MSNBC,com:

Babies born four months before the peak cold and flu season have a 30 percent higher risk of developing asthma, U.S. researchers said on Friday, suggesting that these common infections may trigger asthma.

"All infants are exposed to this and it is potentially preventable," said Dr. Tina Hartert, director of the center for Asthma Research at Vanderbilt University, whose study appears in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.

She said it has been known for some time that infants in the Northern Hemisphere born in the fall are at higher risk of developing asthma, but the study is the first to tie this trend to peak viral activity in the winter months.

Image a world without Advair...

The Random Recipe Generator gave me:

Hot Pepper Sauce Pie
Serves 2
You will need:

• 100ml hot pepper sauce
• 40g beef
• 4 sheets of ricepaper

Instructions:

1. pre-heat the oven to 210 C
2. discard the sheets of ricepaper
3. stir-fry the hot pepper sauce
4. heat the hot pepper sauce
5. toast the beef
6. bake for 30 minutes and serve hot

Yum.

Driving over to Taco Bell today, I passed a house that had three old, rusting cars in the front yard. My first thought was "If I shot that first one a few times with my .32 revolver, it would catch fire, then explode a few seconds later. But, there aren't any enemies around, so I won't."

I've been playing a lot of Fallout 3 lately. Good game.

I know it'll be time to cut back when I start searching other people's desks, looking for bottle caps and ammo.

... is an index which ranks just how painful various insect stings are. Here's one entry:

1.0 Sweat bee: Light, ephemeral, almost fruity. A tiny spark has singed a single hair on your arm.

More about stings, here, err... there. Whatever.

A Rueben made with pastrami instead of corned beef is called a Rachel ?

Turnabout

Copernicus found

Or, at least this blog is, according to the Typealizer.

The active and play-ful type. They are especially attuned to people and things around them and often full of energy, talking, joking and engaging in physical out-door activities.

The Doers are happiest with action-filled work which craves their full attention and focus. They might be very impulsive and more keen on starting something new than following it through. They might have a problem with sitting still or remaining inactive for any period of time.

Evs

This is a test of my new WordPress plugin: Semi-Private Comments. Basically, if a post is set to have Semi-Private Comments then you can see my comments and your comments, but all other comments will be hidden replaced by "this comment has been hidden...".

This will make the Name That Tune contests a bit more interesting, since you can't see anyone else's answers.

If you would like to participate in this test (and who wouldn't??!), just leave a comment here.

And, be sure to tell me if you can see the actual comments from anyone but yourself or me. Comments from anyone else should be hidden redacted (to you).

Update
OK. Looks like it's working. Now, for the final test... I'll turn it off.

Update 2
That works, too. I'll turn it back on, as a demo...

Yes, it is the stupidest thing I've ever heard. It'd be like the Stones without Jagger, the Sex Pistols without Johnny Rotten-Lydon, the Doors without Jim Morrison.