good stuff

E-cigarettes?  Looks like the FDA has chosen bluster over safety trials.  Read the comments; they’re educational. Read more

  The heavy hitters who read the WSJ are noshing from $125 Bento boxes.  My idea of brown-bagging is an apple and a couple of bagels in a recycled plastic produce bag. Gloryosky! That’s why I’m a jerk! Tip from the Mrs, who keeps up with all that New York silliness. Read more

It’s all here in John Cleese’s Wine for the Confused. Tip from The Knowledge Problem. Read more

I don’t see a path leading from "Consumers" to "Health Care Providers" on this chart.  Is that intentional? Read more

Virginia Postrel provides a great overview of the kidney transplant mess. "Living donation is a low-risk procedure for the donor that offers life-changing rewards for the recipient. Yet the donor is the only person involved in the process who receives no compensation." Read more

Did Michael Jackson work out too hard?  Musta been, no way being grossly underweight and living on pills and dope coulda done him in. Are journalists really as dumb as they think we are? Read more

Michael Jackson has died.  I’m not surprised.  Most of the coverage is like this: Tip from James Hudnall. Read more

Why didn’t anyone tell me about the urban chicken movement? *A charming young ag student told this at the Indiana State Fair: "Why are there only two doors on a chicken coop?" Read more

No handshakes at graduation?  The University of Illinois at Chicago isn’t alone; here’s the latest at UTSA: For the May 2009 commencement ceremonies, in consideration of the current health issues, the University has decided to have all commencement participants refrain from shaking hands during the ceremony.  In addition, the master’s students and the doctoral students… Read more

…is the green pizza box: Because nothing adds to the ambience of an impromptu pizza dinner like eating off a greasy piece of cardboard.  Just dress in an old t-shirt you can wipe your hands on, and you’ll be the Ultimate Dorm Rat. Tip from American Digest. Read more