Topical Chat, November 28, 2007

Less than a month until Christmas …. Have you gotten your shopping done yet?


1. On hundreds of hospice providers across the country facing the catastrophic financial consequence of what would otherwise seem a positive development: their patients are living longer than expected:
“This looks like a job for Dr. Kevorkian!”
http://www.gainesvillesun.com/article/20071127/ZNYT01/711270339/1003/news04

2. On the death of the inventor of Gatorade:
“But will he be buried in one of those Gatorade coolers?”
http://www.gatorsports.com/article/20071127/BREAKING/71127016

3. On a Michigan woman who says her online activities helped her to shed 530 pounds:
“This reminded me of a joke I heard on the Office a few weeks ago – ‘Yo Mama’s so fat, she could eat the internet!’”
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,313144,00.html

4. On a bill that has been introduced to the U.S. Congress that could make Puerto Rico the 51st state:
“Wait, I thought Iraq was the 51st state …”
http://www.wesh.com/news/14697953/detail.html

5. On Vice President Dick Cheney going back to his normal work schedule Tuesday, a day after doctors used an electrical current to correct an irregular heartbeat:
“Wait, doctor’s were able to detect a heart-beat???”http://edition.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/11/27/cheney/

6. On officials in northern Sweden giving the all-clear for the construction of the world's largest elk, or moose as the animal is known in North America - the 45-metre (148-foot) elk will double as a restaurant and concert hall that can seat up to 350 guests:
“The inhabitants of Pee Wee’s playhouse think this is kind of weird.”
http://www.thelocal.se/9219/20071126/

7. On Iceland overtaking Norway as the world's most desirable country to live in, according to an annual U.N. table:
“Iceland???”
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N26420967.htm