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Having used free internet access at a motel for the first time at the balloon bash I recently attended, I couldn’t resist clicking on a story about The High Price Of Internet Access in other countries. I was surprised to learn some hotels and motels charge outrageous rates for internet access. What was even more surprising was the the fact that some of the more expensive hotels are the worst when it comes to gouging their customers for internet access. Discovering that American hotels and motels seem to have the right idea when it comes to internet access was enough to make me even more patriotic than ever. It made me damn glad I live in a country we can travel about in and not get price gouged at when it comes to the issue of internet access.

One can’t read the tech news, or any news at at the moment without seeing something about Twitter or Facebook in it. However, this story about a burglar who used his victim’s computer to log into his Facebook account, then neglected to log out, indicates that at least one not so bright criminal is way too hooked on the Facebook experience. And in this story, a turnabout is fair play move was made by one of the good guys on an underground hacking used for distributing stolen credit numbers and other nefarious activities. Google also had a glitch in it’s migration system that wound up with some Brown University students receiving other student’s email.

Science is another category in the news I like to keep up with, and thanks to my penchant for doing so, I now know Why Flamingos Stand On One Leg. Psychologist Matthew Anderson has studied a group of flamingos and come to the conclusion they stand on one leg to help prevent body heat loss. If you are wondering why flamingos would have to worry about body heat loss, click on the link and read the rest of the story. Those of you who are color blind might also find this story, Therapy Fixes Color Blindness In Monkeys very interesting. And for the dinosaur lovers who are reading this, if you haven’t already seen the story about the remains of a tiny T Rex being found, Click Here.

I also like to keep up with the world news, which is why I know the the Indians in Canada got body bags along with the flu vaccines they requested. Is this a prediction of a grim outcome as some of the First Nation people think? Or is sending body bags along with flu vaccines standard practice? The Canadian Health Ministry was under fire earlier due to their reluctance to send alcohol based hand sanitizer for fear the Indians might drink it.

I’ve also been busy trying to figure out what is the real truth behind a lot of the rhetoric floating around the net concerning the health care reform bills before Congress. After much research I think I have a little better understanding of what the health care reform is really all about. Do I agree with every aspect of the current health care reform? No I don’t. However, I have come to the conclusion that Obama is NOT trying to euthanize us grannies. Nor is he trying to force all of us to accept a government health care plan, implement Soviet- style rationing, secretly plotting to cut senior citizen’s Medicare benefits, or bankrupt American via health care reform. Those are 5 lies I will not be buying into after researching this issue. Oh, and you won’t see me painting Hitler mustaches on Obama’s picture either.