• Hot Off The Presses

    Del.icio.us Links: November 19th – December 31st

    December 31, 2012 - By 

    When fracking came to suburban Texas | Environment | The Guardian Introduction to UV Unwrapping | Blender Cookie Show us your Sculpties/Meshes – SLUniverse Forums Useful vid Wonga apologises to Stella Creasy over abusive Twitter messages | Business | guardian.co.uk BBC News – ADHD treatment ‘may reduce risk of criminal behaviour’ Gideon Levy: the most hated man in Israel – and perhaps the most heroic – SLUniverse Forums Occupy Eradicates Approximately $5 Million In Debt – SLUniverse Forums Uwe E. Reinhardt: The Mid-20th Century Infrastructure of the U.S. – NYTimes.com Zimbabwe Anglicans to return to churches after Supreme Court ruling…

  • Mini-Posts

    Let’s Call It Lactase Non-Persistence in 2013!

    December 28, 2012 - By 

    Here at Chez Gique this topic comes up pretty often, because one of us can’t drink milk or eat soft cheese without experiencing Tummy Problems. The other one eats and drinks dairy products with impunity. It’s sometimes an issue when eating out or at family dinners, though. Got milk? Ancient European farmers who made cheese thousands of years ago certainly had it. But at that time, they lacked a genetic mutation that would have allowed them to digest raw milk’s dominant sugar, lactose, after childhood.Today, however, 35 percent of the global population — mostly people with European ancestry — can…

  • All Things Interesting - Clan: McTiVo

    Shopping Makes Me Cry, In Addition To Making Me Die A Little Inside

    December 26, 2012 - By 

    According to online clothes retailer Marisota, fifteen percent have cried over being too fat, and ten from being too skinny. A large percentage of women often dwell on their own sizes while shopping and get upset when their “funny shape” direct quote prevents them from looking like Christina Hendricks in a pencil skirt. via Shopping Makes Me Want to Die Inside | xoJane I have a hate/hate/HATE relationship with shopping, clothes, and “fashion.” I can count on the fingers of one hand the number of times I’ve gone shopping with girlfriends; first of all, I don’t really have any local,…

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    I just heard this item on the local NPR station

    November 27, 2012 - By 

    The young man sounds like a complete idiot. Reshared post from +Les Jenkins And another fundie is born. If he's so upset about his show, why doesn't he quit? Embedded Link “Two And A Half Men” Actor Calls Show “Filth” And Tells Viewers Not To Watch It Angus Jones is doing the opposite of promoting his show. “Jake from ‘Two and a Half Men’ means nothing,” he says. “He is a non-existent character. If you watch ‘Two and a Half Men,’ please stop watching ‘Two and a Half Men.’ I’m on ‘Two and a Half Men’ and I don’t want…

  • Home Improvement

    Sunniest November, Warmest Thanksgiving In Chicago? But what about Christmas?

    November 19, 2012 - By 

    The climate deniers will continue denying until all commercial images of Santa look like this. Chicago may not be known for the abundance of sunshine it receives, but the region is nonetheless about to set a record for sunshine that’s more than 70 years old. Chicago’s longest stretch of above-normal sunshine chronicled in records dating back to 1893 could fall Nov. 30. via New sunshine record for Chicago could be set this month – chicagotribune.com