I'm trapped under a kitty so I'm gonna spam u guys

[dreamer_easy]

Go to housesforthehomeless.com.au, prove you're a human, and they'll donate a dollar on your behalf. (Would my overseas readers test this pls?) It works from outside Australia, too! (Thanks guys!) ETA: Blimey, they raised the whole $100,000 in just three days! You can still make a donation, though, at the Mission Australia Web site.

That thing about germs being good for children's immune systems is apparently true: Day care helps ward off cancer, study finds

Spit-take: Jeremy Clarkson has accepted the fact of global warming. Plus he has a plan!

Matching rights for gay couples in Australia: money, not marriage, but it's a huge step in the right direction.

Hicks case flawed all along: prosecutor

Rob Paravonian's Pachelbel rant gets more and more hilarious as it goes on.

Comments

[tysolna]

I proved I'm human, and it works (I'm in the UK).

[outsdr.livejournal.com]

It works from the US.

[lotus79.livejournal.com]

Wow, they say the month of May to the limit of 100k. And they're already nearly up to 97k on May 2nd.

[kateorman.livejournal.com]

Drop in the bucket, really. But that response is pretty awesome.

[antikythera.livejournal.com]

Seems to work from Canada.

[browneyedgirl65.livejournal.com]

Worked from CA.

I question the cancer study, though. Unless they are talking about infant day care centers and/or later onset ALL (> 8 yrs). Given that I have personal experience with ALL (granted, anecdotal), I can say that most of the children I've seen were under 6 years of age and had attended public school and/or in preschool/daycare arrangements (before becoming sick, of course). The other thing is that, at least in the U.S., every ALL kid is put into a national database that analyses just about everything (this part is fascinating, because the treatment protocols are constantly revised and updated from the bloodwork and current treatment information input (among other things) into this database; I would LOVE to have access to this and poke about) on these kids.

But it's interesting. I can't find it now but the other day there was an article regarding healthier immune systems in children where there was a family dog living with them.

[kateorman.livejournal.com]

I have personal experience with ALL

:-(

IIRC, it was that bastard disease which did for a childhood friend of my kid sister's. *stabs it*

Anyway. For your interest, here's the original press release from the British Journal of Cancer. (The article itself isn't up on their Web site yet.)

[alryssa.livejournal.com]

I'm a human (most of the time) and it worked here!

[matthewwolff.livejournal.com]

"Punk rock is such a joke... it's really just baroque..." lol.