Archive for September, 2009
Safety first
We’ve been getting these “seven minute safety trainer” things over the past few months. The idea being, I suppose, to make us safer. These consist of a perky page full of safety pointers followed by a multi-choice self-test. Today’s training was on “Arriving at and Leaving Work Safely.” Under the heading of “goals” it read, [...]
Bikini baristas
Three stories which were on the Seattle Times Web site this morning and the number of comments from readers on each one… (1) “State Lifts Limit On Mercury Preservative In Swine Flu Shots” (20 comments) (2) “Iran Admits Secret Nuclear Site” (20 comments) (3) “Are Bikini Baristas In Everett Showing Too Much Skin?” (260 comments [...]
Batter blaster
So when my colleague passed this story along, my response was “You have got to be kidding.” And then a certain photographer (whose name ryhmes with “Neff Norner”) piped up and said, “Oh yeah! I just bought a can of that!” Of course, this raised speculation of just how soon (if it hasn’t happened already) [...]
“An armed society…”
“An armed society is a polite society. Manners are good when one may have to back up his acts with his life.” Since this quote has been bouncing around lately (as well as being misquoted), I had to go and look it up. It appears in the novel “Beyond This Horizon,” by Robert A. Heinlein, [...]
Death, always a popular topic
A friend and former colleague, Kathleen Obenland, who works at Providence St. Mary Medical Center just sent this along. Enjoy. By MICHAEL A. FUOCO Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Related The Internet is full of information, oddities, porn and, now, thanks to a Web site developed by researchers and students at Carnegie Mellon University, a way for users [...]
