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The Westbrook Wedgie

Posted in Silly Stuff on November 25, 2008| Leave a Comment »

This is just a moment in history that deserves to be preserved…

westbrook-wedgie

Originally found here

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Mahna Mahna

Posted in Silly Stuff on October 20, 2008| 2 Comments »

Youtube may be a huge time waster, but one has to appreciate how it has become a repository to some great video clips.  For some reason I can’t stop watching this one…

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iPhone: the Musical

Posted in Gadgets, Silly Stuff on July 8, 2007| Leave a Comment »

I admit it, I tried not to post on this, Apple gets so much media as it is, but David Pogue has a video which captures the appeal and the angst of the new iPhone, and puts it to music.  It’s a must see.

iPhone: The Musical – New York Times

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Diagnosis Wenckebach

Posted in Health Sciences & Medicine, Silly Stuff on June 23, 2007| Leave a Comment »

It has come to my attention that there are some people in medicine who still haven’t seen this yet…

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Not My Job

Posted in Silly Stuff on December 28, 2006| Leave a Comment »

Sometimes a picture is just too good for words.

http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2006/11/classic.html

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Slate Explainer: How many cell phones can fit in one rear end?

Posted in Health Sciences & Medicine, Silly Stuff on September 9, 2006|

(I used the subtitle to avoid some censorship. 🙂 )

Slate explainer has come up with a great article today…. definitely deserves a listen or read.  An extensive discussion on anal foreign bodies as well as body packing….

It’s worth mentioning that body packing for the purpose of smuggling drugs is entirely different from inserting rectal foreign bodies directly for recreational or other purposes from a medical point of view.

Cellular telephones were discovered inside the anal cavities of four prison inmates in El Salvador on Tuesday. The director of the prison says the convicts had attempted to conceal four plastic-wrapped cell phones, nine cell-phone chips, and one cell-phone charger. Hang on—how much stuff can one person fit up there?

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Update:  I’m sorry, but I’m turning off comments for this post.  Just too much spam when you talk about “rear ends”… if you get my drift.

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Healthy Ice Cream?

Posted in Personal Health, Public Health, Silly Stuff on July 26, 2006| 1 Comment »

From our friends at the New York Times:

(Given that links sometimes die, i’m posting a copy of the entire article).

p.s. I will vouch for the fact that the slow churned ice cream is excellent.

The article is reproduced below:

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