This story is sad and alarming: More than 3,000 children from Northern Uganda suffering from debilitating mystery ailment known as nodding disease

The strange disease known only as ‘nodding disease’ is confounding experts.. it is also killing children at an alarming rate.. unknown are the causes.. what is known is this: The disease affects only children and gradually devastates its victims through debilitating seizures, stunted growth, wasted limbs, mental disabilities and sometimes starvation..

This story is sad and alarming: More than 3,000 children from Northern Uganda suffering from debilitating mystery ailment known as nodding disease

In two days my son will turn 1.

Today my wife turns 32.

When life happens it seems slow. When you look back it all seems fast.

Happy birthday Tara. And many more. Let’s watch Ayden grow old together.

News of the day worth noting

Whitney Houston laid to rest in private New Jersey burial..

Returning to an old question.. did in fact the dingo take the baby?

New Mexico college student set for trial.. Why? The 23-year-old woman stole a $2 pumpkin..

Staring at the sun: New sunspot AR1422 is rapidly growing rapidly and could soon pose a threat for M-class solar flares..

Snow shock: The year without a winter gets a storm—in the South where winter rarely hits..

Three dead after Washington state ski resort avalanche..

Reports: US tells Israel not to attack Iran..

Will the FTC probe Google?

Monsanto takes on utilities..

South Korea conducts military drills..
Lil Kim to the North warns of ‘total war’..

Oil soars to 8 month highs..

America the violent: Innocent 9-month-old child killed after shots are fired into Detroit home..

Sick world: Police say the skeleton of a 14-year-old Ohio runaway who went missing in 1999 have been found after the home where she was last seen was demolished.

Don’t spend it all in one place! China iPhone builders get a $.25 pay raise..
NIGHTLINE visits the factory..
APPLE says it is taking the workers’ rights story seriously..
Pressure on FoxConn prompts changes..

LADY GAGA set for SIMPSONE finale appearance..

Flashback for reading fun: ABOVETOPSECRET on John Lear..

It's President's Day, 2012: Who is your favorite?

I always liked Teddy Roosevelt .. he seemed fun. Also he was a fun character in Chris Elliott’s book the SHROUD OF THE THWACKER

So who was yours?

Did the room clear?
Do pigs fly?
Do cars use gas?

IS GOOGLE BREAKING ITS PRIVACY PLEDGE? 

Just a few

Data collection vs privacy: Lots of fear..

Monica Lewinsky returns ..

Peter Kantorowski wanted his 98-year-old mother to move into a nursing home or live with him. She wouldn’t go; she didn’t want to leave her home of nearly 60 year.. so now he is trying to evict her!

The newest drug fads dangerous to teenagers..

The New York Police Department monitored Muslim college students far more broadly than previously known, at schools far beyond the city limits, including the elite Ivy League colleges of Yale and the University of Pennsylvania, The Associated Press has learned..

The ‘nodding disease’ in Africa confounding scientists and now killing children..

Mercury set to shine bright..

Diet soda linked to heart attacks..

Weekend box office..


A big hot bowl of shark fin soup causes trouble for President Obama.. The President was ‘not aware’ than the banned product was still being served at the restaurant where he ordered take out (and got his rear end grabbed numerous times)..

Paranormal investigators hold seminar in Ohio..

Supposed South Carolina UFO sighting may be a hoax..

Michio Kaku maps out massive changes coming..

"Solar flares are the greatest threat to the net"

So that is what Stonehenge is!

…wait, what does someone think Stonehenge is again?

Inspired by a sound illusion..?

So even if this ‘illusion’ was the inspiration, why build up the giant stones together just to mimic it? It just still does not add up.

And one more point on Abraham Lincoln as a vampire hunter: I think this may be one of the best movies ever. Can’t wait to see it. Wondering what the thoughts of the masses are on honest Abe slicing and dicing into his way to American horror hero?

Some other news or noise bites from the land of Earth

Let’s begin with something light (sarcasm): John Hogue writes: “Nostradamus: Iran, the River of Blood in Syria”

Religion of love. 

Amid controversy and chaos, Benedict names 22 new Cardinals..
"VatiLeaks" embarasses Holy See
An American could be Pope..
So can a Canadian..
And I hope no one names themselves Peter the Roman..The atheists are coming! Big march on the National Mall in March..

What Josh Powell left behind: 400 images of cartoon sex and incest

Bird flu research to be vetted..
Flu will stay secret—for now..

Ancient meteorite standing between Iowa town and its water supply..

The citizens fight back? Against … citizens.. Shoot down private surveillance drone..

The 50 cent stamp coming!?
Images revealed of the ‘vast solar tornado’ on the sun..

Secrets of the DARK KNIGHT revealed..

Reviews lackluster for GHOST RIDER: SPIRIT OF VENGEANCE
Nic Cage performance mocked..

Pattison may be too old to return to TWILIGHT films..


Abe Lincoln: America’s first superhero?
ABRAHAM LINCOLN VAMPIRE HUNTER CALLED ‘FAR OUT THERE’
The movie may already have a sequel!

My son is a year old... and I'm just wondering from other parents, is this the age when a child officially stops wanting to go to sleep? Ever?

Women had their chance.. and they grabbed at it.

San Fran grabs Obama where it counts.

Good Friday evening everyone. Be safe

Church of money

Vatican cardinal ceremony clouded by reports of money laundering, infighting and administrative chaos

This weekend, DC and Baltimore will get around 3-6 inches of snow. Roanoke could get 10 inches

My snow-starved backyard will get nothing…..

Why does something tell  me a storm will hit next Saturday when we attempt to have Ayden’s first birthday party..?

Wet snow and wind ... the winter isn't over

Wet snow and wind ... the winter isn't over

Just don’t feed it after midnight! The Little Pekingese the big winnerat dog show

A must watch: American kids forced to eat rats due to hunger

No joke. It comes from the BBC

Yet again, American media has freedom of press and doesn’t use it.. the UK isn’t as free but better information flows from them. Something is wrong here.

A must watch: American kids forced to eat rats due to hunger

It's gained more than 1 million new users in the past 30 days, taking it to 25 million registered users

guardian:

Myspace… it’s back!

The MySpace generation comes back home.

It's gained more than 1 million new users in the past 30 days, taking it to 25 million registered users

Mr Karp, are you willing to answer a few things? 1) what do you think of SOPA and other related attempts to censor? 2) what do you think of Google’s new policy to censor their blogger accounts? 3) will Tumblr ever be censored? and 4) do bloggers own their own content on Tumblr?

Something I asked David Karp tonight on Tumblr. Hoping for a response…..

*As long as there is no censorship, I could care less about downtime…………

I guess it is a shark eat shark world.

NO really.. IT’S A SHARK EAT SHARK WORLD