You mean years ago when you were working on that PhD dissertations on the mating habits of Homo erectus? I think we can overlook that.

I'm sorry. What are we talking about?

Yes and no. West Nile Virus, for example, is not something we'd consider "deadly", do we? I mean, we're not in a panic over it (any more). It's BSL 3. Why? It has to do with its ability to aerosolize and with us having or not a vaccine or a way to treat those exposed. What I'm getting at is that, contrary to what the…

"Per the CDC..." Nice Google-Fu. I live this stuff day-to-day. But, sure, go with what the internets tell you, if that makes you feel better. ;-)

Truth.

You know anthrax is not that deadly, right? Penicillin susceptible and long incubation time.

You don't understand a bit what he did, do you? Hence the headline. Science illiteracy is going to end us faster than the flu every will.

And biosafety level has nothing to do with how deadly something is. Sigh.

No. You have to be a new sign-up. I can't believe this is still out here after four years!

I've seen luckier, but not many.

It was actually on MySpace forever, but no one really saw it there.

In Mother Russia, you agonize, not the cold.

The dead of the battleship? Are there, like, zombies on it?

But that's not Gizmodo. It's "Sploid", the blog about awesome stuff that Jesus Diaz finds awesome even if it includes people in peril.

Occam's razor: I'm doing it to be funny.

Will it be a happy ending, though?

Ah. It's clear as day, then. Thanks for that, and the laugh.

Here's something that confuses me to this day about this song. Is she calling someone a "bitch"? Because, if that's the case, the title needs a comma: "Work, Bitch"

I wonder if they're going to edit out all the American flags from Transformers for the Chinese market? You've got to agree, Michael Bay likes the Red, White and Blue a lot in his films.

Yes, usually those where you don't have a front license plate. It's so cops can drive by and look for wanted license plate numbers, or scan them with those new license plate recognition cameras. I could be wrong, but it was illegal in the one town in PA where I lives, right after the local cops got those cameras.

Too soon, bro. Too soon.