The Absent Minded Waiter

This is my all time favorite short film:

Is Alzheimer's disease really Type 3 Diabetes?

This article discusses that possibility.

From a Marine in al Anbar Province

I just read this article written by a Marine currently in al Anbar Province in Iraq. He makes an interesting point.

A Guy Walks Into A Bar ...

I found these jokes on someone else's blog. Some of them were so good that I just had to link to them.

US Political Regions

I found this map of US political regions and the accompanying descriptions very interesting.

Are You a Rifleman or a Victim? What I Did on 9/11

This from Greg Perry:

Tuesday, September 11, 2007, I celebrated freedom in the best way possible. It’s an eroding freedom. It’s freedom in a land where freedoms before 9/11 were dwindling and after 9/11 they began dwindling more rapidly. It’s a freedom where the airports treat you like criminals instead of customers. It’s a freedom where you are considered crazy if you

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We Are Doomed

If, 1 in 3 Americans still thinks that W is doing a good job and about 1 in 4 Americans approves of the job that congress is doing, we are doomed. No country can persist with that many delusional people in its population.

The Importance of Vitamin D

This article by Donald W. Miller, Jr., MD gives many interesting facts about the substance we call Vitamin D.

I remember when my sister and I were young, my mother gave us cod liver oil. Our doctor, Dr. Goff, had instructed her to give it to us, I suppose to reduce the chance of rickets. We have both been blessed with good health all our lives. I suspect that the Vitamin D in the cod liver oil may have given us a good start.

Eat some Fat

According to this Realage article if you eat about 70 calories worth of good fat, ie. walnuts, almonds or peanuts about 20 minutes before your meal, you will eat less and stay satisfied longer. In this article they make a similar case for whole grain bread dipped in olive oil.

Ron Paul In Fort Worth

Gun Control Works

But not in the way it is supposed to. England is finding that out.