Humor will not be tolerated!! -Portia

Posted: **Fri Mar 22, 2013 1:39 pm**

http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/news/56026 ... y.html.csp

I've always dreaded having to pray in any meeting...

Posted: **Tue Mar 26, 2013 9:17 am**

We hypothesized that infectious burden (IB), a composite serologic measure of exposure to common pathogens (i.e., Chlamydia pneumoniae, Helicobacter pylori, cytomegalovirus, and herpes simplex virus 1 and 2) associated with vascular risk in the prospective Northern Manhattan Study (NOMAS), would also be associated with cognition.

How the media interpreted the scientists' words:

Cold sores linked to cognitive decline

Reminds me of this

Posted: **Tue Apr 02, 2013 3:42 pm**

http://universe.byu.edu/beta/2013/04/01 ... ve-at-byu/

...100 Hour Board, an online forum where volunteer “know-it-alls” answer questions...

Huh. I prefer the term omniscients over "know-it-alls" to describe the board writers.

Posted: **Tue Apr 23, 2013 3:10 pm**

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newsvid ... again.html

Since I have nowhere else to share this, you get a brief cameo.

Posted: **Tue Apr 23, 2013 4:40 pm**

Giovanni Schwartz wrote:http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newsvid ... again.html

Since I have nowhere else to share this, you get a brief cameo.

Funny that this question posted today

Posted: **Fri Apr 26, 2013 2:55 pm**

http://www.ksl.com/?sid=24937084&nid=148 - The headline reads "LDS Church pleased with BSA compromise on gay Scouts"

The press release wording is more neutral - http://www.mormonnewsroom.org/article/c ... of-america

Posted: **Sat Apr 27, 2013 11:23 am**

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world ... 90104.html

Men that are just too good looking to be seen in public.

Posted: **Sat Apr 27, 2013 1:44 pm**

S.A.M. wrote:http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world ... 90104.html

Men that are just too good looking to be seen in public.

Ha! I was going to post this article, too.

Posted: **Sat Apr 27, 2013 11:44 pm**

Emiliana wrote:
S.A.M. wrote:http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world ... 90104.html

Men that are just too good looking to be seen in public.
Ha! I was going to post this article, too.

Lol immediately the song by Right Said Fred went through my mind http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39YUXIKrOFk

Posted: **Tue Apr 30, 2013 9:57 am**

This isn't exactly news, but crime rates are still going down in the UK (and probably other developed nations). The author has a very very long list of possible reasons why, with no sources to back it up, but it was still interesting to read, not to mention nice to know that no, actually, the world is not getting worse every day.

Posted: **Tue Apr 30, 2013 10:37 am**

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2013/ ... -crystals/

Interesting thought. I wonder if those Chinese guys can prove it.

Posted: **Tue Apr 30, 2013 10:44 am**

mic0 wrote:This isn't exactly news, but crime rates are still going down in the UK (and probably other developed nations). The author has a very very long list of possible reasons why, with no sources to back it up, but it was still interesting to read, not to mention nice to know that no, actually, the world is not getting worse every day.

Have you read Steven Pinker's The Better Angels of Our Nature?

Posted: **Tue Apr 30, 2013 10:48 am**

mic0 wrote:This isn't exactly news, but crime rates are still going down in the UK (and probably other developed nations). The author has a very very long list of possible reasons why, with no sources to back it up, but it was still interesting to read, not to mention nice to know that no, actually, the world is not getting worse every day.

UGH one of my pet peeves are when people are like "this is the worst time to live ever!" and I'm like... well, at least we're better than sodom and gomorrah, right? At least we have laws and aren't eating each other like at the the end of the BoM?

Posted: **Tue Apr 30, 2013 3:35 pm**

Portia, I haven't read it thought I've heard many (good) things about it. Did you read it? Do you recommend it or am I good just knowing the general idea?

Whistler, you're great! At least we aren't eating each other, right?

YES. I was seriously just thinking the other day about how I have to take medicine for stomach issues, and advil for headaches, and man I just wish I didn't have to. Then I remembered that 150 years ago if I had a stomachache I would have just suffered through it, and maybe died young because if it got any worse there was nothing that could be done. Maybe the world is actually better!

Posted: **Tue Apr 30, 2013 10:12 pm**

mic0 wrote:Portia, I haven't read it thought I've heard many (good) things about it. Did you read it? Do you recommend it or am I good just knowing the general idea? :)

Whistler, you're great! At least we aren't eating each other, right? :D YES. I was seriously just thinking the other day about how I have to take medicine for stomach issues, and advil for headaches, and man I just wish I didn't have to. Then I remembered that 150 years ago if I had a stomachache I would have just suffered through it, and maybe died young because if it got any worse there was nothing that could be done. Maybe the world is actually better!

I highly recommend it. It's not only a landmark tome, but written in his engaging, amusing style.