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andrewducker ([personal profile] andrewducker) wrote2011-01-21 11:01 am

Interesting Links for 21-1-2011

[identity profile] buddleia.livejournal.com 2011-01-21 11:21 am (UTC)(link)
One thing about a higher sexual offence stat - it's usually a good thing as it means the report rate is up, rather than the incidence (necessarily).

Homeopathy

[identity profile] zornhau.livejournal.com 2011-01-21 11:26 am (UTC)(link)
Well, if homeopathy works, we can give them dilute their funding a million times and they'll manage fine.

[identity profile] alitheapipkin.livejournal.com 2011-01-21 01:38 pm (UTC)(link)
Interestingly, I agree entirely with the doctor about homeopathy being just like witchcraft but since he doesn't elaborate, I'm unclear whether his reasoning is that both are headology (as Pratchett so wonderfully calls it) or whether he is just using witchcraft as a derogatory term without being aware he is also correct.

[identity profile] snarlish.livejournal.com 2011-01-21 08:17 pm (UTC)(link)
I really can't tire of listening to covers and remixes of Depeche Mode songs. I guess because the originals were usually so clean. I remember buying the cd single of PJ and Enjoy the silence which had a several different versions from them.

Still, I haven't really heard anyone take a DM song and totally transform it. (ie, Johnny cash's version breaks your heart in two and then wraps it up, but it's still basicly DM's Melody and stresses).

Found myself listening to Joan Baez's 'Babe I'm Gonna Leave you' over and over again. Led Zep's version completely owned it for hard rock, but Baez's recording gives me chills.

[identity profile] lizw.livejournal.com 2011-01-21 10:16 pm (UTC)(link)
I managed the two-minute challenge okay, which isn't surprising, since I meditate quite often. I found the timer ticking down actually made it harder, though.