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  1. Rounded Corners<\/a> – generating boxes with rounded corners using CSS. Spiffy! <\/li>\n
  2. Attention iTunes Users<\/a> – And this is why, ladies and gents, I never update iTunes as soon as the little popup suggest I do so. Apple continues to tarnish its reputation.<\/li>\n
  3. The Definition of Theistic Rationalism<\/a> – An interesting and fairly accurate description of how most of the Founding Fathers dealt with religion. There was actually a fairly wide spectrum of faith and theology that they held to, but, as a rule, this model works.<\/li>\n
  4. Dead Sea Scroll in Stone published in English for the first time…<\/a> – Very cool, and long overdue.<\/li>\n
  5. Book of breast-like objects<\/a> – For those with one-track minds (ahem).<\/li>\n
  6. Debunking an Autism Theory – NYTimes.com<\/a> – And, tragically, kids have ended up being harmed by fear-haunted parents keeping them from taking valuable vaccinations.<\/li>\n

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  7. Slate reviews adult diapers<\/a> – Not surprisingly, just as parents can cite and debate the relative merits of various baby diapers, so, too, are not all adult diapers made equal. Laugh while you can, people …<\/li>\n
  8. OPM opposes proposal for 4-day workweek – FederalTimes.com<\/a> – Should the Federal Government adopt a 4-day work weak? Hmmmm … maybe that could start a trend …<\/li>\n
  9. U.S. Army Hooks Up With Sears<\/a> – What knucklehead decided that using a real unit’s insignia was appropriate for a Sears clothing line? I don’t care what royalties it brings — think about what it means to the past and present members of that unit.<\/li>\n
  10. BB&B Responds To Customer Complaint Over 911 Debacle…<\/a> – Good heavens, an actual apology<\/em>? Color me impressed!<\/li>\n
  11. Video: The History Of Maxwell House Shrinkage<\/a> – This goes right with the “Skimpy Peanut Butter” posts of a few days ago.<\/li>\n
  12. Hot Beef Sundae<\/a> – Um … no.<\/li>\n
  13. Bacon Vodka<\/a> – Again, no. Really, no. As much as I like bacon (and can tolerate vodka) … no. Though, I suppose, if you’re into that sort of thing, it probably would be faboo in a Bloody Mary.<\/li>\n
  14. “A Culture Of Ethical Failure”<\/a> and Illicit Sex By Government Officials Probed<\/a> – Today’s big scandal, giving new meaning to the phrase, “the public was screwed by the energy companies.” This is getting a lot of play here in Denver, where some of the bad actors were.<\/li>\n
  15. New York Times on Salvia Divinorum<\/a> – It’s fascinating to see a completely new intoxicant appear in society, once that’s highly potent but quite short-lived, has potential pharma applications, hasn’t caused much in the way of documented injury (compared to, say, beer) — and the first impulse of every legislature is to criminalize it.<\/li>\n
  16. DC-area mayor whose dogs were shot dead in botched…<\/a> – Click through the top link to get the original story. Sadly, hardly the only time something like this has happened, or that innocents have been victims of the War on Drugs. I hope someone gets their kevlar sued off of them.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    And, finally, for the End of the World: Large Hadron Collider hasn’t sucked us into a black hole …<\/a> … yet. After all, they only fired a single proton stream. They haven’t yet actually collided anything …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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