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This is a really sad story about how sick America is becoming and how far deeply into fanaticism and fascism it has fallen.  A woman who, eight months pregnant, had been cruelly abandoned by the father and became depressed, attempted to take her life.  She consumed rat poison.  But friends intervened and her life was saved.  However…

Today I input my stats on a page at the BBC which rates where you are on the “Global Fat Scale”. The result: My size is that of an average person from India.  If everyone in the world had the same Body Mass Index as me, it would mean 35 million tons less of human…

Article that appeared in news today about a study of the relationship between handlebar height and pressure in the genital area which can cause loss of sensitivity. The gist of the article – handlebars lower than seat can cause problems.  Raise handlebars (or I guess lower seat) so that handlebars are higher than seat, thus…

Reading today about yawning and it turns out that penguins engage in this behavior called “ecstatic display”.  Its just amazing to watch.

Today there is an article about how new research has refuted a previous study by a researcher who claimed that a certain bacteria found in arsenic-rich sediments in California’s Mono Lake does not require phosphorus like all other life forms do.  This is all good and well.  This is all normal and what is supposed…

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Issue: when copying or moving files or folders using Windows Explorer a dialog box with the title “Item Not Found” appears.  It says: “Could not find this item” and then says “This is no longer located in” and then lists the path of the item being moved. The solution was suggested on the excellent sevenforums.com…

I recently got some “tech” clothes – clothes from a sporting goods store made with high-tech materials which have certain superior characteristics valuable to those involved in phyical activities and excercise. While they may have superior characteristics, there is one downside: they tend to get stinky very fast.  With my cotton or cotton-blended fabrics which…

Not long ago I received an amazing racing bike.  It is designed for high-milage riding and the first long trip I took on it was a blast although, near the end of the ride, my knees started to feel sore. I researched this and it turns out that sometimes just slight adjustments can make a…

I started running when I was about 16 and want to continue running my entire life.  I credit running, becoming vegetarian, and getting into yoga and meditation as the most transformative things in my life. I remember how I used to stick my key (and sometimes a 5-dollar bill) in my sock inside my shoe…