[Weird thing of the day] Beware of car-eating rabbits

[Aaron Solomon Adelman]

Greetings.

Jewish date:  23 Marḥeshwan 5771 (Parashath Toledhoth).

Today’s quasi-holiday:  Halloween.

Worthy causes of the day:  “Call on ABC News to drop Andrew Breitbart”, “Tell ABC News: Don't give Andrew Breitbart a platform to spread his lies.”, “Jewish Rights on the Temple Mount - Petition Spot”, “Unite Deserving Dads and Their Children! - The Petition Site”, “Stop Iceland's Cruel Whale Slaughter - Take Action Today @ The Rainforest Site”, “Stop the Yellowstone Bison Slaughter - Take Action Today @ The Animal Rescue Site”, and “Take Action: The Senate Must Act!”.

I would like to apologize for having not posted anything for about three weeks.  This is has been due to two factors:  1) I have had a respiratory infection, which is not conducive to getting much of anything done.  2) I have been working on a review of Robert Graves’s The White Goddess, which is a decidedly nontrivial book.  Having reached a stage where the review is more or less presentable, I present it without further adieu on Divine Misconceptions and resume posting here, too.

Today’s news and commentary:

• “It’s alive! New computer learns language like a human, almost.”
• “Is killing yourself adaptive? That depends: An evolutionary theory about suicide”
• “Lay Rescuers: Try CPR without Mouth-to-Mouth Resuscitation”
• “Love Lessens Pain”
• “The True Size of Africa”
• “No high-tech high five, this robot uses a beanbag for a hand”
• “Shark Bytes:  How and Where Sharks Attack”
• “Vans drive themselves across the world - Rome to China without a prang”
• “WHEN BAD TASTES GOOD: DISCOVERY OF TASTE RECEPTORS IN THE LUNGS COULD HELP PEOPLE WITH ASTHMA BREATHE EASIER”:  I cannot make up something like this either.
• “What does HIV sound like? [Audio]”
• “Have a Heart: Donate Your Pacemaker”

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Today’s weird thing is “Car-Eating Rabbits Invade Denver Airport”.  I cannot make up something like this.  Really.  Enjoy and share the weirdness.

Aaron

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Posted By Aaron Solomon Adelman to Weird thing of the day at 10/31/2010 12:08:00 PM