The Mikaroni Playlist!

I tried to keep it to one song per artist, but I wasn't totally successful. (Can you tell I'm a Guster fan?)

1. Subtitles -- Eric Hutchinson
2. Be Yourself -- Audioslave
3. Just Pretend -- The Bens
4. Overkill -- Colin Hay
5. Two Points For Honesty -- Guster
   
6. The Recluse -- Cursive
7. Lonely Soldier -- Damien Rice
8. St. Lawrence River -- David Usher
9. The Crane Wife 3 -- The Decemberists
10. Overdue -- The Get Up Kids
11. Funeral Dress -- William Fitzsimmons
12. I'm Through -- Guster
13. Echo -- The Hush Sound
14. Bruised -- The Bens
    
15. El Capitan -- Idlewild
16. The Trapeze Swinger -- Iron & Wine
17. Believe In What You Want -- Jimmy Eat World
18. In The Sun -- Joseph Arthur
19. Closer -- Joshua Radin
20. Born Losers -- Matthew Good
21. Hover Near Fame -- The New Amsterdams
22. Undercover -- Pete Yorn
23. Fireflies -- Rhett Miller & Rachael Yamagata
24. Hands Open -- Snow Patrol
25. Parachute -- Guster
26. Let's Dance to Joy Division -- The Wombats

Mitochondrial Eve

Browsing CNN this morning I came across an article that suggests we were pushed to the brink of extinction. I wonder if we made any sort of list 70,000 years ago. Ha. But it also referred to something I think is fascinating: mitochondrial Eve. Here's the article: Humans nearly wiped out 70,000 years ago, study says - CNN.com and the quote:

"Studies using mitochondrial DNA, which is passed down through mothers, have traced modern humans to a single "mitochondrial Eve," who lived in Africa about 200,000 years ago."

If you're bored research it a little more. Makes ya think! Or it did me at least.

Tibet

This can kind of toss things into perspective.

Free Tibet

Who beats a monk?

Now maybe this guy was violent in his protests. Maybe he broke away from the Dalai Lama's peaceful approach. Getting the crap beaten out of you is enough to make anyone look abused. But who's fault is it that there has to be protests in the first place? Why can't diplomacy be the preferred tool?

This is one reason why I'm proud to be American. Because I can look at this picture and feel disgusted that a government would sanction this kind of treatment against its "people." That a part of me can feel righteous outrage at the subjugation of those who don't blindly cow to oppression.

And there's a certain amount of admiration and awe as well. Would I have done the same thing if I was in his position?

I'd like to think so.

Stuck.

I am indeed.

Boo.

Why you should always read the warning labels...

I stumbled across this earlier and found it horrifying and a little funny at the same time. The title of the article is "The 6 Most Unsettling Medication Side-Effects."

Yeah. Sounds like fun, right?

http://www.cracked.com/article_15815_6-most-unsettling-medication-side-effects.html