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  • Bullitt list -- 11.20.09 on Nov 20, 2009 in Bullitt List

    Today's category: Goin' RogueLot's of news on the ladies health care front. First a group appointed by the Federal Department of Health and Human Services (Kathleen Sebelius, proprietor) said women don't need to get mammograms until they're 50 (rathe...

  • Vocabulary on Nov 19, 2009 in family Real Life

    I was doing my dadly duty last week, taking my 7-year-old daughter to a school skating party.She had missed the previous skating party and was totally jonesing for a skate. She was so eager to go to the party that we were able to hold it over her bla...

  • YouTube Tuesday: Fear and Loathing in the Major Leagues on Nov 17, 2009 in YouTube Tuesday sports medicine

    No real theme to today's edition of YouTube Tuesday. It's just that I ran across this amazingly entertaining story of the role of LSD in a major league pitcher's no-hitter back in the '70s.Here's what the YouTube description has to say:In celebration...

  • Interview with a giant on Nov 16, 2009 in culture pop culture media literature

    One of the most anticipated (by me) movie premiers in years is John Hillcoat's adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's The Road -- now set to debut on Nov. 25.I'm going to assume that the book is widely enough known that I don't need to give a synopsis of th...

  • Science for sale on Nov 13, 2009 in science

    A few weeks ago, my Supermodel Wife and I were skulking around Parkville when we stumbled into what may be the coolest store in the KC Metro area.Now before I go on I know that there are certain people out there who will assume that when I say it's a...

  • Bullitt list -- 11.12.09 on Nov 12, 2009 in Bullitt List

    Today's category: Face valueIs it just me or does the Major Nidal Malik Hasan look a lot like Andre Agassi. Not the young Andre Agassi with the long flowing locks and day-glow orange Nike sneakers, but the old, bald strung-out-on-meth Andre Agassi.An...

  • Harnessing the God particle on Nov 11, 2009 in science

    Looking for something to break me out of a bloggy funk, I landed the story of the ill-fated Large Hadron Collider.By now I'm sure you've heard that mankind's latest, greatest, most expensive attempt to find the answer to the Ultimate Question of Life...