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Professor Quippy: No milk, just lemon

By on January 9, 2007 in Odd Science

Professor QuippyIt appears that the civilized habit of taking milk with our tea is buggering up the British national drink’s health benefits.

Research has shown tea improves blood flow and the ability of arteries to relax, but scienticians from Germany have discovered that milk eliminates the benefit.

The research team: “discovered that proteins called caseins in milk decrease the amount of compounds in tea known as catechins which increase its protection against heart disease.”

We are suspicious, if only because the national drink in Germany is beer.

No word on if lemon is still acceptable.

More here.

The Carnival of Satire (#60)

By on January 4, 2007 in Carnival of Satire

The Carnival of Satire (#60) -- with pelicanHappy New Year, and welcome to the first edition of The Carnival of Satire for 2007. We start, appropriately, with a couple of New Year’s posts:

Jon Swift has new Predictions for 2007, including this gem: “In the season finale of Lost we discover that it was all a dream by Hurley who wakes up in Bob Newhart’s hotel.”

Mad Kane’s also has some New Year’s satire some legal boilerplate: It Is Hereby Resolved.

Ahistoricality has found A Modest Proposal on the Draft and Higher Education.

TimeCheeze.com has news about the Schottenheimer Effect in San Diego Chargers and Marty Prepare for Patented Playoff Meltdown.

Bile, Snark, and Sneer presents Where’s Mark Foley when you want him?

SimplyJews presents For your well-being: Allahrobics.

And to take us out on a flappy note, bobbarama.com has an odd interview in Soaring into uncharted waters.

Thanks to everyone for submitting their satire, and thanks to these fine folks for helping us with webby-stuff: the Blog Carnival for their form; and the listings at the Ubercarnival, and at the Blog Carnival too. Thanks to Eliya for the pelican pic!

Holiday Hiatus Hoo-ha

By on December 21, 2006 in General Skwib

The Skwib wishes you a happy holidayWe’ll be taking a bit of a break over the holiday season. In case you’re looking for some festivus fun, here are a few suggestions:

The Skwib’s Christmas Gift Guide — insane gift suggestions from Dr. Tundra
The Skwib’s Holiday Gift Guide — off-base presents from our interstellar advice columnist, General Kang
The Christmas Carol Edition of the Lost PowerPoint Slides
Santa Strafes Shoppers in Vienna — Navidad news item
Unwanted Christmas Gifts Through the Ages
Past holiday columns from Ask General Kang:

A Traditional Christmas in the Tundra Household (fiction)