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‘Great Britain and the United States… fell into the lowest-performing group of “endemic surveillance societies.”‘

“A married couple who sailed to America from England around 1630 are the reason why thousands of people in the United States are at higher risk of a hereditary form of colon cancer.”

via Wil Wheaton’s blog, via propellor

One of many reasons not to have a gun in the house.

“[W]e know that the Democrats are experts at snatching defeat from the jaws of victory, and if there’s a way to blow this election, they will find it and do it with gusto.”

A British woman’s underwear saved the day by doubling as an emergency fire blanket when her kitchen caught fire.

I like my new job, don’t get me wrong… but some of these perks are killer. Free beer after 4pm on Fridays? Twenty-seven days paid time off and unlimited sick leave? Sign me up.

From the comments on this article, it looks like the Obama haters are a more vocal bunch than the Obama supporters…

I didn’t play it, but I watched my husband play it… and I still can’t get the theme song out of my head.

“[Trent] Reznor had stepped into a new kind of interactive fiction…”

“First, agree upon the children’s religious identity, Reuben says, and then work together to reinforce that identity, whatever it may be.” How about letting your children decide on their own religious identity?

‘”He definitely had something to drink. I think he had a great deal to drink,” said a man who witnessed the incident.’ You don’t say!