January 2011
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Transsexual differences caught on brain scan →
Differences in the brain’s white matter that clash with a person’s genetic sex may hold the key to identifying transsexual people before puberty. Doctors could use this information to make a case for delaying puberty to improve the success of a sex change later.
Actual Conversation With Father Today: AKA more...
Dad: I just usually prefer you pick out your own plane tickets. If I pick it out and it crashes it is gonna be salt and lemon juice in my wounds when you die. I would have killed you.
Me: Um. Okay... Well, if it makes you feel better, I am more likely to die on my drive to school than on a flight. Tons more car crashes than plane crashes.
Dad: Yeah, but if you crash on the way to school you might survive. You crash in a plane it's your ass.
Me: Yeah, okay, point taken. I won't make you pick tickets next time.
Dad: Also, I didn't buy your car.
Me: ...?
Dad: So if you die in your car, well... that's just bad luck.
Me: Thanks, Daddy. I feel much better now.
savageinasuit:
Creed Song Saves Norwegian Boy From Wolves
“I was afraid they would attack me,” Walter told the Norwegian tabloid VG. But he didn’t let his fear show. Remembering his parents’ advice, Walter pulled the earphones out of his mobile phone, turned the volume all the way up and blasted heavy metal music over its miniature speakers. At the same time, he...
Just the Greased Chicken.: Douglas Adams, Last... →
youmightfindyourself:
I remembered once, in Japan, having been to see the Gold Pavilion Temple in Kyoto and being mildly surprised at quite how well it had weathered the passage of time since it was first built in the fourteenth century. I was told it hadn’t weathered well at all, and had…
