For Scientists, a Beer Test Shows Results as a Litmus Test - New York Times

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For Scientists, a Beer Test Shows Results as a Litmus Test - New York Times

Two on state parks panel ousted after opposing toll road

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Guns are stupid and should go away

Wouldn't it be nice if we could un-invent guns? I have an RSS feed for local SD news and in the last few months there's nothing but "shooting in ...", "man shot at ...", "police shoot woman and child...", etc. Now there was a large fight in Mission Beach that ended with a man shot and killed. Doesn't matter who it was (there's disagreement whether this was a gang member or not), it's just sad that a fight ends in a shooting.

Also in the news is a Supreme Court decision regarding My handguns in DC. DC seems to me to have made a good law. In a city with high crime, handguns are not allowed to be kept. Says nothing about rifles and shotguns, but gun advocates are all up in arms saying they should be able to own anything they want. (I wonder what they would say when terror groups argue that they should be able to make nuclear weapons in their back yards? The NRA would probably fight for them if they could attach a rifle stock to the device. [ya ya, I know this is a slippery argument, but it's fun and it's my blog!])

Here's my question about DC. If DC residents have no representation in our government, how does the judiciary have rights to impose constitutional laws? Doesn't seem right to me. DC should say, "Until our citizens are represented, go to hell Supreme Court!"

Best email I've ever received

Last night, I dropped my new 9'6" board off at a friend's house to store it overnight with the assumption I would pick it up early this morning to go surfing. Unfortunately, I overslept and was not able to grab it before my first morning meeting. With the realization that it was a beautiful sunny day and my brand new board was sitting in the sun, wax melting, dying a slow death from the sun, I emailed my buddy to whine and tell him I'd pick it up first thing tomorrow.

This is the email I got back:

Hello Mr. [K3rM1t],



The management of the Three Palms Estate wishes to extend its sincere apologies for not sending out this email to your graciousness sooner than this dreadfully tardy hour. Our delay was only due to having a lot of work to do at our day job at the [redacted] Company in San Diego. Regardless, we wish to inform you that your board and wetsuit are safe and secure on our premesis. In anticipation of the possibility of your inability to arrive before the sun reached an azimuthal angle of greater than 20 degrees with the horizon (therefore potentially exposing your surfing vehicle to damaging ultraviolet and infrared sunlight rays), we have taken the liberty of implementing the following actions on said surfing vehicle:



(1) Board was rotated 180 degrees about its longitudinal axis, thereby exposing its waxy surface to our cool, lush vegetative garden foliage

(2) Board was wrapped in the style of a Mexican burrito inside a blue tarp for sunlight protection



We are of the highest hope that these actions will sufficiently protect your gracious surfing vehicle until your future arrival time at the Three Palms Estate. We wish you a most enjoyable day and future surfing adventure. Please feel free to enter the estate at your leisure and retrieve your surfing vehicle for a most glorious session at the surfing location of your choosing.



Good day and best wishes,


[name redacted]


Three Palms Estate Executive Manager

This made my day. My friends are the best. And they are funny too.

Makers of Airborne Settle False-Ad Suit With Refunds - The Lede - Breaking News - New York Times Blog

Makers of Airborne Settle False-Ad Suit With Refunds - The Lede - Breaking News - New York Times Blog

Get some money back if you spent some on Airborne.

Interesting point about how it managed to get placed on the shelves next to FDA approved drugs like NyQuil when other herbal things have to go in a different section.