Beards on the Rise:

But the best beards are noble — for truly remarkable cultivation, they require boldness, persistence, and a willful indifference to the status quo. Hipsters and bikers alike may grow beards as a form of subtle rebellion; engineers may let their faces sprout through uncaring (for conventional standards of grooming as well as for simple effort); weirdos at comic-conventions may simply want to hide weak chins. Beards are grown today for all these reasons and many others.

Yet one element links them all — they are grown in defiance of Big Razor’s omnipresent control of the mainstream media. The empire built by filthy-rich huckster King Gillette appeals constantly to our masculine instincts with commercials full of swooping fighter-jets and square-jawed, clean-shaven heroes. Virtually no romantic protagonist in the media wears a beard today, from loving husbands who buy their wives gaudy diamonds and Lexuses to aspirational Axe Body Spray and Miller Lite dude-bro meatheads.

I don't believe there is, Ray.

Peter Sellers and Kermit:

Hows about this Al?

The Bacon Explosion Wellington

In response to the original Bacon Explosion: two pounds of bacon woven through and around two pounds of sausage and slathered in barbecue sauce with the addition of cheese and egg, wrapped in croissant dough.

If I ate this even I would get fat!

Ditto Paras,
Are there any more evolutions after the Parasect pokemon?

Happy Birhtdya Par!

Hmm... Friday the 13th and a full moon, and yet a quiet night in the peds emerg. Strange.

Then again, perhaps that's balanced by the fact that my house annoyingly smells of cigar smoke. I think I need a new roommate.

http://www.1234567890day.com/

Good call, Ray.

Worthwhile Canadian Initiative:

Canada has done more than survive this financial crisis. The country is positively thriving in it. Canadian banks are well capitalized and poised to take advantage of opportunities that American and European banks cannot seize. The Toronto Dominion Bank, for example, was the 15th-largest bank in North America one year ago. Now it is the fifth-largest. It hasn't grown in size; the others have all shrunk.