December 2009
48 posts
Sounds like a joke, but isn't:
Phytophotodermatitis results from spilling lime juice onto the skin in a sunny climate. The result is exaggerated sunburn that gives rise to a linear, asymptomatic lesion that later develops hyperpigmentation. The hyperpigmentation may take weeks or months to resolve.
The First Line of Defense Against a Genocidal...
YAMBIO, Southern Sudan — Everyone at the dinner table shied away when a friend here, a longtime aid worker and old Sudan hand, started unloading the contents of a plastic bag: a can of mace, an air horn, a whistle with a bright light, and last but not least, a taser. Then he began demonstrating each tool, sending up a distressing cacophony of shrill whistles, bullhorn blasts, and loud,...
“Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply...”
– Lao Tzu
Congregation Works With U.S. to Release Immigrant... →
“Like most of the Indonesians, Mr. Assa and his wife, Grace, came on tourist visas that were suddenly easy for poor people to get in the 1990s, when a booming economy welcomed foreign labor with a wink and a nod. Everything changed after 9/11, when a government directive required the “special registration” of men ages 16 to 65 who had entered the country on temporary visas from a list of...
a favorite sound
When the pasta water is boiling, I pour a small pile of salt into my left palm and then, rather than sprinkling it in, I fling it into the water with a flick of my wrist. I love the “thp” sound the salt makes as it hits the water and instantly dissolves.
Sex With the Rabbi →
“It’s an incredibly imbalanced text intended to subvert, absolutely and...”
– Lumumba Stanislaus Dia Ping, Sudanese ambassador to the Group of 77 developing countries, speaking of a leaked document known as the “Danish text” which proposes measures to keep average global temperature rises to two degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels.
The document, subtitled...
Sen. Orrin Hatch Writes 'Extremely Catchy'... →
It’s not April, so I’m assuming this isn’t NPR’s idea of a clever holiday joke…
