Memnison Journal

At various times, I get into research projects; some simmer on for decades in various forms, and some break off and pick up speed because I happen to run into something that really fuels the fire, so to speak.
My library here is largely one that I use for reference. I have a huge amount [...]

Bush: Let’s move the USDA contagious disease test operation from a deserted island to the middle of Kansas farm country!
A simulated outbreak of the disease in 2002 — part of an earlier U.S. government exercise called “Crimson Sky” — ended with fictional riots in the streets after the simulation’s National Guardsmen were ordered to kill [...]

Hey, Susan, here’s a knitting project for Meredith…
“They’re still over at the bar talkin’ about which Bronte sister they think would be the best in bed.” “Why settle for one when you could have all three?”
Now, you’ll believe reindeer can play a bad game of rummy with Santa.
A football for Grandma by Allan Sherman. [...]

Stephen Leigh’s discussion of how a lot of stunning dramatic series would be better off by just saying “two or three seasons and we wrap it all up”.
Steven Silver’s discussion on referential SF TV and movies.
A DKos discussion on “OK, we have a pandemic, but who gets the hospital beds?”
A video showing how a bunker-buster [...]

Estimates in Great Britain are that the flu pandemic would arrive there within two months of an outbreak elsewhere and take two months to burn out.

“We have a Dark Chocolate Govinda Giri Krishna, a Milk Chocolate Govinda Giri Krishna, and a White Chocolate Govinda Giri Krishna.” Are any of the Krishnas blue? No?
“Choose Your Own Adventure” Books That Never Quite Made It.
The weird-food blog of an expat in Hanoi, complete with dog soup, posters to warn you on [...]

Hadn’t thought of this; Africa meets avian flu.
Haruna said H5N1 is spreading unreported in parts of the country as farmers, wary of the government’s promise of compensation, are reluctant to inform authorities about outbreaks. The government has been slow to close live poultry markets and restrict the movement of fowl from town to [...]

The Avian Flu is just another element in a chain of a long line of new diseases that get moved over to humans as the humans dig deeper and farther into the wild; Ebola, AIDS and various haemorragic fevers for starters. Good article here on this.

Kimchi-powered anti-bacterial air conditioner. The useless part is that they’re supposed to nail bird flu (a virus) with this.