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	Saturday, 28 May 2005

Romance novel cover remixes redux These are just priceless. Cory Doctorow: Back in February, I blogged about this project to remix romance novel covers, adding funny new titles suggested by the cover art. There's a new batch of covers up, with lots of titles suggested by readers of the site, some of which (e.g., WHEN COUSINS MARRY, THE CLEAVAGE OF MARY-ANN PUSHUP, THE SMUG VIKING WHO SHAVED HIS NIPPLES, HE WAS SO PRETTY I FELT LIKE A LESIBAN, etc) are blisteringly funny. Link (Thanks, Tom!) [Boing Boing] 11:41:17 PM

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Oh boy, the Christian right can't help themselves. WTF???: New Left Behind book: Antichrist the son of gay people. Authors Tim Layhaye and Jerry B. Jenkins of the famous Left Behind Series finally jump off the diving board of BIASED INSANITY... The Left Behind series, which concluded its main portion last year, is a series dealing with the end times, at least according to Tim Lahaye and Jerry B. Jenkins, the authors of the series. Pilot Rayford Steele organizes a ragtad troupe to take on... [morons.org headlines] 11:28:11 PM

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Isn't this great! Cory Doctorow: In a competition on the Leno show, a pair of Morse coders kicked the asses of two SMSers for speed. MAKE blog has links to the video and comments from the competitors. Link Update: JVC sez, "A museum in Sydney did something similar last month, pitting 93-year-old Gordon Hill against several teenagers." [Boing Boing] 10:52:58 PM

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Asexual and proud! A growing number of so-called asexuals insist that their indifference toward sex isn't a pathology, but an "orientation" like being gay. But some experts say that instead of comforting themselves with a label, "amoebas" should seek help [Salon.com] 10:19:19 PM

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Bladder doesn't shrink with age Cory Doctorow: Women's increased urinary urgency with age does not appear to be the result of a shrinking bladder, but rather reflects a treatable muscular disorder. Women with normally aging bladders had weaker bladder sensation; while women who experienced increased bladder sensation actually had an underlying condition called detrusor overactivity (DO). DO is a common condition, often referred to as overactive bladder, where the detrusor muscle that controls the emptying of the bladder contracts involuntarily, creating a strong, sometimes uncontrollable urge to empty the bladder. "Now, when a woman comes to her doctor and says that she thinks her bladder is shrinking, we realize that it is more likely she suffers from DO than from a smaller bladder," said Dr. Resnick. "The good news is that DO is treatable, so that any woman experiencing urgency or incontinence should see her doctor." Link [Boing Boing] 8:11:01 PM

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Suffuse: Dictionary.com Word of the Day Suffuse: spread through or over; to flush. [Dictionary.com Word of the Day] 8:02:41 PM

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