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Lost Jewish tribe ‘found in Zimbabwe’ — Fascinating.
Is it true every type of animal dropping has its own name? — The Straight Dope with your vocabulary lesson for the day.
The Jobs of Yesteryear: Obsolete Occupations — A nifty photo essay from NPR.
The Accident, Part 2 — Another haunting image, from the same incident as yesterday’s Shorpy link.
New Rocket Engine Could Reach Mars in 40 Days
Literacy and the sex ratio — Sigh.
Vatican hit by gay sex scandal — Vatican chorister sacked for allegedly procuring male prostitutes for papal gentleman-in-waiting. Those who live by the sword…
The Dogs Will Eat You Because They Are Dogs — When George W. Bush was wrecking the nation, left wing groups talked in terms of organization for elections or of impeachment. These [right wing] groups talk in terms of armed resistance. Yes, that.
Why health care reform is not a “huge progressive victory” — Clearly something has gone terribly wrong since 1965. The ideological barriers against solving national problems through public provision rather than through the logic of profit maximization have increased enormously.
?otD: Do you like pickles?
3/9/2010
Writing time yesterday: 4.0 hours
Body movement: 30 minute stationary bike ride
Hours slept: 6.5 (solid)
This morning’s weigh-in: 232.8
Yesterday’s chemo stress index: 2/10
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Posted: 5:39 am Tue March 09 2010 |
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Hank Graham
March 9th, 2010 at 6:02 amThe first headline I saw about the Vatican sex scandal was, “Vatican Hit by Another Gay Prostitution Scandal.” It seemed to point up to me how the times, they have a-changed.
Cora
March 10th, 2010 at 5:16 pmI thought that Vatican sex scandal was referring to the latest round of sexual and physical abuse scandals in Catholic schools in Germany, including a prestigious boy choir which used to be headed by the pope’s brother (who claims he knew of nothing).
Alas, this seems to be a completely different scandal. Sigh, there’s all too many of those of late.