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- Not sure if the fake punt play will ever not be funny

- Chuck Yeager Tweets details about his historic, sound-barrier breaking flight

- Supposed to be an illustration of the similarities between horse and human bones but really it's an illustration of how Katherine the Great of Russia died. I mean just take a look at the smile on the horse. He knows what he's doing.

- Interesting - John Stuart Mill as science fiction writer.

- Do Not Want! Sexually transmitted Ebola (although Sexually Transmitted Ebola would be a good nickname for Bill Cosby)

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- Who knew? A banana is actually a berry.

- A Medal of Honor Story. Roger that!

- As a reminder it was ABC News that actually started the rumors about Barack Obama's parentage

- Did an Ebola outbreak ravage Ancient Athens?

- Wildlife photographer of the year - some of these photos are beyond amazing!

- Why do we admire mobsters?

- God help me but I can't stop laughing at the Special Olympics one. I am an awful person.

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- Interesting - Lance Berkman has gone back to school to get his degree.

- Nice Christmas gift

- Another reason to hate bathroom hand-dryers

- Another reminder of how huge Andre the Giant was

- One of the reasons NIH is "short" of money

Flotsam and Jetsam

Miscellaneous thoughts and observations.

Brady's better! (Clap, clap, clap, clap, clap). Brady's better! (Clap, clap, clap, clap, clap)... Interesting profile of C. Dean Metropoulos - the man who saved Pabst Beer (and made $500 million in the process)...  When I read stories about "protesters" - in my mind I always change it to "polyesters". Never fails to make the story more interesting... This always blows my mind - Michael J. Fox's middle name is Andrew... Brady's better! (Clap, clap, clap, clap, clap). Brady's better! (Clap, clap, clap, clap, clap)... Quick reminder... Is there anything funnier than sending a friend into Dunkin Donuts for a large Blumpkin Spice? If they ask just tell them it's half blueberry and half pumpkin... Brady's better! (Clap, clap, clap, clap, clap). Brady's better! (Clap, clap, clap, clap, clap)... Heh heh - funny because it's true... If Justin Beiber made a Christmas CD - I would give it as a gift to people I hate... As far as QB comparisons are concerned - Tom Brady will always be Mary Ann to Peyton Manning's Ginger...

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- ESNet - the 100 Gbps shadow internet that only the Government has access to

- Raylan vs Boyd - the final Justified showdown

- Losing by 20 and you sack the back-up QB.

- This Jim Carrey as Matthew McConaughey Lincoln ad was great. Wish I knew who the writer was.

- A history of Ultron - the villain in the new Avengers movie

- Interesting - the football genius of F. Scott Fitzgerald

- Heh heh - funny because it's true!

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- Neil Gaiman's Trigger Warning

- Penguins perform O'Canada prior to last night's game vs Flyers. I hope the San Francisco Giants make the same gesture of support.

- Wow - Rudy Giuliani really doesn't like Charlie Crist

- Founder of the Weather Channel - Climate change is nothing but a lie. The climate is changing but for reasons we neither understand nor control. We should be studying these reasons and not asking people to wear sack-cloth and ashes.

- Impact of vaccines in US

- "The Hot Zone" and the mythos of Ebola

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- Ebola Explained - a very good primer on the virus and what you should and should not worry about

- Your drinking habits compared to the rest of the country. This is one list where I'm happy not to be in the top 10 percent.

- I wrote this about Wade Boggs almost 10-years ago. I still stand behind every word. There's a reason the Red Sox never retired his number.

- One dog year does not equal seven human ones

- The Nat Geo photo contest always has amazing shots

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- Whacky Russians

- RIP Joan Rivers. You weren't a funny woman. You were a very funny person!

- Worcester - we're number 1! We're number 1! Now get out of my fucking way!

- Pope Francis' 10 Secrets to Happiness

- Why we don't have a vaccine for Ebola yet

Flotsam and Jetsam

Miscellaneous thoughts and observations.

You just know that one of the first real "practical" applications for Google Glass will be for POV porn movies... Who knew that I had this in common with Pedro Martinez?... 10,000 people a year die of drunk driving in the US. 5,000 people die from food poisoning. This message brought to you by MAEAEHC (Mothers Against Eating Anything Except Home Cooking)... I guess the best thing about Google Glass POV porn will be you'll never see the guy's goofy facial expressions during sex... Sounds like a plan... You know it's true! When Robin Williams died and then Lauren Bacall how many people wondered who would be the third celebrity to die?... Is it possible that Tony Stewart has raced his last race?... You also know that someone will film a Google Glass POV porn where the only audio from the guy is "I am Groot" or "Hodor, Hodor"... Just checking...

Flotsam and Jetsam

Miscellaneous thoughts and observations.

Jets fans who like Rex Ryan are like an inquus populus "a wicked, godless people" and Rex is their King...The head nurse at Emory explains why the American patients of Ebola needed to be treated in US... I went to years of Catholic school and we were never told that Saint Peter - the Rock on which Jesus built his church - the first Pope - was married... I so want the Burger King pies guy story to be true... Brown bears went extinct in England in the 10th century. I wonder if any radical environmentalists out there have proposed re-introducing them? Maybe just release a dozen or so in London and see how that goes?...

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- Honest slogans

- Jeff Francoeur getting pranked by his minor league teammates is epic.

- I'm so happy that Jonathan Papelbon is some other team's problem

- The Gospel of Jesus' wife may be real.

- "Did someone eat a bat? Did someone scavenge another dead chimp, one that had shared fruit with a bat?" Your Ebola update. Scary stuff.

- 11 amazing insect close-ups

- George R R Martin has a sense of humor

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- How much does it cost to propose at a baseball park? Interesting.

- It's a $35,000 Rolex but the story that goes with it now is priceless.

- Beer marinade is healthy. Once again beer is proof that God loves us.

- Senegal closes its border with Guinea to try and stop Ebola outbreak. Nothing scares me like Ebola.

- I believe the count is ball two.

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- Look at Bill Clinton's, George Bush's and Barack Obama's expectation of dealing with Vladimir Putin and the realities they found.

- How Cosmos bungles the history of religion and science. I was looking forward to the show but have frankly been underwhelmed. The original Cosmos was truly original but now there are so many good science documentaries that the new Cosmos isn't really breaking any new ground.

- New Ebola outbreak in Africa. Nothing scares me like crashing and bleeding out.

- The daily routine of geniuses.

- Christopher Walken - dancer

- Call Me A Hole. One year old and still a great mash-up.

Ebola in Uganda

Never mind Stephen King - the scariest book I ever read was The Hot Zone: A Terrifying True Story by Richard Preston. The book tells the true story of an Ebola outbreak. For weeks after reading the book I had dreams about "crashing and bleeding out".

Now 14 people have died so far in a new outbreak of Ebola in Uganda.

Scary stuff.