01 Dec 2007
If You See a Father Holding His Child’s Hand, Call the Cops!

Am I the only one to think that we're on the road to perdition with the incessant demands that we pry, spy and inform on one another?

If dad goes for a walk with his daughter and holds her hand, apparently Virginia Department of Health officials wants you to pick up the phone and destroy his life by reporting him as a possible sexual abuser. I would’ve thought this article about this campaign was from the Onion or some satirical publication, but it’s for real.

(link) [Blogger News Network]

09:18 /Politics | 2 comments | permanent link

The Great Cholesterol Myth

Seems as though cholesterol may be following salt.

Scientific hypotheses don’t get much simpler than this: the cholesterol, or diet-heart, hypothesis, which has broken free from the ivory towers of academia to impact with massive force on society.

(link) [Spiked]

08:57 /Politics | 0 comments | permanent link

Suspected burglar rescued, arrested by police

Hometown edition of news of the weird ...

The suspect’s entrance was not exactly slick, but his exit certainly was. A Lebanon teen reportedly attempted to rob the Thorntown IGA, but got stuck in the vent shaft. Police had to lubricate the suspect with vegetable oil from the store’s shelves just to pull him out.

(link) [Lebanon Reporter]

08:52 /Humor | 0 comments | permanent link

Steampunk

Ran across these interesting attempts at the recreation of a more elegent technology on Engadget the other day: there's even such a thing as a "steampunk band": check out Abney Park. Fascinating stuff.

08:43 /Technology | 0 comments | permanent link