I quickie that is worth a read if you’re interested in helping out the less fortunate. The article points out a few ways to easily help – no telemarketing!
Month: April 2008
Oops, There’s Placenta In My Supplement?
The FDA issued a recall announcement a few days ago that caught my eye. The primary eye catcher was this one:
Finally, the company is recalling Seng Jong Tzu Tong Tan, a product that contains human placenta. Human placenta may transmit disease and dietary supplements that contain it may not be lawfully marketed in the United States.
I can’t imagine a product designer saying anything like “I know! Let’s put human placenta into the supplement!” but apparently it happens (or it did happen). The next question is where are they getting human placentas from? I trusted my hospital when it said it would be incinerated … so my question now is “Was it?”
Oh, and then my next question will be “What products with human placenta can be lawfully marketed in the United States?”
Song Chart Memes – Great Pop Culture Puzzles
I’ve just been introduced to an on-going meme on Flickr where people are creating graphical representations of song lyrics. It sounds simple, but there seems to be a real art to getting it done correctly. Here’s a link to the entire Flickr photostream if you’re bored. Here are two favorites – can you guess the song names?
One Mind, One Body?
Try this, see how in sync your mind and body are.
- Sit on a chair and lift your right foot off the ground. Start rotating it in clockwise circles
- While doing this, draw the number ‘6’ in the air with your right hand.
How’s the foot rotation doing – any turbulence?
A little research of the web tells me this isn’t a new trick – but it is new to me. With a little concentration I seem to get better at it. Maybe when I’m in a more relaxed state of mind I’ll have more success.
Bathroom Renovations – Up & Down
TheBside has been somewhat quiet lately, and for good reason. Alisa and I are still reeling from our recent splurge on bathroom renovations. Who knew that hiring contractors to do all the work would be so much … well … work?!
The renovation initially was simply replacing the old tile, changing out the hardware, etc. A typical renovation. However the two bathrooms in the house were going to be done at the same time, for cost saving reasons. So I came to know my work’s showers fairly well for 2 weeks. And yes, it took almost 2 weeks between the first demo day and our being able to shower. There’s the demo, there’s the mould discovery (yeah, that was fun), there’s the drywall/cement board hanging, then the mudding, the tiling, the grouting, the sealing, the painting. Man, if we could do all these things without drying time, it would have been half the time it was.
Oh yes, we found mould downstairs. Continue reading Bathroom Renovations – Up & Down