duh.

SLEEP APNEA BOOSTS DEATH RISK

But it's unclear whether treating the breathing disorder cuts the danger, one expert says

Posted August 1, 2008

By Steven Reinberg
HealthDay Reporter

FRIDAY, Aug. 1 (HealthDay News) -- The interrupted nighttime breathing of sleep apnea appears to increase the risk of dying, Australian researchers report.

Earlier studies have linked sleep apnea to increased risk for death. However, these studies were done in sleep centers rather than in the general community. This new study suggests that the risk is present among all people with obstructive sleep apnea.

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OTHER THINGS THAT BOOST YOUR DEATH RISK:
1. Life

Ok, I'm officially ripping a subject from another blog that I read. SORRY I'M SO UNORIGINAL AND BORING.

Anyway, Google decided to throw some sort of contest for the children of the world proper (ahem...the united states) to draw all over redesign their logo.

Here's the link:
doodle for google

My general first impression was: why the fuck did they put so many entries of the google logo made with hands. Yeah yeah, what if the world needed a helping hand. Would they turn to google for said helping hand? I think not.

All in all though, my hands down favorite was this little gem, obviously they are lacing school lunches with hallucinogens these days:

What if I can fly through the peaceful gardens freely like a butterfly? What if I could swim in the blue ocean like a beautiful mermaid? Google is like a rainbow that can take me whenever I wan to go.

yeaaaaah man....what IF I could fly through the peaceful mermaid like a beautiful garden....i mean swim in the blue butterful mercean like a freeful peace? yeahhhh

My second favorite is:

What if fish could think?

Accompanied by this artwork, which was obviously drawn by michael of florida's teacher/mother/art major at the local college:

Except now that I look at this, I'm disturbed by the fact that the fish has one human arm and decidedly humanoid features. Probably this fish can think because he's half human. So in closing, the bigger question is: What if...fish and humans melded together? That's something for you to google the next time you get bored.

not newsworthy.

Lately when I read the news I bypass every single front page news story and go straight for the celebrity gossip or science/health news. Does that make me the shallowest, most useless person in my demographic? Probably. I just can't stand to hear anymore about how oil prices suck or 156 dozen people died in a suicide bomber attack. It's like a very boring, repetitive novel. One that I buy because I think it would make me look (more?) intelligent if it was sitting on my shelf, while simultaneously praying that no-one asks me about it.

I swear I'm intelligent, I swear it.

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This weekend C and I gave Oliver a bath, shined him up and put on his best, snazziest harness to go to the park. Here's some clues as to what happened there:










In case you're wondering, that's a dead toad, Oliver, and the angel of death playing a flute made of a femur, chronologically placed. The femur flute (FF) really has nothing to do with it, but the smell of death does.

Well, back to work.

hahahahaha

This just in:

"Europeans get drunk 'to have sex'", courtesy of the BBC world news day.

"Young people were also more at risk of unsafe sex while
under the influence of alcohol or drugs, the study found."

"Drunkenness and drug use were found to be strongly associated with
an increase in risk taking behaviour and feeling regretful about having sex ."

Duh?!

Wow. Is it even possible to have a slow news day in EUROPE? How can the world news be allocating reporters to something that anyone who ever went to college already knows?