Remember Olestra?

Now there's a pill:

An FDA panel voted to allow over-the-counter sales of a fat-blocking pill. Good news: The drug, orlistat (marketed as Alli), stops your intestines from absorbing one-fourth of the fat you eat. Bad news: 1) To lose weight, you still have to eat less and exercise. 2) If you stop taking the pill, the weight comes back. 3) The pill also blocks absorption of fat-soluble vitamins. 4) Can you guess what your intestines do with the fat they're no longer absorbing? "Fecal incontinence, gas and oily discharge ... spotted the undergarments of trial participants." FDA panel chairman's question to executives: "Have you considered placing a warning on the box, 'Don't take this product while wearing your new La Perla underwear?' " Rebuttal: You'll lose even more weight, because the prospect of "anal leakage" will kill your interest in ice cream.

Uh oh! We all know what "spotted the undergarments" means...

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Freakishly large kitten kitty.

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Here are two tracks from Neko's next album.
And if you click on "Neko" from that blog, you can see her boob in a see-through shirt.
You're welcome.

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Puzzles. Change the 1 to a 2 in the url and you'll get the second test.

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One-eyed kitty!

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Who's got the fever?!?
The music, not the booze.

UPDATE: jess says: haha, on your blog ... the "who's got the fever?" post ... i tried to click on the link from work and got this message from the Government of BritishColumbia --** WARNING **This connection has been refused.The Internet site you are attempting to access has been designated by a web classification service as containing material that contravenes the BC Government's Internet usage policy.

Crazy Canadians.

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Stream new Cat Power fwighere.

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He's basically saying "I don't know" but it's an interesting quick read.

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More kraut love.

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Crimbo is over.

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What do you think of more ofoto pics?



Great, me too.

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I'm really interested to see who the Dems are going to put up for 2008. I've got election fever! So many plausable choices. Hillary? Obama? Kerry again? Gore again? Maybe that last one is not too far off...

...Gore is the only anti-Hillary candidate who can credibly attack her on both fronts. His early, vocal, and unwavering opposition to the war in Iraq has made him a hero to many Democrats. The Hollywood liberals over at Huffington Post as well as the university-town activists at Daily Kos and Moveon.org love Gore. If he ran, he would instantly become the favored candidate of the "netroots," the antiwar, anti-Bush crowd that championed Howard Dean and that will be a significant source of money and buzz in the run-up to 2008. The activists in the liberal blogosphere, more than any other opinion-making constituency in Democratic politics, revere Gore. They still wave the bloody flag of the 2000 recount. They still pump out bitter posts about how the mainstream media trashed Gore in 2000 yet gave Bush a free pass. They remember that Gore endorsed Dean in 2004 and they burst with pride at the fact that he chose Moveon.org as the forum for his most important speeches.

Of course, any antiwar candidate could criticize Hillary's vote for the war in Iraq. But the logic of the Gore candidacy is that, unlike other Democrats, he could attack Hillary as both out of step on the war and unelectable come November. If he runs for president he would be the only candidate in either party who instantly passes the post-9/11 threshold on national security issues. Hillary's credible case that as first lady she engaged in diplomacy and was treated abroad like a world leader would be dwarfed by Gore's eight-year record as vice president sitting on the National Security Council.

And Gore might be the only Democrat who can solve a vexing issue facing the party: How does a candidate establish a reputation for toughness on national security while simultaneously criticizing the war? Gore supported the Gulf War and, in most Clinton administration battles over the use of force, he took the more hawkish position. He is the party's only credible antiwar hawk.

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The boys are going to be on WDVX.com for a radio show in Knoxville called The Blue Plate Special tomorrow at 11 CST if you're bored and want to hear their folky songs and silly banter. They're playing with Christa DeCicco, just click on her name.

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