Interesting Slate article: Blood Loss - The decline of the serial killer
Serial killers just aren't the sensation they used to be. They haven't disappeared, of course. Last month, Suffolk County, N.Y., police found the bodies of four women dumped near a beach in Long Island. Philadelphia police have attributed the murders of three women in the city's Kensington neighborhood to one "Kensington Strangler." On Tuesday, an accused serial stabber in Flint, Mich., filed an insanity plea.
But the number of serial murders seems to be dwindling, as does the public's fascination with them. "It does seem the golden age of serial murderers is probably past," says Harold Schechter, a professor at Queens College of the City University of New York who studies crime.
Wow, I lived through the "golden age of serial killers" and didn't know it....
Wow, I lived through the "golden age of serial killers" and didn't know it....
Maybe there should be a tee shirt.
And I got this from freekibble:
3-legged dog fosters kittens.
Daisy, I'd look at the shows you watch regularly, work out where they come from and if Apple TV gets you them more cheaply than cable. Then factor in ad hoc viewing.
I have an older Apple TV, and I consider it a cool novelty, but iTunes is way down the list of how I acquire visual entertainment, and I have a TiVo for streaming stuff already.
Chinese Man Grows Horn On His Head
An elderly man in southern China has baffled medical experts after he began to grow a horn on his head. Huang Yuanfan, 84, says that the strange growth began as a small bump two years ago but just continued to grow.
“I tried picking at it and even filing it but nothing changed it. The horn just kept getting bigger,” he said.
Now the horn is almost three inches long and still growing.
“Doctors say they don’t know what caused it but if they try to take it off it will just come back. I try to hide it beneath a hat but if it gets much longer it will be sticking out the top,” he added.
I wonder if this will change anybody's mind about the supposed link between vaccinations and autism:
The diehards are saying it's part of the great "Big Pharm" conspiracy.
The diehards are saying it's part of the great "Big Pharm" conspiracy.
Yeah, that's what I figured.
Because vaccines are such a cash cow for the industry. @@.
Thanks for the input guys. Some research suggests that I may want to do a Roku or Sony box if we go that route.
An Apple TV doesn't make sense for me, as most of its functionality I already have in my Sony Blu Ray player. If I need to rent an iTunes movie I'll just hook my laptop to my TV....
Yay, JZ!
Calm ~ma, brenda.
I didn't make it into work today. They're going to start thinking I'm their imaginary friend. But I had only consumed ginger ale since Tuesday lunch, and my bathroom was a horror show, and I had left some laundry in the washer for a week and forgot about it (OMG, je regrette), and I just couldn't get my act together in time for my 8 a.m. ride to work.
I did, however, spend two hours dialed in to the staff meeting and taught one of the interns how to register for recyclemania over the phone. Also, toast eaten, bathroom cleaned, laundry re-done, sheets washed. It's better this way.
My boss just called, though, to say that my phone has been ringing off the hook, and I'd better check my voice mail. Urgh.
