Family
I picked up a copy of the National Post Saturday edition for my daughter, cause she needed the inserted Saturday Night magazine for something for school. I browsed it and found this amusing article on ISO certification: "Are We Certifiable?" by Peter Carter. It's about certifying your family (no - not that way) ... about standardization. From that, to another newspaper article: "For the kids, it's cool," in the Saturday edition of the Toronto Star. The article is about children in gay and lesbian families - the parents are same-sex. While the kids are OK with it, and the parents are OK with it, others seem to have big problems with it. People don't seem to realize that good or bad parents come down to the individuals involved. It says something about people willing to take on the challenge of raising kids and choosing to do so, instead of the many 'accidental' parents there are out there.
Inner Cow
This has got to be one of the most bizarre things I've ever seen. Researchers cut holes into the sides of cows and insert an cannula, which allows access to a live animals stomach. These holes are so big, you can actually see what's going on inside -- literally, reach into the stomach of a cow. Cows stomach have millions microbes that aid in digestion, and surprisingly, cannulated cows are usually the healthiest of the herd. You would think that walking around with a hole in your stomach would be bad for you, but apparently not. Some farmers apparently keep cannulated cows in their herd so they can serve as microbe donors to sick cows. Just bizarre. [Source: Oddity Central ]
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