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Ignorance Is Bliss

Paul writes:

News is bad for you – and giving up reading it will make you happier

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2013/apr/12/news-is-bad-rolf-dobelli#top

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Can We Put Sugar and Coffee on the Same Scale as Performance-Enhancing Drugs?

Addressing my post in which I say that if we tag everything under the umbrella of drug, then in effect nothing is really a drug, Bethany writes (and I agree with much of what she writes but question moral equivalence):

What about all the money that the food companies make by outing enhancing drugs into animals in order for a hen to maybe produce more eggs and cows to produce more milk for "better" milk? All the sugar that countless food companies put into their foods is all to get you addicted so they can sell more and make more. This world is run by money so the argument that it is wrong for athletes to use performance enhancing drugs on the playing field to make more money is invalid.

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Welcome to the LA International Pen Show and Acquire a New Addiction

Ed writes:

Regarding your recent discussions on watch pricing, thought this might put it in perspective: 

The 25th annual LA International Pen Show will be open to the public Sunday, Feb 17, from 10 am to 5 pm at the Manhattan Beach Marriott. The show is one of the largest of its kind, featuring vintage, modern and limited pens, that range from $10 to $300,000 (!!)... 

And you thought watches were overpriced. 

I advise you not to go; wouldn't want to be responsible for starting another addiction!

Chesapeake Bay Seafood House Factor of Overspending

Angelo writes:

Sometimes, there's a situation I call the "Chesapeake Bay Seafood House Factor." Back in the 1980s, we had a restaruant chain named Chesepeake Bay Seafood House. They didn't have a buffet----but it was all you could eat, and the server would keep bringing food to your table. Here's the thing: Prices started at $4.99 for all you could eat haddock. For 5.99, you could get all you could eat fried clams and haddock. $7.99 would give you all could eat catfish, clams and haddock. $10.99 might have added flounder. $13.99, crab. $17.99, lobster. So in other words, if you paid the top price, you'd get it all----anything on the menu, as much as you want. And the funny part is that just out of college, my friends and I would go, fully intending to just get the $4.99 haddock deal. But we'd sit at the table and say----geez, for only a dollar more, we get clams. Then we'd be ready to spend the 5.99----and rationalize that for only $2.00 more, you'd get catfish, which was really good there. By the time you knew it----the increments would have us close to the top of the menu. With watches or with anything else----once you're comfortable at a price point----if they offer you a little more for a little more money----you talk yourself into it. Before you know it, you're spending three times as much as you were last year. I mentioned guns----and it's the same with those. You get walked up the ladder---a little more for this feature. A little more for that feature----and all the sudden, the $795.00 pistol you were planning on is $1795.00.

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Showing Vacation Photos on Facebook Creates the Majority of "Envy Incidents"

 

New study shows that Facebook causes envy with vacation photos stirring the greatest resentment. Just yesterday one of my Facebook friends posted dozens of photos from his Thailand trip and I was overcome with the thought, "My God, my life is passing me by while I rot in this little suburban slab of concrete." 

5-Year Old Boy Safe From Bunker; Kidnapper Is Dead

CNN breaking news. 

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More Details About the Pastor Caught Up in the Tipping Controversy

Doug T writes:

The pastor, Alois Bell, claims she left the tip in cash on the table -- so she was charged twice for the tip. You can watch her interview here:

http://landing.newsinc.com/shared/video.html?freewheel=69016&sitesection=stltoday_spl_fea_sty&VID=24296562

Ironically, food seems to be a central focus of Bell's life and ministry. According to the Smoking Gun: "In addition to her fledgling ministry, Bell has authored three slim books--covering topics like fasting, prayer, and religious teaching--that are available for purchase through an online vanity press. One 28-page volume examines spiritual nourishment, complete with references to candy and junk food. The $10 paperback is titled 'Watch the Hand that Feeds You.' "

That article also includes a four-minute video example of Bell's preaching:

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/documents/tipping-pastor-apologizes-687234

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"I Give God 10 Percent. Why Should I Give you 18?"

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Dan Patrick Says If Tornado Watch Turns Into a Warning, We're Abandoning Ship

I was listening to Dan Patrick's opening this morning and he said that he and his crew could be going underground and cancelling the radio show if a tornado watch turns into a warning. Already the bad weather is affecting the sound quality. 

His show is conducted out of Connecticut, but the tornado warning is affecting much of the country, as Jason writes:

It's been a mess here in Nashville. They actually recorded 100 MPH wind at the airport around 3AM. Luckily, we didn't get that where I am about 30 miles due east of the airport. Plenty of damage between here and there, unfortunately. Next up, snow on and off for the next three days!

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$55,000 Hospital Bill for Cat Bite Exposes the Health System's Insanity

 

I heard David Lazarus of the LATimes talk about his cat bite bill and 6-day stay in a hospital today on Markeptplace. Reminds me of the billing I had to deal with when I had a PPO. I'm with Kaiser now and much happier.