"Paper or Plastic?" - Environmental "Science" Gone Wrong

Interesting article about how the commonly held view that plastic bags are environmentally harmful. It started with a study in Canada that found discarded fishing nets killed 100,000 animals including birds over a three year period in the eighties. This study was incorrectly referenced by another study in Australia that alleged the 100,000 deaths occured in a one year period, only targeted birds, and were due to plastic bags. This "error" was not corrected until 2006 when it was revised to read "plastic debris."

Albeit, this is one anectdotal example... however, it is one that has had a major global impact. How many other "typos" have lead us to other common mistaken beliefs?

Wait'll we get our Hanes on you!

My boys in sweaty pants
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Powers of observation 101

The picture to the left was posted on eBay. I have been working on my powers of observation, and I have deduced that the person advertising the table is a man.

I challenge you to figure it out too..

Look closely, see if you can see figure out how I know...

Drew Carry is a lot of things... but... this is too much...

Sarah and I love Drew Carry... we even have his album... his renditon of "Moon over Parma" is classic.

Moon over Parma bring my love to me tonight.
Guide her to Eastlake,
underneath your silvery light.
We met in Ashtabula, she was doing the hula.
I landed her in my radishes and pledged my love that night.

Anyway, I digres.... since we heard that Drew Cary was I set our TIVO-Wanna-Be-Comacastic-PVR to recored The Price is Rite. The first contestent was named Erika West. A Colege Student from Ithica, NY... Wile she was jumping up and down rejocing that she won a new corvette, I relised that she was on nashunal TV with a T-Shirt proclameng that Drew Cary is Gorges. Now, being a fan of Drew, I was personaly ofended. Comparing Drew to Gorges like the Grand Canun and other amazing examples of God's majesty is going too far. I mean, I like him and all... but he's no nashunal treasure or natral oneder.