Toronto — It's almost an irresistible story for journalists: the World Health Organization publishes a study predicting the gene responsible for natural blond hair will be extinct by the year 2202.
And a number of news organizations around the world took the bait late last week, including the extensive and respected BBC News Web site.
There was just one problem. The WHO neither commissioned nor published any research on the future of the blond gene. Nor can the organization find a shred of proof that anyone else did last week either.
Doh. There's the infamous fact-checking you get with the news nowadays. Comforting isn't it?
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Me? I've been up to, well. Nothing really. So much nothing in fact, I've had nothing to write about. Slacker me, eh? Though I feel lately like things keep breaking away...falling away from me. Like I'm losing so many things as they crumble. But it's like it's the world itself that's breaking apart...not anything in particular. I don't know. Just me being depressed again I guess. (or, seemingly depressed as always more like) Blah.
I have a psycho love for Monsters, Inc. Two of my friends bought it (but I haven't been able to yet) and my Love bought me the Sulley stuffed animal for our anniversary (who follows me everywhere and I hug pretty much continuously) And I have a crazy love for saying, "mikewazosky!" just like Boo all the time, anywhere I am. (I was in the store this evening and they had a display for the movie and I yelled out "mikewazosky!" and the clerk looked at me funny and laughed. *shrugs* What can I say, it's damned cute and you should go out and buy it. Man I love Pixar.
Ok, so, that's it. I'm around. Just not posting here much. *shrugs* not much to post about. Good night and ttfn.
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