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Gaming at work.

Nuclear Energy Innovations

Due to recent events, we have been having lots of discussions about nuclear power plants recently. For some reason, we seem to like discussing energy sources or policy in general, so I thought people would be interested in a new design for nuclear reactors that has a lot of bold promises:

• It uses depleted uranium as fuel, which is a waste product of current reactors
• It uses cooling systems that don't require power to function

(link via Freakonomics blog)

The Internet is always one step ahead of us

From the Urban Dictionary:

The Call:
	When you know your gonna have randy crap. O sh!t, the trains gonna leave the station, this is the call, I better head to the john.

Happening at a McMenimins Bathroom near you….

(via Morglums)

Sobering article on the Events in North Africa

This is a fairly long, dry, article on the events in Tunisia and the continuing protests in other countries in North Africa and elsewhere:
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=22963

the upshot is, there is an enormous generation of young (under 30), fairly educated youth who have a bleak economic future, and are increasingly taking to the street...

-Morgan

Moovie Review: Splice

Well I finally got around to watching this movie. I had high hopes for it after seeing some reviews when it initially came out, but I get to see so few movies it took a while to percolate up my queue.

I have to say it did not really meet my expectations. It was a solid concept: creepy genetic engineering mixed with corporate profit pressures and an undertone of good-old Freudian psycho-sex; but it just didn't have the room to breathe. The ending was a bit horror cliche.

But the real reason I am posting it on the blog is because the villainous CEO in the movie was a pitch perfect French Canadian version of Carly Fiorina. I can't help but believe the character was modeled after her. In fact the movie would have been better with more of her in it.

Anyway, even with it's flaws, it still may be work a Netflix.

My other post of the week ...

I put this on my Facebook, and didn't ahve to wait an hour to get an angry, fact-free reply from one of my Texas T-bagger friends.

HealthCare explainoned on 4 napkins (which somehow translates to a couple dozens slides ... but worth seeing)

http://www.slideshare.net/danroam/healthcare-napkins-all

I like this as much for the stick-figure aided technique as the actual contnet ... though both seem true and effective as best I can tell.

WebMD goes all Dan Brown on me ...

Check out this DaVinci Code-esque health advice they just sent me ...

Last Supper Paintings Point to Ungodly PortionsPaintings Reveal That Plate, Portion Sizes Gradually Grew in the Past Millennium

https://www.webmdhealth.com/nl/nlv.aspx?id=gbeEorIjhXc=&s=11886

What would Jesus eat, hmm?