News - National Institutes of Health to study vocal cord health: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61492-2002Dec1.html

Comment - Because I've done so much radio and public speaking work over the years, I'm interested in their results. This article says that not much is known about how much strain our vocal cords can take, what works best to help them recover from overuse, or how to fix severe vocal cord problems.

News - New York Times article about deer hunting ethics, problems: http://www.nytimes.com/2002/12/02/nyregion/02DEER.html

Comment - Article makes a big deal about a group of hunters who insist on humane killing of deer. To be in the group, you have to practice your marksmanship to prove you can hit a deer and kill it quickly. And you have to value the spirituality of nature, blah blah blah.

Dave, Brandon and I (and the other guys I've hunted with) have always been humane hunters. That's what Dad taught Dave and I. Maybe I've been lucky that I've never hunted with nitwits.

The article writer obviously never hunted deer before, and must have gotten his impressions of deer hunting from a video game (where hunters stalk deer with bazookas and flame throwers).

The article does make some good points about the aging demographic of deer hunters, and the fact that if someone doesn't shoot these huge herds of deer (especially the does) then the deer are going to overrun our roads and neighborhoods. In other words, just letting the deer live in peace is not an option.

News - Gadget keeps you from suffering from laptop "hot leg": http://www.the-gadgeteer.com/lapworks-lapdesks-review.html

Comment - That's the malady where you put a laptop on your lap, and the heat from the laptop exhaust fries your legs. So, this gadget is a tray on which you put the laptop in order to dissipate the heat away from your skin.

Actually, the heat is kind of nice in the winter. But it can warm you up quickly during the summer.

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