Tuesday, November 23

Random

> Google is thankful.

> For-profit toilet franchises ~ link

> Seventeen years ago this month Cheryl and I joined the National Marrow Donor Program. We're still ready if they call. ¿Y tú?

> ASU physics prof has independently calculated the radiation doses of TSA backscatter scanners. "I came to the conclusion that although low, the dose was higher than they said..." ~ CNN

> All of this TSA nonsense should boost the teleconference business. Generally speaking people won't stop flying. They just won't fly as much. Too much hassle. The terrorists win -- we have surrendered our common sense.

> TSA confiscates heavily-armed soldiers' nail-clippers ~ BoingBoing

> Finally! back in print after 300 years -- The First English Dictionary of Slang, 1699 ~ CHE

> The most humble Rich Mouw on the academic virtue of humility ~ link

> Crime levels in Phoenix continue to drop. ~ Phoenix Business Journal

> At least the Goodwill store is closed on Thanksgiving -- shaming Kmart, Sears, Old Navy, Gap, and Banana Republic. ~ link

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