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Morning Cup of Links: DIY DNA Testing
by Miss Cellania - February 3, 2009 - 3:56 AM
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Hugh Rienhoff’s daughter has a rare genetic defect that doctors can’t identify or treat, so he took it upon himself to sequence her DNA. It’s a difficult task if you don’t have a business, or university, or laboratory of your own.
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Odd and Extraordinary Beauty Pageants. For whatever reason Miss America keeps you out, there’s another contest made just for you.
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What every reality show contestant needs to know. These ten tips will help you advance, or at least help you not make such a fool of yourself.
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You might think taking pictures of dead babies is morbid. Those who have lost a child are grateful for the memories preserved by a group of photographers who provide this service.
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Bubble Spinner is not that difficult. You can work out your strategy after only a minute or two, but the rest of your day may be sacrificed to this simple game.
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A thousand years ago ancient Americans may have walked hundreds of miles to get chocolate. Evidence of chocolate in what is now New Mexico shows it arrived here much earlier than previously thought.
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Sitcom Aliens. The “fish out of water” character is always the funniest on the show.

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Comments (6)

  1. My friend was Miss Crawfish Queen a few years back, since her small town in Mississippi is the crawfish capital of Mississippi, or the US, or the world… or something. She later went on to be Miss Ole Miss in college (at Ole Miss, duh.) REALLY, REALLY nice girl, I loved that she had such a funny story to tell people.

    posted by Kelly J on 2-3-2009 at 10:42 am

  2. The article about the people who lost their babies was very good. I thought it’d be creepy but it actually is very touching. The picture they show is heartbreaking but gorgeous.

    posted by Tricia on 2-3-2009 at 2:31 pm

  3. Maybe Planned Parenthood could offer a free picture with every “visit”. A nice item to remember the trip by?

    posted by Sam on 2-3-2009 at 4:37 pm

  4. First off, most people who go to Planned Parenthood are not there for abortions. And next–Not. The. Same. Thing. Not even freaking close, and pretty heartless of you to say so, there Sam.

    posted by Orange on 2-3-2009 at 6:17 pm

  5. My husband’s family is big on taking pictures of dead people. When our son died (4 months) I methodically went to every person’s house and took all the pictures of our son in his casket. They are in an envelope with the polaroids the hospital took (did you know hospitals take polaroids of the dead baby?) buried in a storage shed. The only reason I haven’t burned them is Keith asked me not to.

    According to the catchpa we have winans support

    posted by Lorelei on 2-3-2009 at 8:24 pm

  6. NILMDTS reminds me of the Victorian custom of taking photography of the deceased. The photos were so beautiful and so heartbreaking.

    posted by Mel on 2-3-2009 at 9:09 pm

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