may flirt with risk because they think it will help them score women. That’ll only work if they don’t get killed first.
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Some things about traffic that may surprise you. Excerpted from the book Traffic: Why We Drive The Way We Do by Tom Vanderbilt. (via Look at This)
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The Strange Story of Santa Claus. A history of the jolly elf that resembles nothing you’ve heard before, but it makes about as much sense as any other Santa story.
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Nick Vujicic is probably the happiest person you’ll see today. He’s a motivational speaker who was born with no arms or legs.
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The White House is still working to gut environmental legislation with a policy that prohibits controls on greenhouses gases for coal-fired power plants. The incoming administration can change that, but it will take time.
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If Alcohol Labels Were More Realistic. I had to laugh at this while reliving memories of high school and the times I had no money.
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The 12 Days of Christmas, as Found on the Net. Some lighthearted nonsense to demonstrate that you can find anything on the internet.
Thanks for that video of Nick Vujicic. Always nice to see people in the world who are enjoying life to the fullest.
Also the Boones Farm joke was great.
recaptcha: at Montenegro
I wish!!!
posted by Doug on 12-22-2008 at 8:33 am
I went to Amazon to add ‘Traffic’ to my wish list. There’s a good interview with him there, plus a link to his blog.
Also, the Philadelphia Inquirer did a series on the Bush administration’s preemptive war on the environment via the EPA a couple weeks back. They might ave posted it on line by now.
posted by BassMan on 12-22-2008 at 9:50 am
I hope they succeed in allowing more coal plants.
posted by Neutron on 12-22-2008 at 12:27 pm
I too hope the new administration can get regulations where they should be.
reCaptcha: state sanction :)
posted by Lidiu on 12-23-2008 at 1:07 am