Google wary of behavioral targeting in online ads

I think this is great news!

I don't think Yahoo has the same concerns...

Batman the Dark Knight - teaser trailer

Click the link and leave on your volume, because there is not much to see, but hey, it is a year off!

Also the Warner Brother's site is up: http://thedarkknight.warnerbros.com/

It only posts the logo and when you click the screen you get a campaign add for Harvey Dent.

Very cool

Oscar the "Death Cat" - Cat predicts deaths in nursing home

I know this story is a couple of days old but it's a great story.

Also note a post I made on July 14

http://tenminutemisconduct.blogspot.com/2007/07/new-breath-test-detects-lung-cancer.html

I mentioned that dogs do something similar...

I think it should be explored more scientifically...I know it's out of the norm but why not?

Whoopsy! Swiss teens caught with cocaine disguised as wine

Funny stuff!

These kids are STUPID.

I guess that is why they are drug smugglers.

8KG of cocaine smuggled in 11 bottles of wine...one broke...WHOOOOPSY

The smell of the cocaine alerted the customs officials.

Can anyone tell me what cocaine smells like?

Indian state plants 10 million trees in one day

Ok, two articles in a row about the environment...

But please don't label me a tree-hugging hippie!!!

I still drive my gas guzzling SUV, but this is a great story!

Yet another Gulf Coast "Dead Zone"

Well, this seems to be a recurring theme...

the more I read about this, the more I find it amazing how science fiction becomes science fact...

when I was "Younger" (I won't tell you how young or how old) I read a book called "Last Gasp" by Trevor Hoyle.

It took me a while to find it...Barnes and Noble didn't even have it listed but Amazon did

http://www.amazon.com/Last-Gasp-Trevor-Hoyle/dp/B000BP77SW/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2/102-3516042-5495302?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1185926030&sr=8-2

It was a pretty good book...can't tell you it was great, but after all these years I did remember it, even if Barnes and Noble didn't, so that has to say a lot...

Basically it was an apocolyptic end of the world type book based on the expansion of these "Dead Zones".

Like I said, it's amazing that a book written in 1983 has the basic premise (excluding the rest of the plot!!!) of the book coming true almost 25 years later...

Retired general censured in Tillman case

So he's censured...so damn what!!!

Unless he loses rank he still retires a general and get's to sit on his pension!!!

While I agree there was no attempt at a cover-up by the military/pentagon as a whole...Army Secretary Geren who conducted the investigation stated very clearly that Lt. Gen. Philip Kensinger LIED to investigators to protect himself. That sounds like a cover-up to me even if it is on a personal level!!!!

If he isn't demoted than the investigation was a sham!

I'm sick and tired of the only people that get punished these days are the ones that stand up and say "I screwed up"...the one's that hide things get the time to protect themselves from any real punishment...

Very upsetting...Nuff Said!

House Ethics Bill passes...

Why would anyone vote against this????

The stats say 2 republicans and 6 democrats voted against this...again, I say why?

Abercrombie (D-Hawaii)
Barton (R-Texas)
Boyd (D-Florida)
Clay (D-Missouri)
Cleaver (D-Missouri)
Flake (R-Arizona)
Murtha (D-Pennsylvania)
Tanner (D-Tennessee)

there were also 13 "No Votes"...we'll give them the benefit of the doubt...

Giuliani offers health care plan, also mentions tort reforms

An interesting strategy...actually pretty simple strategy to deal with health care costs.

As with any simple plan it doesn't answer too many questions, but it may allow for an easy discussion for forward movement.

I still think there would have to be some short to intermediate term support for lower income families...

but who knows...there isn't much you can really get from a 1 page article.

I do however like the fact that he wants to target tort reform!

Great article about Thompson for President...or not

worth the read.

Another "Big" pharma restructuring - This time at J&J

Another big Pharma company has announced a restructuring...in this case the target cuts will affect about 4000 people...

The future of Pharma is in specialty pharmaceuticals and generics

Meditators predict Dow 17,000, near U.S. utopia

What a great idea!

"Through group transcendental meditation the assembly -- which has 1,800 people meditating daily in Iowa ,releases harmonious waves which benefit all aspects of U.S. life, spokesman Bob Roth told Reuters"

"And the group's leader, John Hagelin, said when that number reaches 2,500 within the next 12 months, America will see a major drop in crime and the virtual elimination of all major social and political woes."

They may be a little off their rocker but if it works great! If not there are 1800 people feeling good about themselves.

Either way, it's a success!

Dinosaur discussions

well, I have had one of the best conversations ever today...sitting on the deck...having a cup of coffee (at my new table by the way) and discussing dinosaurs with my son Christopher...

We discussed the following
-The longest dinosaur ever...Seismosaurus
-The tallest...Ultrasaurus
-The smallest...and no...it isn't the compsognathus like one website I found said...Christopher clued me in on the FACT that it's the microceratops which was less than 2 feet tall which is half the size as the compsognathus. How a 4 year old that can't read remembers this stuff is AMAZING to me.
-His favorite is "All of them" and
-He wants to be a paleontologist when he grows up as well!

Great stuff...What a way to start the day!

Would-be shoe-bomber has no regrets

I would think that he has two regrets...

the first is that he's such dope and that he failed miserably on his mission and second I would think he should be regretting his mug shot (see attached).

Maybe someone can answer this little bit of sarcasm for me...Does God give partial credit to failed murderers of innocent people??? If he does give credit does he give it for trying to kill infidels or for failing?

Vegans shun sex with carnivores, says researcher

I don't know if this should be my first post of the day or the last...

Anyone shunning sex is a little strange in my book...but this brings it to a new level.

Lord of the Rings Online - Shadows of Angmar and S of A World Companion

Speaking of games.

I have attached a link to two books written by another friend of mine that are reference manuals to the Lord of the Rings - Shadows of Angmar MMO.

If there was ever an online game you should try, it's this one and these books are a huge help!

The content is amazing and I really enjoy the game play when I get the chance to log on...

Here comes Castle Whiterock!

For all of you old enough to remember and geeky enough to have played rpg's my friend Ken has just finished editing a ginormous (his words) masterpiece of modules...check out his blog for more details and feel free to add on to my comments requesting free copies for all his friends!!!!

Sean Avery has his arbitration hearing

I have the over under for his award a $1.75MM.

I'm pretty disappointed in the Rangers for not getting a deal done over the weekend.

That being said, it is hard to beat them up based on the offseason moves they already made this summer.

Co-defendant: Vick financed dogfighting

Usually the first to "Turn" get the best deal...but people have been known to lie to save their own skin...

I sure hope that Vick can get a fair trial...but this is a pretty damning statement...

Iraqi parliament adjourns for August

They might not be able to run THEIR country without US help, but they sure have taken some lessons from our Government!