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I found this great product — Dr Natura! If you suffer from any of the following, you need a cleanse (from their web site):

• Frequent tiredness and low energy
• Flatulence, gas & bloating
• Impaired digestion
• Irritability, mood swings
• Bad breath & foul-smelling stools
• Occasional constipation
• Protruding belly (“pooch”)
• Powerful food cravings
• Skin problems
• Metallic taste in mouth

That’s right, if you’re tired, if you ever fart, if you’re grouchy, if you’re 5 lbs over weight, have non-perfect skin, or, get this, if your shit stinks, you need Dr. Natura.  A cleanse that is 100% guaranteed to make your shit not stink any more.

Where can I sign up?   Oh here: http://www.drnatura.com/colonix_program.php.

Sweet, only $99, and I’m on my way to thinking my shit don’t stink.

Dalton Ghetti makes sculptures out of pencils.  Most awesome.  Maybe he and my sister would get along

Here’s an interesting article on the current, dire, situation with our current banana the Cavindish. Basically, the same disease that wiped out the previous banana, the Gros Michel, and the impetus of the term “banana republic” and the song “Yes, we have no bananas” is on the move.

Apparently, the only reasonable way out of the current mess is genetic engineering.  Breeding is just too slow.

I was inspired by the Turd-polishing episode of Mythbusters, so i decided to polish my own turd.

Check this out Mythbusters Turd Polishing.

Okay, okay, I didn’t use turds, but I did use plain old dirt from the back yard.   Check out some instructions here.

Here’s my first attempt at dorodango:

From this

To This!

If you haven’t seen ‘The Way Things Go’ (original name ‘Der Lauf Der Dinge’), go get it and watch it.  It’s excellent.

But this one is excellent too:

I remember seeing this a long time ago.

Good stuff

Which Dayton? Not Ohio.

Our guppy just had close to 40 baby guppies.   That after she had 19 only 3.5 weeks ago.   Good grief.   Does somebody need some guppies?

You. Yeah, You. You taking Fish Oil for the wonderful Omega-3 fatty acids?  Well, it like so many other supplement fads seems to be worthless.   http://www.badscience.net/2010/06/the-return-of-a-2bn-fishy-friend/

So… If you’re taking fish oil, there are a few reactions you can have:

1. Look at the science, decide that science trumps your current beliefs, and change your belief.
2. Look at the science, but be unconvinced by it (which is okay, especially for smalland/ or poorly conducted studies)
3. Ignore the science, and since this bit of science contradicts your current beliefs, disbelieve all science.

Unfortunately, it seems that Option #3 seems to be the approach people take normally.  Bummer.

All I can say is… Science is the best thing we’ve got to understand the world around us.  It works pretty well, and most importantly, it’s self-correcting.

Try to keep an open mind.  Which, of course, doen’t mean, “believe anything anybody tells you,” but something more like, “be ready to accept new evidence as it comes along and don’t let your preconceived beliefs blind you to the new evidence.”

If you don’t look at ZooBorns regularly, you’re really missing some good stuff.