Category: General
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Do they get dumber when they go to college?
I’m not sure for sure; but I did have the following SMS conversation with Daniel last Saturday, 7 June, 2008 at 17:22.Daniel: How much is 1/4 cup…8 ounces?Me: More like 2oz – 8oz in a cup.Maybe he got the recessive “lost keys” gene that my mother had, but it affects his ability to remember English…
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Lost keys
There’s a new commercial for Aricept, a drug for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease, that shows a husband looking through the house to help his wife look for her lost car keys. He says, “Did you look in the bathroom where you left them last time.” Eventually he finds them behind a pint of half-and-half…
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Drug ads
Every single drug ad on television spends time telling you about all the negative side effects which may accompany the use of the drug, and all the reasons why you shouldn’t take the drug.Don’t doctors talk to their patients any more, or are patients supposed to diagnose their problems in advance and only talk to…
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Bush’s final to do list
Help Jenna with Thank You NotesReward telecom companies for playing along with illegal spying by giving them immunity.Ask Cheney who I need to pardon.Schedule my appearance on the Daily Show.Badger Congress into approving vast new presidential spying powers.via email from Caroline Fredrickson, Director ACLU Washington Legislative Office, Tue, 13 May 2008 12:40:41 -0700
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Working at cross purposes
In the real world, it’s actually cheaper for businesses to accept ACH transactions than it is to accept paper checks. At the Western Independent Bankers Association 2006 Technology Summit it was estimated that it cost a merchant $.05 to process an ACH transaction versus $.12 to process a paper check transaction. And even if you…