Day: July 16, 2012

The McBournie Minute: Like if you agree

I remember when I got my first email address. I was on my dad’s company laptop, and I needed to register for something, so I asked if I could create my own Hotmail email account, completely free. I was probably about 12 at the time. Back in the 1990s, email was the main reason we cared about Internet access. It was our means of contacting others and sharing things like news stories and funny pictures.

Then the older generation got in on it. Parents took over the sending of email chain letters, funny pictures and forwarded jokes and political statements. It really killed the fun of email, and social media came in to fill the gap. If you wanted to tell your friends about your day,  you posted to your blog, rather than send a mass email. Share thoughts about others? Post on their wall. Vacation pictures? Upload the files.

Then social media, especially Facebook, allowed the sharing feature where you simply re-post the work of others. Continue reading The McBournie Minute: Like if you agree

Houston, the new Liberty Island

For those of you who haven’t paid attention, Jeremy Lin has an Asian heritage. He was also cut by the Houston Rockets last year because he sucked. Now, because he was useful for 25 games, the Houston Rockets are prepared to offer him a backloaded contract that the New York Luxury Tax Knicks can’t afford.

So now, Lin, who apparently wasn’t worth the $788,000 he got last season after being cut, is now worth $28 million. Somewhere Yao Ming is crying.

Getting to the tooth behind bad behavior

A new study published in the medical journal, Pediatrics, suggests a possible link between plastic fillings and behavioral problems in children, including anxiety and depression. The plastic fillings contain the chemical bisphenol A, which has previously been linked to hyperactivity in children who received pre-natal exposure.

They found that children who had BPA-containing fillings for at least five years “consistently scored two to six points worse on 100-point behavior measures than those who had none of the fillings or who’d only had one for a short time,” indicating possible leaching of BPA into the mouth and digestive system.

The researchers are careful to note that they did not measure BPA levels in the fillings. Also, they’re not sure if it was BPA or other chemicals in the fillings causing problems. And, they did not test the children’s behavior for interspecies mating.

Gramps needs his medicine, too

When you’re in a senior home, pretty much all you have left is booze. Your family dumped you off, your nurses are out to get you, your grandchildren never call and Fox News tells you that the country is falling apart.

That’s why there was much celebration at a St. Paul, Minnesota nursing home. For the first time in years, the police will donate confiscated liquor to the senior home for its happy hour. Now all they have to do is wait for the alcohol to interact with their meds and enjoy the ride.