Archive for June 2007

Jun282007

Memes: They Keep Going and Going and Going…

Bob Kowalski has tagged me. In case you weren’t aware:

- Players start with eight random facts/habits about themselves.
- People who are tagged need to write their own blog about their eight things and post these rules.
- At the end of your blog post, you need to choose eight people to get tagged and list their names.
- Don’t forget to leave them a comment telling them they’re tagged, and to read your blog.

Jun262007

God or G-d. Nah, just god.

Why do atheists refer to any god as “God”? Is it the brainwashing early on that makes us continuing to do such things? Raised Jewish, I was always told to use “G-d”; you can’t write down such a holy name that you possibly may eventually throw out. Silly, I know. I stopped the bad habit all throughout middle and high school, only to creep back on me in college for a reason unbeknownst to me. Non-Jewish friends had no idea why this was done. I tried to explain and then realized Why am I reverting back to old and bad habits? It’s like saying “Thank God”; some things become ingrained. I admit I went in and out of using “G-d” even when I was script or story writing a character saying “oh my god!”

Jun262007

More On Stem Cells

Perhaps Cheney would be interested in this:

The first U.S. study to transplant a potent form of purified adult stem cells into the heart muscle of patients with severe angina provided evidence that the procedure is safe and produced a reduction in angina pain as well as improved functioning in patients’ daily lives, reports the lead researcher at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine. 

And it in the U.S. Wow! Here’s more: