Archive for April 8th, 2008

  • drop-dead brilliant

    Jim Morin - 04/07/2008 - MiamiHerald.com

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  • understatement of the day

    Stupid: Man Jailed After Forgetting Case Of Soda Underneath Shopping Cart
    We humbly suggest that this police officer is not very good at his job.

  • bullseye

    Norman Lebrecht: The clapped-out legacy of Karajan that impoverished classical music - Commentators, Opinion - The Independent
    Almost everything Karajan conducted came out super-smooth, like cotton undershirts from a washing conditioner. Whether it was Bach or Bruckner, Rigoletto or Rapsodie Espagnole, the music followed a seamless line of artificial beauty that owed less to the [...]

  • plus they get MUCH MORE work done

    Caffeine Prevents Multiple Sclerosis-like Disease In Mice
    Mice given caffeine equivalent to a human drinking six to eight cups of coffee a day were protected from developing experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE), the animal model for the human disease Multiple Sclerosis (MS), according to researchers at Cornell University.