Something of Interest

I just want to point the reader to a website for "Improbable Research" which honors said researchers for, you guessed it, their improbable research. Findings honored this year include the fact that fleas on dogs jump higher than fleas on cats and the reason pregnant women don't just fall over from imbalance, and, well... read it for yourself. (Link provided - just click on the underlined text.)

(Don't miss: "Does Knuckle Cracking Lead to Arthritis of the Fingers?", Donald L. Unger, Arthritis and Rheumatism, vol. 41, no. 5, 1998, pp. 949-50 - which outlines 60 years of personal research. Kudos to Mr. Unger, that's for sure.)

I love finding this sort of thing on the internet. It gives me faith in the world. We're going to be alright if we can still have a sense of humor. If irony lives on, we too can persevere. People pursuing their passions and following a train of thought out to the very end - we need more of those. Curiosity and brains are a wonderful combination.