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Beware gentle knight. There is no greater monster than reason. All the Pretty Horses Don Hector to John Grady, Chapter 2, Page 146.

Drunken blackouts aren't caused by brain cells being killed, say researchers. Alcohol 'switches' off brain region that encodes memory - and some are more vulnerable than othersNot necessarily because people drink more By Rob Waugh and Ted Thornhill Published: 08:34 GMT, 6 April 2012 | Updated: 08:43 GMT, 6 April 2012 Waking up after a heavy night’s drinking and being fuzzy about what happened is an experience many people have had.

It’s often said that alcohol killing off brain cells is behind the blackouts, but according to a study what’s actually happening is that booze is preventing new memories being recorded in the first place. Yukitoshi Izumi, research professor of psychiatry at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Sport Lemon - From Sport - Watch Live Sports Online - FromSport. ÷ JAK & JIL.

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Engagement. New Tech. Littérature. Sorties/Plans. Cinéma. Friendtree. Business. Street. Design/Art. Eco/Planète. Network Awesome Magazine: Pingu & the Language of Nonsense. Noted science fiction author Theodore Sturgeon coined an adage: “95% of everything is crap”.

Network Awesome Magazine: Pingu & the Language of Nonsense

He originally uttered the phrase in response to the perennial accusations that his chosen field, Sci-Fi, turned out a lot of trash and only occasionally produced memorable, complex works, and thus should be considered something less than more classical literary fair. What his response astutely points out (and what all this has to do with a certain lovable penguin) is that real gems are few and far between in any vein of human creativity, that for every Crime and Punishment, there’s a thousand self-serious tomes with little to say and for every Citizen Kane, a thousand prestigious productions whose drama falls flat.

In line with Sturgeon’s Law, as it is often referred to, many children’s television shows are pure drivel. They strive, rather appallingly, to do no more than keep the little buggers distracted with bright colors and wacky noises.

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