Category: research

Research material, stolen from Scott Roche.

(America, you scare me a bit.)

“The one that is particularly effective is a mutation of the gene for the enzyme aldehyde dehydrogenase[.]”

Inconsistencies in the law may provide an opening for Mulligan.

(Stolen from @Cynical_Woman)

Stolen from Rob Snyder

Chemical testing on Vets (1968)

via the always fantastic Nutty

“Bugchasing is a slang term for the alleged practice of pursuing sexual intercourse with HIV-infected individuals in order to contract HIV. Individuals engaged in this activity are referred to as bugchasers. It is a form of self harm.”

May be partially crazy talk, but interesting crazy talk, nonetheless.

In the end, his writings during the voyage – poems, quotations, real and false log entries, and random thoughts – amounted to more than 25,000 words. The log books include an attempt to construct a philosophical reinterpretation of the human condition that would provide an escape from his impossible situation. The number 243 shows up several times in these writings: he originally planned to finish the trip in 243 days, recorded a false distance of 243 nautical miles (450 km) in one day’s sailing (which if valid would have been a record day’s run for the race), and may have ended his life on the 243rd day (1 July) of his voyage.

Apocalypse fodder – via BoingBoing

Via BoingBoing

Stolen from Kevin Veale

– un abreuvoir à mouches (fly’s drinking trough): a deep gash in one’s face
– Le cul-de-singe (monkey’s arse): the round, red, insignia patch on the grenadiers’ mufti