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Okay, so the ankle is still hurting….sigh

Anyone out there have any suggestions on how to expidite the healing of my twisted/sprained ankle? (Besides the RICE method that is)

Add me to the many who skipped watching last night’s “You Tube” Debate on CNN.  Though apparently 2.5 million people tuned in.
Any guesses as to how many viewers will watch the debate via “You Tube” itself?

This was going to be a longer post on the subject of science journalism, but coincidentally a piece was posted up at Ars Technica which stated my thoughts in a more eloquent way:

Ars: Getting the message out: Science and journalism 

On the topic, a piece from a blog called “Language Lob” which teaches the lay person how to read and understand articles that proclaim: “A genetic linkage to x has been found”

Finally, a quote: “Journalists are better at science than scientists are at journalism” [source unknown].

That pretty much says it all…

Shoeless Joe meet Shoeless Ismail.

From a story too funny to believe: Hamas Angry over Footware Faux Pas 

Who stole the shoes of Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh while he was attending Friday prayers in Gaza City?

This is the question that Hamas’s security apparatus has been trying to answer since last Friday.

The incident has embarrassed Hamas, whose leaders tried on Sunday to play down the case by claiming that the theft was the work of a child.

This is something so comedic, that it’s doubtful that the Mossad could’ve concocted such a humorous plan!

Perhaps Haniya and his thugs would like to borrow an idea from the West–something that’s done with little childen: writing their names in their shoes.

(h/t: Solomonia)

Growing up at school, we used to always giggle when we saw the plastic crates in which our lunchtime Hillside milk cartons came in.

The humor was the line: “Thou shall not steal” which was imprinted on the sides of the crates.  Perhaps it was just day school humor, but we found it amusing.

Now it turns out that milk crates are a hot commodity amongst thieves (not college students).  Only fitting that the commandment was printed on them.

Despite the fact that it appears Kucinich won’t debate some individuals–perhaps this would be a debate he wouldn’t decline.

A debate between the two fringe candidates: Kucinich versus Ron Paul!

It may be so off the wall, that it would be worth watching!

The Organized-Crime wars…

There’s a twisted irony (for lack of a better term) that this kind of problem has manifested itself in a State that is similar in size to New Jersey….

I’m still troubled by this sore ankle of mine.  As suchj, I”ve been limping along throughout the week.  It’s definitely not fun or easy, especially in this city that’s always on the move.

(That’s one of the reasons things have been light here…haven’t had the energy at the end of the day to type).

College application causes bomb scare
The student should’ve applied online…

Plame Lawsuit dismissed

Hopefully this is the end of Plame/Wilson’s 15 minutes of fame.

I was fortunate enough to be in the gym when this mornings’ train-disrupting, traffic snarling thunderstorms that rocked the city.  Unfortunately, it also knocked out the gym’s satellite signal disrupting my SportsCenter viewing.

Then when it came time to go home, I left later than usual…got to the 59th and Lex station (via the N train).

No idea at the time what had happened over near Grand Central Station.

(Excellent chronological coverage at Gothamist)

There was a garbled, unintelligible, announcement over the PA system, and people were going back and forth on the platform as usual.  I headed down towards the 4/5 track, to get my usual express train home.

Get down to the platform, and wait, reading the post.  Then the PA comes back on and, this time the message was audible.  Basically, due to a “Street level incident under investigation” the message was that the 5 was running on the 2 tracks in Manhattan (translation: running on the opposite side of town) and the 4 wasn’t running.

Up I went to the 6 (local) track.  And waited, and waited.  On the other side of the station, a 6 had just arrived, and it was announced that the train wouldn’t be heading any further downtown.  The LED signs displayed the uptown directions.  So a whole swarm of us went down and under to the other side, and got on the train.

After a few minutes the conductor comes on to announce that the train is out of service.  (Question: why didn’t they just do this from the start?)

After that, I just decided “screw it”, and went upstairs to catch a bus…..but like the trains, those seemed to never come.

At this point, I was cranky, oh and did I mention that my ankle is still in pain, and is taped up?  Yeah…not fun.

In the end, I decided to suck it up, and walked the mile or so uptown (in pain) back home.  On the way, I overheard a few people on their phones talking about what had happened, so I gave The Sister a ring and she gave me a brief update.

Once I finally got back to the Apartment Building, I was greeted at the entrance with a “Water Stoppage” announcement for my building tonight.  Joy……  What else could possibly happen?

Now where’s that ice pack….

There must be something in the water up in Mass. that induces “Flip-flopping” amongst the politicians there.

Romney spent $300 on a “makeup consultant”
Only fair to laugh at him, like many of us did at Edwards for his $400 haircut.  At least the former isn’t running on a “Two Americas” theme.

Both of them subsequently lose points in the machisimo category.

Working amongst females can be quite an interesting experience–in both a positive and negative way.  THen again, even the negatives are a learning experience of sort.  (In those round about ways)

Sometimes when the girls are in a not so happy mood, it feels like I”ve got to “walk on eggshels” no matter what I do.

Any ideas on how to best navigate such a minefield?

Count me in with the anti “Who’s Now” community.
Is there such a shortage of highlights and sports news for Sports Center that it must resort to this silly “contest” as a segment on Sports Center?

Apparently the whole fad of corporations setting up a “virtual presence” in Second Life has come to a close.
Looks like corporations are focusing more on real life than a small segment of virtual life.

A neat discovery in Syria:

“Secrets of Assassins’ fort unearthed in Syria
For discussion:

What if these assassins were to have ever come into contact with Ninjas?

There appears to be much confusion amongst the major  Jewish groups over the Pope’s recent edict about the Latin Mass

Honestly, most Jews could really care less about this whole thing.  It’s the “Big groups” who seem to like to get concerned and all worked up over this stuff.  Heck, the Mass is in Latin–a language most don’t even understand!

Kid wins “Viagra Bear” in claw game
It doesn’t seem like they’d want to market Viagra to the younger age demographic.  Kids are the ones who spend their parents money on these games anyway.

So Edwards and Hillary want to reduce the number of people at the “Debates”.

Faiir enough–but what entertainment value would the debates have without the entertainment value of people like Rep. Kucinich? 
/Still no intention of watching