Chocolate provides more of a physiological buzz than kissing

This important breaking science news was reported by the BBC: When it comes to tongues, melting chocolate is better than a passionate kiss, scientists have found. Couples in their 20s had their heart rates and brains monitored whilst they first melted chocolate in their mouths and then kissed. Chocolate caused…

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Garrison Keillor comments on “The Chosen President”

Garrison Keillor has written a Salon.com article titled "The chosen president: For the Current Occupant, it's enough to believe that he's been ordained by God. What does it matter what anyone else thinks?"  Here's an excerpt: Clearly the Current Occupant sees himself as a chosen president, though his theology is…

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Subsidized Twinkies

To see why Twinkies are cheap and fresh produce is expensive,"you need look no farther than the farm bill," according to this article in the New York Times: This resolutely unglamorous and head-hurtingly complicated piece of legislation, which comes around roughly every five years and is about to do so…

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Bill O’Reilly is an abject coward

Why? Because he's afraid to allow Richard Dawkins a chance to talk. Here's the proof: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8etMHn4P6g[/youtube] Next time, O'Reilly could save Dawkins the trouble of showing up. O'Reilly could simply place a cardboard facade of Dawkins opposite O'Reilly's desk and just talk at the facade, for hours, if he'd like.

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