Newspaper productivity: The prolific use of a comma

This be a strange story in that it has nothing to do with the headline. No mention of the oft maligned comma which I use too fucking often.

That said, I, for one, am averse, at least, to using, like, too many commas, that is, if at all, ya know, possible.

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Rachael Ray

Let me make something completely clear here.

If I ever can afford it (highly unlikely), I'll hire Rachael Ray as my personal cook. She can wear anything she wants to. I don't care.

I also don't eat donuts.

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The Malaysia Sky Bridge

Wow! Whoever came up with this idea is a genius.

Now if I can just come up with the money and control my debilitating fear of heights I'll have to go see this.

It’s not a bridge to the sky, but it’s not far from the idea! The Langkawi sky-bridge in Malaysia is suspended at 700 metres above sea level and spans 125 across the mountains, offering magnificent views of the Andaman Sea and Thailand’s Tarutao Island. It’s set apart from other bridges by its curves that provide different perspectives of the landscapes. Here’s one of the most spectacular bridges in the world that delivers quite a pump of adrenaline.

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CDC: Syringe reuse linked to Las Vegas hepatitis C outbreak

Unconscionable: adj. A hepatitis C outbreak was caused by workers improperly reusing syringes and medicine vials at a Las Vegas clinic, federal health officials said Friday.

It's also the definition of some other less savory words.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was contacted by state health officials earlier this year after two people treated at the now-closed Endoscopy Center of Southern Nevada were diagnosed with hepatitis C.

Officials have linked 84 cases of the liver disease to the clinic after notifying 50,000 patients of the clinic to be tested.

CDC investigators said in a report to the Nevada State Health Division that during visits to the clinic, they saw employees reusing syringes to give a sedative and that interviews suggested it was common practice.

"This was considered the most likely mode of transmission," the report said.

The CDC said the same syringe was used for an individual patient if more sedative was needed. Backflow into the syringe from an infected patient could have contaminated the sedative vial. The virus could have been passed along from the contaminated vial when it was improperly used for the next patient, the CDC said.

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When ya gotta go

Offbeat Earth has many more unusual/clever restroom signs but a couple may be NSFW. These happen to be my favorites.

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Guys do admire brains

In spite of this photo.

May we assume alcohol was a factor? Yeah, I think that's a given.