Thursday, April 24, 2014

Migraine Control: ALD403 & LY2951742

My mother sent me information from the LA Times about two new drugs aimed at reducing the number of migraine headaches suffered by those prone to them.  I found a similar article at WebMD to link here.

Here is to hope.

24 April 2014

Stuart Little: Rescue Kitten

The Huffington Post has the story of a rescue kitten that started out scary, but ultimately had a happy ending.  That these kittens started life as they did ultimately has the root cause of a human's action.  The horrors that I wish on that person are legion.  Happily, the good will I have both for Stuart Little and his human is greater still.

And mercy but his eyes are blue and pretty!

24 April 2014

Friday, April 18, 2014

How Americans Die

This is a really interesting series of charts from Bloomberg.

18 April 

Bohol Island, Philippines

I was cycling through some slides at the website of the Travel Channel this morning and came across a page and photo for Bohol Island in the Philippines.  The specific area featured is "Carmen."  It is spectacular and spectacularly weird.  The description on the page reads:

These rolling hills, sprouting like giant moguls throughout the central towns and countryside of Bohol Island, were declared the third National Geological Monument of the Philippines. They’re made of grass-covered limestone, but local legend says that they were formed when 2 feuding giants hurled rocks and boulders at each other during a violent brawl. Their mossy green turns a cocoa brown in the dry season, hence the name, and tourists visit them at sunrise for the otherworldly views.

This is a place that I have to see before I die.

18 April 2014

Monday, April 14, 2014

A Republican Senate

Jonathan Chaite has written a good piece in New York Magazine about the institutional perils of a Republican-controlled Senate in 2015.  Good read and spot-on.

14 April 2014

Friday, April 4, 2014

Game of Thrones

We just purchased a much larger television for our home.  While I'm looking forward to sports and action movies on it, I have to say that right now, with its season debut upon us, I'm most looking forward to Game of Thrones!



4 April 2014