Because, sooner or later, I have to stop talking about her.

1. Dissent done right 2 - Very cool end (part 2 of the story) of an unpleasant tale. How do you deal with your kids being upset that someone's stolen the campaign sign in front of your house?
2. Stop worrying about mercury in compact fluorescent... - Okay, I mistrust the quick dismissal (even from a non-industry source) of the "received wisdom" about this. But ...
3. Roman Empire 'raised HIV threat' - Yeah, yeah, blame it on my ancestors ...
4. Make canned monstrosities - Very, very cool.
5. Skimpy Peanut Butter — Part 1 - Just because it's "natural" doesn't mean it's "real."
6. America's 10 Most Confusing Traffic Signs [Signs,... - Well, maybe not, but most of them are pretty darned amusing.
7. Five reasons why Chrome will crash and burn | Tech... - If you define "crash and burn" as "not dethrone IE as the browser champ."
8. Google Chrome EULA Claims Ownership of Everything... - I suspect this is not what was intended.
9. Mr. G sends us a present while he's away. - Neverwhere rocks. If you have not read it, now you can, for free. Do so.
10. FREE BRISTOL PALIN - No, really, this isn't political, nor directly about Sarah Palin. Well, no more than ordinary life is political, or how talk about Bristol's pregnancy and teen pregnancy in general touches on the VP candidate. Regardless, my intent in posting it is to save it and share it with my daughter when she's ... well, appallingly soon.

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Every day I ride past a dumpster in the back of the library; they throw away hundreds of 4-foot fluorescent tubes per year. And that's just one big building - the skyline of any city suggests massive amounts of mercury. Switch to incandescents? Sure, if you don't mind putting the mercury - actually more of it - into the air by burning coal. It's a big problem.

We really need to separate the toxic and nontoxic trash streams. (Yeah, I know I'm a broken record on this)

The writer is correct about elemental mercury though - not the huge deal it's made out to be.

I am also planning to post the 'Free Bristol Palin' piece. It deserves a lot of coverage.