this is SO me.

Quoted: Jane Hambleton has dubbed herself the "meanest mom on the planet."

Quoted: France, Japan and Australia rated best and the U.S. worst in new rankings focusing on preventable deaths due to treatable conditions in 19 leading industrialized nations.

wow.

Quoted: A lawyer for a Saudi rape victim sentenced to 200 lashes and jail says this contravenes Islamic law.

hmmm...i often wondered.

Quoted: Some scientists think they have figured out the real job of the troublesome and seemingly useless appendix: It produces and protects good germs for your gut.

see...don't swim in lakes. if only people would LISTEN to me!

Quoted: It sounds like science fiction but it’s true: A killer amoeba living in lakes enters the body through the nose and attacks the brain where it feeds until you die.

Quoted: Founder of the Body Shop Dame Anita Roddick dies at the age of 64 from a brain haemorrhage.

Scary scam.

Quoted: Museum-goers gasped at the well-preserved mummy of an Inca maiden that is on display for the first time, a serene gaze etched on her face hundreds of years ago when she was sacrificed and froze to death in the Andes.

i'm not one of those crazed moms, but this seems legitimate and worthwhile. i know i've already dealt with the results of my girls seeing crap on airplanes that is just plain scary...despite the fact that we didn't purchase the headsets to watch the movie.