So I’m taking a PTO day today - not having felt too well after a late-night maintenance window for work (I know, 2am isn’t that late for me, but I think it was just catching up with me). And I’m checking emails, and doing the morning check over on facebook to see what’s going on [...]

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‘Meh’: new word for indifference enters English dictionary
LONDON (AFP) – "Meh", a word which indicates a lack of interest or enthusiasm, became the latest addition to the Collins English Dictionary on Monday.
The word, which beat hundreds of other suggestions from members of the public, will feature in the 30th anniversary edition of the dictionary, which [...]

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Doctors in Germany say a patient appears to have been cured of HIV by a bone marrow transplant from a donor who had a genetic resistance to the virus.
The researchers in Berlin said the man, who suffered from leukemia and HIV, had shown no sign of either disease since the transplant two years ago.
But [...]

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You know when there’s a wedding that the ceremony makes mention of Cthulhu, zombies, the apocalypse, and brains – it’s going to be cool. Until Kendra’s wedding, the one’s I’d been to where people would describe a wedding as “being reflective of the couple’s personality.” They would tend to be an exercise in freaking out [...]

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Quietly and slowly, information about Up, the new movie from Pixar, is getting out. The movie is supposed to be "coming of old age" story, in which an old hero, alongside his clueless wilderness ranger sidekick, travels the globe, fighting beasts and villains, and eating dinner at 3:30 in the afternoon. [...]

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