I Knew It (But My Boss Didn't!)

Well, this really isn't a case of believing what I want to believe, I'm sure there are lots of people who will claim that people will twist the results of any university survey to suit their own views. Still, the announcement from a British university that says that swearing at work can have a positive impact on the workplace may be hard to fit into the category. Unless one works at a child-care facility, of course.



BBC STORY

If It Doesn't Work There, Send Him To Haiti

One way to get at President Bush on his tour in Indonesia: perform voodoo rituals. We'll see whose magic is stronger (I'm betting that the voodoo won't work actually).




THAT VOODOO THAT YOU DO

Oregon Coastal Towns At Risk, Scientist Says

Coinciding with the series of storms currently battering the Pacific Northwest comes this opinion about some more local effects of global warming on our coastline.




SAND ON THE MOVE

Answers To Burning Questions That You Never Knew Existed

Such as kids at a science exhibit in Florida weighing themselves on a scale designed to tell them how long it takes an elephant to poop their weight.




Story is HERE


First noted on the following blog: HEADLINES

No More Dead Zone?

Good news for those folks on the Oregon Coast regarding the worst "dead zone" area (an area with unusually low levels of oxygen) seen in quite some time. Thanks to the researchers at Oregon State University.


NEW RESEARCH










DEAD ZONE STORY FROM 2004

The Dead Zone: Not Just Off The Oregon Coast, But Puget Sound As Well

A dire picture of the current state of marine life in the Puget Sound, from today's P-I.


PUGET SOUND


OREGON COAST