A Chinese cosmetics company is using skin harvested from the corpses of executed convicts to develop collagen for beauty products to sell in Europe. It’s traditional – but I’m sorry, it’s too much ick for me. Maybe time to hold up on scheduling that swollen lip look, ladies. I began to wonder where US collagen comes from? A brief look says “bovine dermal” – cowskin? – as well as human. Ok, do they test for mad cow? Where do they…
CNN.com – Bush: ‘I take responsibility’ for U.S. failures – Sep 13, 2005 The headline is clearcut, but not the actual statement. “Katrina exposed serious problems in our response capability at all levels of government and to the extent the federal government didn’t fully do its job right, I take responsibility.” Well, I’m really really glad to see that that, you know, to the extent that “the federal government” didn’t, um, FULLY do its job RIGHT – Bush is willing…
The blackouts in the Los Angeles area took my host’s network off-line for several hours on Monday afternoon. My work site and email were down too. You mean to say that our electrical network is so poorly planned that a couple of workers could accidently take down much of LA for hours just by cutting a cable? The internet is reliant on its hardware, which is in turn reliant upon electricity. When my work website and email were down, we…
Sign it here. Halliburton Corporation — Vice President Dick Cheney’s former company — received a $30 million contract to clean up after Hurricane Katrina. Lobbyists are lining up to grab profits for their clients without having to competitvely (sic) bid for Katrina reconstruction work. Some contracts will be worth hundreds of millions of dollars, maybe even billions. Companies like Halliburton shouldn’t be able to cash in on their political connections to steal a profit after Hurricane Katrina. Send a message…
Sometimes, I have to remind myself that wisdom comes gradually. Beware those who claim to have all the answers. Tarry a while with the questions. “…I would like to beg you dear Sir, as well as I can, to have patience with everything unresolved in your heart and to try to love the questions themselves as if they were locked rooms or books written in a very foreign language. Don’t search for the answers, which could not be given to…
My weekly free association meme from Unconscious Mutterings Related:: events Soothing:: patter Flashback:: scene Turmoil:: toil and trouble Immense:: problem Guitar:: gently weeps Nonsense:: stuff and Blame:: GAME (sigh – I guess the repetition works) Childlike:: wonder Duff:: tush