<I>Sixwise.com</I> posts an interesting article listing the "10 most-feared, but least-likely causes of death." That airplane crash you're so worried about? Not so likely. On the other hand, the list of the 10 leading causes of death is more, um sobering. (Alcohol consumption is third.)
Or is that, my car the cop? Glenn Harlan Reynolds asks, "When did our machines get so bossy?"
It can't be said too often: Loud isn't the only sonic flavor.
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Yeah, yeah, we all know that you grill burgers'n'brats on the Fourth, but that only takes a few minutes and then yo have all those coals going great. What to do with that lovely fire? Here's a non-intuitive dish that will excite absolutely no one—<I>until they taste it!</I> Then you won't have made enough.
What's the Fourth without beer? Here's a gallery of microphotographs of the world's most famous beers. I think they're <I>beeyootiful</I>.
I grew up in Charlottesville, VA, in the shadow of Monticello and a few blocks from UVA, Mr.Jefferson's university, so I always felt a tad proprietary about the Fourth of July. Schoolchildren in Charlottesville were pretty much taught that the Revolution was Thomas Jefferson and some other guys against King George.
Jimmy Carter says happy birthday FOIA and tells us why we need less secrecy, not more.
So <I>that's</I> why my apartment is always a mess when I get home!
While we're thinking about thinking, think about this: Recent research confirms that animals have language, experience complex emotions, and can apply abstract reasoning—including the assimilation of previously acquired information—to problem solving. So why do we think we're so special?