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Thanks to Charles for bringing this to my attention.  This MSNBC article highlights new warning labels that cigarette manufacturers will be required to include on their packaging by 2012.  I quote: One of nine new warning labels cigarette makers will have … Continue reading →

Personally, I try to stay away from Facebook; I don’t need to publicize my private life for all to see and I don’t need my various friends and family getting to meet each other.  Sometimes they can  be like oil … Continue reading →

Today I’ll be lazy and feed off the brilliance of one of the great bloggers of our time:  Irish Savant.   He writes: I bring you a new verb de·troit[ di troit ] (past and past participle de·troited, present participle de· troiting, 3rd person present singular de·troits) … Continue reading →

Over the past few days, since the demise of the infamous “Dr. Death”, I have been wondering if he got as much out of his death as he had hoped.  Kevorkian had a morbid fascination with death and though few … Continue reading →

This post is an urgent one.  I cannot set it on the back burner for long.  Right now, people are talking about Qaddafi and his name is frequently in the news.  But this will change once he is killed.  So … Continue reading →

Everybody enjoys the approval of those they admire.  So it is a great pleasure for me to report that Steve Sailer has added this blog to his links. I have often found, after I had published a post, that Steve … Continue reading →

Being a chronic insomniac, I only got an estimated two hours of sleep last night.  But this was enough for me to enjoy a couple of vivid, and beautiful, dreams.  I have always cherished my dreams and I’ve even been … Continue reading →

My favorite Roman busts are the ones that emphasize the individuality of the subject, not the idealized ones.  So, while visiting Rome and Vienna, I photographed a few exceptionally high-quality busts.  “These are realistic enough”, I thought, “that surely they … Continue reading →