Tuesday, July 08, 2008

Informative Links

Sphenopalatine ganglioneuralgia is the scientific name of the nasty pain you get when you get a big bite of ice cream or a slush. Most of us just call it an ice cream headache or "brain freeze".

A guide to applications available for long-distance romance and cybersex.

A new study indicates that HIV has been present in humans for 100 years -longer than we thought. It also indicates it's only been present in monkeys for a couple of hundred years -much more recently than we thought.

Our rights are inalienable, but for the USA to survive and thrive, we also must employ our responsibilities.

Gas prices are causing cutback in care and meal delivery for the elderly and disabled. Routes have been scaled back, volunteers are dropping out, and waiting lists are growing.

Google Should Deliver Its YouTube Data to Viacom in Paper Form. (via Euba)

Jazz up your lemonade with five new recipes. (via Lifehacker)

Salon in interviews Christian Lander, the creator of the blog Stuff White People Like, about evil corporations, David Sedaris, and his new book.

What John McCain didn't learn in Vietnam.

TIME names the most obnoxious tourists in the world. Americans did not win this competition.

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