urkey: Because we haven’t pissed off enough people, yet.
China: Because, you know, while we’re at it . . .
Shit, might as well aggravate Russia, too.
But, we’ve got a blood test for Alzheimer’s in the works, and cancer death rates are still falling, so it’s not all sucky news.

Zombie PSA

     o Al Gore, for winning a Nobel Peace Prize, yesterday, for his work in educating people about global warming.
     Former Vice President Al Gore capped a trifecta of personal triumphs by winning the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for sounding the alarm about global warming.
     But Gore, who has also won an Oscar and an Emmy [...]

     hat’s your zombie plan, man? Everyone should have a zombie plan. Mine involves the local GFS Marketplace, which has only a few small windows set up high, made with tempered glass, one small, easily defensible front entrance, and roll-down steel doors in the loading bays. There’s a ton and a half of food and supplies, [...]

     his morning — finally — it was cold. It’s October. It should be cold and rainy. All weekend it was 90° and humid. Miserable weather for October. Today it’s cold, gray, and rainy. Perfect. No, really.
     See, I had a plan for today. I decided I wanted to take my dogs to the dog park.
     Some time [...]

     ere’s some shit that will piss you off first thing in the morning:
     A Republican push to change America’s historic voting system is faltering after a fightback by Democrats fearful that it could cost them the 2008 presidential election. Republican activists in California, the most populous state, have set in motion a proposal to end the [...]

Did you hear about the guy whose whole left side was cut off? He’s all right now.
There was a sign on the lawn at a drug re-hab center that said “Keep off the Grass”.
Males who wonder why they should have a prostate exam usually get it in the end.
Sometimes a pregnancy is so long it [...]

     ig news — I solved the Pitman Enigma yesterday! No, for real, this time. It was a lot of fun, but I’m glad to be done with it — very time consuming. Art and I did the Enigma in 25 days — we got stuck twice, for 12 days each. Yes, I kept track, and [...]

     o Preznit Bush, for vetoing SCHIP.
     A conservative friend of mine says that the SCHIP bill included extending coverage until the participant was 25 years old, which was part of the reason why it was vetoed, but I can’t find anything that supports that. (Which is kind of odd, because I thought I had read something [...]

     his is what happens when geeks have free time and money. It’s very cool, especially the bit with the kitty. I want one!

     e must not be at war anymore, because I never hear anything about it anymore. Did they bring the troops home, and I didn’t notice? It’s hardly ever on my Google news page, and the news channels only mention it in passing. I know Brittany Spears lost her kids, though. That’s all over the damn [...]