roll for initiative » I heart the Neti Pot has a highly graphic discussion of what happens when you use a nasal lavage to clear the goonge out of your sinuses. Disgusting as it sounds, I might actually try this. Via Joi, who’s been doing a little Neti Pot recently too.
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Artists: Bill DouglasNew Age Music I ran across this composer on a Hearts of Space compilation – his setting of Shelley’s “The Cloud” is amazing. He’s based in Boulder. The rest of the CD, Universe 5, is good too.
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Filler in animal feed is open secret in China – International Herald Tribune (tags: melamine smokinggun health Food pets) Spiked wheat. (Schuler Grain Co. uses additive to artificially boost the protein content of its wheat) – Encyclopedia.com WE were doing it before the Chinese – spiking wheat with additives to make the protein percentage appear higher. (tags: adulterated wheat urea melamine) Itchmo – Melamine Recall Foods List and Information (tags: Cats petfood recalls melamine) “Dr” Laura’s “Family” Values Her own “family unit” has been dysfunctional at best. She describes her childhood as “difficult,” due to the rocky, “unloving” marriage between…
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pb-easyDiv « Extend › Plugins Might be worth a look…
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NPR : Son of Prominent War Critic Dies in Iraq
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Bed and Breakfast Lodging :: Moving Mountains Chalet :: Steamboat Colorado Rather than right in town, this might be a good alternative BB – closer to the condo/ski area, right up against the Routt National Forest, with trails nearby for hiking/biking.
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Mountain Bike Trails in Steamboat Reference to "old highway" near Rabbit Ears
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FRONTLINE: spying on the home front | PBS TiVo has noticed that we've been watching more current-events and post-9/11 political analysis shows… this was a particularly creepy look at how the NSA installed wiretap rooms, specifically at one AT&T site in San Francisco, and the workaday guys that discovered what was really going on.
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Former Hawkeye Pierce moves to Illinois | Chicago Tribune At first I thought "What? Alan Alda is moving here?" Then I realized a basketball player named Pierce, from the University of Iowa was on his way, and a Chicago Trib headline writer was having a little fun with the item.
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Salt Lake Tribune – Dr. Laura to Army wives: Stop whining Good God. With Dr. Laura on military wives' cases, they'll be in need of a real therapist soon.