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• Commented on Anti-energy drinks
  Switched over to green tea from the red bulls and I definitely feel healthier for it. Need to work the chamomille and valerian into the pm routine because too much green tea makes it hard to sleep. But at least...
• Commented on Hope is fading
  Think of it as our old mental construct melting away to reveal something truer and realer underneath......
• Commented on It's healthy for kids to get dirty
  Nah, science is real. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ty33v7UYYbw...
• Commented on The Science Geeks of Tomorrow Need Your Help
  I was so happy to see this in the NYT this morning! What a boon it would be to have well produced science education modules available online, complete with demonstrations, special effects, beautiful animation, discussion questions. Hope this competition results...
• Commented on Invasive Slugs Run Amok in Canada (Relatively Speaking)
  They're attracted to fermented yeast, but they're a little dumb and they can't swim, so they'll end up crawling in and drowning themselves. Ooooh, Maggie, I hate it when you have my number! But getting back to the slugs... I...
• Commented on Mark Dery on 2012 bunkum
  That's not that mean. "You're a twat," is no more mean than "you're a douchebag." Sort of low-medium on the meanness scale. "Menopausal mystic," is medium mean. It's belittling and dismissive. A little misogynist. But it's okay. We've all said...
• Commented on Science Question From a Toddler: Omnivore Dinosaur
  We went to a local nature/science center yesterday and hung out for a bit at the "Dino Pit." http://www.utexas.edu/tmm/sponsored_sites/dino_pit/ There was a group of college students completing an assignment there, which consisted of digging out the sand covering various model...
• Commented on Mark Dery on 2012 bunkum
  The 2012 debunking movement really bothers me, too, greengestalt. Not because I believe there is anything to the mythology of 2012 End Of The World stuff, but because the debunkers inevitably come off as sort of mean. I don't see...
• Commented on Eye exercise may boost creativity
  I had a therapist once recommend a treatment called "EMDR." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EMDR It aimed to reduce emotional trauma around an issue by having you recall it while moving your eyes back and forth horizontally. I thought it sounded way too out...
• Commented on Soap will wash away your sins
  Listen. Soap does indeed wash away your sins. I'm on a twelve bar rotation. Four in the shower, two in the bath, the rest stacked up at every sink. Coconut lime with sunflower oil, cocoa butter and calendula leaves, lavender,...
• Commented on The real-life "Men Who Stare at Goats" were even weirder
  The idea of the soldier as a warrior monk... very good. The idea of using the armies for reforestation projects and inner city youth development... excellent. Reading through "the manual" nothing really jumped out at me as that weird. I...
• Commented on Fort Hood Shooter bought "cop killer" at "Guns Galore"
  This entire discussion, my own comments included, leave me feeling horrible. I guess I needed to see my own role in the polarizing and escalating debate on the gun ownership. Gross. I lay down my arms, so to speak. My...
• Commented on Fort Hood Shooter bought "cop killer" at "Guns Galore"
  It's always my first question after a shooting like this. Where did they get the guns? How was it possible for a disturbed individual to legally purchase a controversial weapon like this? My second thought with regards to this case:...
• Commented on Richard Metzger heads up LA Times' Brand X blog
  Even though I defriended you on facebook over the 2012 soothsayers are suckers post a while back, I'm excited to see you take up at Brand X. I noticed the site a couple of months ago, and really liked it....
• Commented on Damning interview with Baby Einstein founder
  Thanks Robulus. :) MDH, looking out windows is a great way to learn about reality, I totally agree. ^-^ We are right now watching the DVD of animations that goes with TMBG Here Comes Science. Fantastic! A million thanks to...
• Commented on Damning interview with Baby Einstein founder
  The marketing for these videos may have been a little pretentious, but the videos themselves are amazing. They are like living mobiles, or living art. Classical music performed with dancing toys and spinning objects reflecting light, beautiful imagery of animals...
• Commented on Iraq: Open Thread, "Bloody Sunday"
  I think we really need to differentiate true Islamic belief and practice (including jihad) from suicide bombings that kill and maim scores of non-combatant men, women and children. My understanding is that suicide is expressly forbidden in the Islamic faith,...
• Favorited Report: Woman paralyzed by E. coli-tainted hamburger on Boing Boing
• Commented on Psychologists answer the question "What's the one nagging thing you still don't understand about yourself?"
  It's just such a funny question. We are blind to our blind spots. Asking someone to identify their blindspots seems kind of silly. I think the more telling answers would come if you asked the family and friends (enemies?) of...
• Commented on Saint Expedite
  I love these horseshoe amulet lucky charms plastic sealed saint prayer cards for your doorway things. I picked up something similar at a roadside market in Mexico along with a red and gold painted clay devil figurine, and a couple...
• Commented on The American Spirit
  I had the pleasure to experience the presence of a middle aged suburban woman who would channel the voice of a well-known, though deceased, spiritual teacher from India. After several moments of focused meditation, the woman would begin speaking, offering...
• Commented on Kill Al-Qaeda in Three Easy Steps
  If you remove the occupying troops, you possibly run the risk of more roadside bombings. So here is my question: is there any way to focus on cutting the supply of chemicals that are used to make IEDs? If there...
• Commented on Afghan girl killed by Royal Air Force leaflet drop
  Well, then. I agree, Dan. We owe it to this little girl and all the other children who don't deserve to die to find a way to END THE WARS in both Iraq and Afghanistan. We owe it to the...
• Commented on Afghan girl killed by Royal Air Force leaflet drop
  the death of children in war is absolutely diminishing But don't you consider the soldiers themselves to be children? I don't mean that patronizingly, they do just seem to be impossibly young. At least too young to be dying, anyway....
• Commented on Afghan girl killed by Royal Air Force leaflet drop
  I don't think so, Pinehead. I imagine it weighs very heavily upon everyone involved in this, or any other tragic wartime accident. The psychological impact of the war on all sides must be staggering. The loss of life is one...
• Commented on Mystery School
  I'm so glad you're here with us, Mitch. Don't let the ritual bloodletting of our guestbloggers deter you from sharing your curious finds. The mystery school looks like a lovely place to explore. Maybe I should take it as a...
• Commented on Public fountains are disappearing because the concept of public is disappearing
  I think in many cities you can call 311 to report broken water fountains. It takes some viligence to keep them running, but it is possible. Our "friends of the park" group is working on a grant to get a...
• Commented on Are Muslim Women Oppressed? Ask One
  Remember when the US first started attacking Afghanistan? There were pictures of women in burqas in the news all the time. Presumably as some sort of incentive to get us to support the war. This is what we were fighting...
• Commented on Are Muslim Women Oppressed? Ask One
  Alessandro, Obviously, if a group of people is crying out in unison, "Help us, we're dying here," then, yeah, try to help if you can. What I was trying to say is that a group with one set of cultural...
• Commented on Are Muslim Women Oppressed? Ask One
  I want to stay away from making any broad generalizations about large groups of people, so let me just speak for myself. Whenever I find myself in one of these classes where we discuss the ways various groups have been...