Archive for the 'People' Category
Important Research
CJ March 3rd, 2009
Did you know…
That human spit doesn’t vary much in bacteria content? Me neither! Wow, I feel better now.
Dollars well spent.
The human mouth is a major gateway for bacteria into the body and it contains a diverse array of microbial species. Yet scientists know little about this diversity and how it relates to diet, environment, health and disease, they added.
“We are interested in this because by studying the bacteria we can get more insights into human populations than we would get from just studying the human DNA,” Mark Stoneking of the Max Planck Institute in Leipzig, Germany, who led the study, said in a telephone interview.
In their study published in Genome Research, the team sequenced bacteria found in saliva samples taken from 120 healthy volunteers from North America, South America, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, Africa and Asia.
Not surprisingly, they observed considerable diversity of bacterial life in the overall saliva microbiome, both within and between individuals.
But when comparing samples from different geographic areas they found not much variation, suggesting that bacteria within the mouth of a person’s neighbor is likely to be just as different as someone on the other side of the world.
Courtesy of Yahoo Odd News
Sorry, But I Need to Rob You
CJ March 3rd, 2009
Seems things are tough all over. A man in Rib Mountain Wisconsin walked into a gas station, asked for some cigarettes….and a hand full of twenties.
While he dipped into the open till, he apologized for stealing from the attendant and ran off. He is now known as the “polite robber”.
Heeeeyyyy, NOW I know how to get away with petty theft! Just be nice! sheesh.
Help! We’re Out Of McNuggets!
CJ March 3rd, 2009
If it’s not lemonade, it’s McNuggets.
A woman in Ft. Pierce Florida, Latreasa Goodman, called 911 three times ’cause her favorite McDonald’s had run out of chicken McNuggets. Oh the horror of it all.
She was cited and release for misuse of the 911 emergency line.
Instead of three fries short, this woman is three McNuggets short! No Happy Meal for YOU!
Missed Your Flight? Be a YouTube Sensation!
CJ February 16th, 2009
I’m sure everyone’s heard about it now, about the woman going insane in a Hong Kong airport because she missed her flight. Apparantly, this happened nearly a month ago, but wasn’t uploaded to YouTube until a few days ago.
The middle-aged woman was seen charging at a security guard at the departure gate, before screaming “aieyyahhhhh,” at the top of her lungs in a rant that lasts about three minutes.
If you haven’t already seen the display of panic and hysterics then here is the link to YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbVw7entkxg
Ok, well, really lady, they DO have other flights. Honest.
Woman’s Longest Nails Broken in Car Crash
CJ February 14th, 2009
Yes, it’s true. All her hard work at growing ridiciously long nails since 1979 has come to an end. 
Lee Redmond of Salt Lak City Utah, formerly held the Guinness Book of World Records for the longest nails. They measured over 28 feet in length, total, with the longest being well over 2 feet.
I say formerly held the record because she just recently had them broken in a bad car crash. She is ok, but the nails have had it.
So some people knit, or paint, or even trade baseball cards. Some, feel the need to grow fingernails that could seriously poke an eye out. Um, eww
8 Year Old Boy Gets Pulled Over
CJ February 11th, 2009
’cause daddy wanted to “bond”.
In Bradenton Florida, a man told police he wanted to let his 8 year old son drive since he had taken Xanax and felt “woozy”. He thought it would be a great “bonding moment” with his son. The son hit two trees and nearly two pedestrians before the cops stopped him.
Police questioned the son, and he verified that his father had taken some of his “liquid medicine” - fifth of whisky.
Well hey, it’s been used for medicinal purposes, right? Some people shouldn’t drive let alone have kids. Sheesh!
‘Scuse Me Vet, But Could You Help a Deer…
CJ February 10th, 2009
An injured deer stumbled into a vet’s office…
Ok, sounds like the beginning of a joke, yes? But no, really, a deer wandered into a PetSmart in Rossford Ohio with an injury to it’s back leg. When the employees saw it, they manuevered it to the clinic where a vet patched up the leg. Once done, they opened the door and the deer was on its way.
See? Who says animals are dumb?
Holy Crap!
CJ February 10th, 2009
Just had to post this Bar Refaeli on Sports Illustrated. Leo DiCaprio, you rock!
