50 People On ‘The Most Intellectual Joke I Know’ — This is hilarious. (Via David Goldman.)
Einstein's genius may be due to a 'well connected' brain — Einstein's genius may have been triggered by the left and right sides of his brain being unusually well connected, research suggests.
Fear is the mindkiller: Focus group peers into the Republican brain — Yep. Conservatism in America long since ceased being driven by rationality or anything like either national interest or even voter self-interest.
Meet Butch Matthews, A Republican Who Came To Love Obamacare After Realizing It Will Save Him $13,000 — Yup. Amazing what those actual liberal "facts" and "data" can mean, when stacked up honestly against the self-deceptions of conservative ideology. (Via Slacktivist Fred Clark.)
?otD: Driving anywhere today?
10/6/2013
Writing time yesterday: 0.0 hours (chemo brain)
Hours slept: 7.5 hours (interrupted)
Body movement: n/a (traveling)
Weight: n/a (traveling)
Number of FEMA troops on my block enforcing laws passed under the Constitutional process and fully subjected to judicial review: 0
Currently reading: n/a (chemo brain)