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Whitley is busy rewriting his new novel. He has a deadline and is under a lot of pressure to finish, which doesn’t always put him in the best mood. I, as his Muse, am busy shredding the old, discarded manuscript pages. What is it about shredding that feels so good?

While the emotions associated with shredding are great, the problem with it is shredding machines. Most of them are terrible. We’re now on our third shredder in 4 years and I’m sure there will be several more in our lives in the future.
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To help you decipher all the confusing information coming out about Swine Flu, we have an new Insight about how dangerous it is (or isn’t) and what you should do to prevent it or treat it if you get it. Theletter was intended for the friends and family of the doctorwho wrote it, but it ended up in the public domain when itwas published on a blog. Distorted versions of the letterhave been circulating on the internet, but we believe thisto be the original document. Remember that the letter doesNOT say that the H1N1 virus now circulating is moredangerous than authorities are claiming, just that it ishighly contagious and, due to the 2-3 day lag in the CDCreporting process, it is probably spreading relativelyrapidly.read more

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The economy may be showing signs of improvement but economists think that consumers will keep their newly-adopted thriftier habits for the long haul. This means that they’ll buy less, so that the economy won’t improve as quickly as it would have if everyone went back to their old ways. But will we be willing to give up on gambling?

Psychologist Michael McCall says, “Several months ago, we were in shock; nobody believed what was happening. So it was a stress-like reaction. Now people are spending less. People are tightening their belts and it is not clear exactly when they will stop tightening and start spending again.
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Scientists are still working on creating invisibility and have now found a way to make objects invisible in near-infrared light. Soon they may be able to create invisibility in full-spectrum light (the kind we see).Mechanical engineer Xiang Zhang has created what he calls a “carpet cloak” made up of mesh fabric. He makes some parts of the object cloaked invisible, and alters the look of the object, by filling up some of the holes, while leaving the others empty. In BBC News, Victoria Gill quotes Zhang as saying, “Essentially, we are transforming a straight line of light into a curved line around the cloak, so you don’t perceive any change in its pathway.”
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