Modern Lives

OK, I have since realized that my Tuesday News post was a bit premature since all the interesting things have happened in the past 24 hours. It's a Ghost! It's a Mutant Firefly! It's a . . . Glowing Pig? Scientists in Taiwan have successfully spliced the genes of a glowing jellyfish into the genes of a pig, which resulted in a pig that looks kinda green during the day, but glows at night. Traditionally, if your bacon was green--and especially if it glowed in the dark--that meant it was time to toss it in the garbage. However, these lime swines were what the scientists have been striving for so they can track their glowing DNA without slicing and dicing their little piggy cells. Unfortunately, as it goes with the dorky science-types, they didn't know that day-glo genes are just so totally '80's. Have Rubber Will Travel Legislators in a Colombia town in Central America are planning a law that would require every male over the age of 14 to carry a condom. It...

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Just in case you were wondering, no, I haven't completely abandoned my blog. A lot has happened since my last post (as many of you already know). New job, new house, new Timmy car--the last two of which has happened since about November 15th. Crazy, ain't it? So yeah, still loving the new job. Tim's new car is supersweet, and have I mentioned we bought a house? It, too, is quite nice. So in the spirit of old, I give you this week's quirky news items. Noklone oom-e? Foo khyou! A Korean scientist was shamed--deeply shamed--when it was discovered that the stem-cell research breakthroughs he had reported making last year was all a big fat lie. The cloned embryo was actually made the old-fashioned way with one of his interns. Former Pres. Clinton was quoted as saying, "At least all I ever did was lie about getting a b*****b!" Bush Still Clueless Need I say more? Mummy Dearest The mummified remains of a 61 year-old woman were found seated in a chair, watchin...