I'm not sure the author meant this to be funny...

...but it is: http://www.serve.com/cmtan/buddhism/Misc/boat.html

science news roundup

First, several articles from a variety of sources, including the daily newspaper, about eating foods that are good for you for one reason or another. One about foods high in fiber. Another about foods known to lower your cholesterol. A third article about foods high in anti-oxidants. What's remarkable about these articles is that in all three, several of the top recommended foods are the same. To wit: nuts (especially almonds and walnuts), legumes (especially kidney beans and garbanzos) and berries (especially cranberries and blueberries). So there you have it. For a variety of reasons, eat your nuts and berries.

Next: a page in the 26 November 2005 issue of Science News, which has been buried on the dining table for far too long, summarizes the November meeting of the American Heart Association. ( some details )

And then, the "Feedback" column from New Scientist, 22 July 2006, includes this bit:( several paragraphs long )

Last but not least, "Feedback" from NS 5 August 2006:

Searching for the meaning of life? If a higher power can't help, then there's always Google. Last week it transpired that people in India lead the world in searching for "nanotechnology" on Google. Now we find that the people of Brisbane, Australia, come top in their eagerness to type "meaning of life" into the search engine. (We also spotted that the city comes top for the word "aliens," but the two probably aren't linked.)

Hidden inside Google Labs, where the company road-tests new ideas and software, you can find out what the world is searching for. Which cities search the most for "forgiveness"? Top sinner is Philadelphia, perhaps unsurprisingly followed by Salt Lake City. Meanwhile, Londoners are probably too busy for penitence: they top the world in searches for "lost keys." In a city well known for its hellish driving, our readers in the Boston area are busy trying to find a place to put their car. Cambridge, Massachusetts comes highest for "parking space."

So who could be searching the most for Osama Bin Laden? Naturally, it's Washington D.C.

Oh, and when I spell-checked this post, among other things, "Wikipedia" came up checked, and here are the alternatives LJ suggests:
Wikipedia: Wiped, Wimped, Kipped, Wicked, Whipped, Skipped, Waked, Whooped, Wickeder, Warped, Wigged, Worked, Copied, Whopped, Whupped, Wakened, Whelped, Wiggled