Thanks to slashdot and Yahoo! News, I just finished reading Mind Control by Parasites, Technovelgy.com. The premise here is that 50% of the world’s population is infected by Toxoplasma gondii (a parasite that lives in a cat’s gut). Toxo (as it is lovingly called at the Merrimac River Feline Rescue Society) starts off in rats. … Toxoplasma Mind Control

Beelzebub himself called to give me the news. In other news GM chief agrees to halve salary, BBC: The chief executive of General Motors (GM) is to take a 50% pay cut to help the struggling carmaker save money. Rick Wagoner and other executives have agreed to reduce their pay and forgo bonuses as part … Hell Has Frozen Over