New Technology Renders More Realism 
People looking for a truly unique alternative to Facebook may want to consider a visit to Thatsmyface.com where visitors can submit standard 2D photos that are converted into 3D models in a matter of an hour or so for free.  If you like the results, you can have the models transformed [...]

The Power of Giving in Action
For the third year, homeless men from a substance abuse facility in Detroit are volunteering to help four families celebrate Christmas with the money they collect from local businesses, friends and earnings from work.  The group hopes to raise $500 per family, or $2,000 total, to provide clothing, toys, household [...]

Several Other Historic Explanations
The widely accepted meaning for the Friday after Thanksgiving being known as “Black Friday” has been the time when retail sales moved retailers from operating in the red to the black, i.e., the day stores become profitable.  The CEO of Jelmar, Inc., Alison Gutterman, says the secret meaning for the day has [...]

 Swedish Agency Claim of Religious Unrest Highly Suspect
The Madonna of Orgasm Church won the legal right in court to be registered as a faith community in Sweden on Tuesday.  The country’s Legal, Financial and Administrative Services Agency had previously refused the church’s registration on the specious grounds that it might offend Christians, according to a [...]

The Human Side of the American Presidency
Things are going to be pretty quiet around the U.S. until the next president takes office on January 20.  George W. Bush, the most unpopular president in recent memory and probably of all time, is unlikely to be able to do much more than tend to the Rose Garden. 
The [...]

Obama Benefited From Comics’ Election Coverage
A poll released Wednesday indicates 10 percent of voters had their voting decision influenced by skits performed on the Saturday Night Live (SNL) television show.  Six percent were more likely to vote for Obama and the remaining four percent became more inclined to pull the lever for McCain after watching [...]

Do you know neurosurgery?  Maybe if you hum a few bars …
In case you missed it, this video is pretty amazing.  I’ve done medical education videos for many years, but I can’t ever recall musical accompaniment before.
This video from Good Morning America pretty much says it all, and I have no intention to add to [...]

Connected to the Trial of Kremlin Critic’s Murder Case
Reuters Africa reported yesterday that a Russian human rights lawyer, Karina Moskalenko, found mercury in her car which she believes was an attempt to intimidate her on the eve of a trial regarding the 2006 murder of journalist and frequent Kremlin critic Anna Politkovskaya.

Mercury, don’t leave home [...]

Real Awards Just as Amazing
After receiving an amusing email detailing the latest winners of the Stella Awards given for the most egregiously opportunistic lawsuits in America, I decided to investigate.  The stories were hilarious, but after covering the courts for more than 20 years, they just didn’t ring true.

How do I spell “jurisprudence?” What the [...]

Which way does the girl turn for you?
 
Some Can Shift their Brain’s Current
A five-year study by Yale researchers has yielded a simple animation to indicate which hemisphere of the brain a subject is using. Apparently, some people can use both hemispheres by willfully changing the brain’s current.
An image of a woman in a pirouette-style pose [...]