Best soccer goal celebration ever!

One word is too often profaned

I came across this poem by Percy Bysshe Shelley. Do you know what word he is talking about?

One word is too often profaned
For me to profane it;
One feeling too falsely disdained
For thee to disdain it;
One hope is too like despair
For prudence to smother;
And pity from thee more dear
Than that from another.

I can give not what men call love;
But wilt thou accept not
The worship the heart lifts above
And the heavens reject not, --
The desire of the moth for the star,
Of the night for the morrow,
The devotion to something afar
From the sphere of our sorrow?

Cooking The Books, Literally

Well Done: a food company annual report that has to be cooked first

The link above will take you to a truly creative way a Croatian food company made their annual report available to shareholders. I'm thinking about getting together with one of the drug companies to alter psychotropic medications to make any presentation or report available as a hallucination.

PLoS Medicine: Serotonin and Depression: A Disconnect between the Advertisements and the Scientific Literature

PLoS Medicine: Serotonin and Depression: A Disconnect between the Advertisements and the Scientific Literature

Fascinating article on the role of advertising on the field of mental health.

DrugBank Homepage

DrugBank Homepage
More information that you would ever want to know about any drug that you are taking. Acutally pretty interesting to see all the science that goes into the drugs that we take.

Males have greater G: sex differences in general mental ability

Males have greater G: sex differences in general mental ability

Here is an interesting article summary that describes the results of a couple of recent studies that seem to show that men on average have higher intelligence than women. Let the fireworks commence.

Genocide Awareness Project

The Genocide Awarenes Project has a set of poster displays they travel around the country with arguing that abortion is simply another form of genocide in which the powerful erase the less powerful. Regardless of your take or stand on the issue of abortion, the pictures really make you think. The poster entitled "The Insanity of Choice" particularly struck me as one of our children was born prematurely and was very close to the age suppossedly shown in the poster. It is easy to have an opinion on the issue of abortion when it is an abstract concept or issue; it takes on much more importance and salience when your stance on the issue has real world consequences. WARNING: These images are very graphic and quite difficult to look at. You have been warned.

Talk about your marketing genius.  

OpinionJournal - Extra

Link to Wall Street Journal editoral that examines failure of local leaders (not federal) to act to save lives in wake of Katrina.

Suicide Smock

Ferguson Safety Products: Safe clothes & blankets for suicidal inmates in jails and prisons Here is a link to a website that sells "suicide smocks" for use with suicidal inmates in a jail setting. These are used regularly in many jail settings in Kentucky. Kentucky is acutally in the forefront of addressing the mental health needs of inmates. For example, every inmate entering either the Mason and Lewis County jails are screened for mental health and substance abuse issues which may put them at risk for any number of difficulties ranging from substance abuse withdrawal to suicide.

The Interdictor - Survival of New Orleans Blog

The Interdictor Check out this amazing blog that is based in the middle of all the chaos in New Orleans.

Hurricane Katrina Potential Health Problems Analysis

Here is link to a forwarded email that outlines many of the potential health concerns that could arise as secondary effects of Hurricane Katrina.

Sociology of the MLB Player: 1952

Link Certainly won't intrigue everyone as it did me, but here is a nice snapshot of the average major league baseball player in 1952.

Pareidolia Data

Ever look at a cloud and see a dog or look at a piece of toast and see the face of Elvis? This curious phenomena is acutally known as pareidolia. Check out this link to read more about it.
http://thefolklorist.com/Pareidolia%20Project/index.htm

How Long Will I Live? - Life Expectancy Calculator

How Long Will I Live? - Life Expectancy Calculator If you dare, use this calculator to determine you expected life expectancy. For those of you holding out hope of my early demise, I must unfortunately report that I am expected to live to a ripe old age of 84.