CNN.com – Greek mystery virus spreads
“It should be considered blasphemous, to say the least, to consider it possible that epidemic ailments could be transferred through holy communion and endanger human life,” the Athens diocese said in a statement released to Reuters news agency.
Déjà vu, anyone? Can’t put my finger on why it rings a bell; maybe I read too much scifi.
Couples go to the Magnetic Pole to conceive. (Bottom of the story.) It’s a funny old world.
complete the sentence: Smoking marijuana is _______ than drinking beer.
Also from New Scientist, formal experiment confirms anecdotal reports: Alcohol impairs driving more than marijuana.
One has heard it rumoured that, among the bicycle messengers in the Financial District of San Francisco, the only ones who have accidents are those who don’t get high. Not that one believes everything one hears, of course.
For an introvert who hates confrontation, being a crank is hard on the nerves.
Recently unemployed, I’m shopping around for medical insurance. I prefer not to continue with Aetna, because they put my So-called Social Security Number right on the card, which is an invitation to fraud if I should ever lose my wallet. People have had their bank accounts cleaned out by someone who got their SSN.
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