The psychology behind the SEP field

I came across a very good article on another blog which has some research on what is commonly known as the “Bystander Effect”. Read more about it here.

Blog move

It was both easier and harder than I anticipated to move the blog. Easier because the WordPress software did a lot of the work for me, harder because I didn’t realize that WordPress did most of the work for me, and I ended up making some of the changes prematurely. Fortunately, I have backups — and I’m a fairly resourceful programmer, so I was able to find all of the remaining places that I needed to run some SQL updates, and managed to come back up reasonably quickly once I figured out what WordPress had already done.

Swine Flu Hysteria

20 Confirmed cases of Swine Flu across the US, and there is a National Emergency. Sometimes I wonder how this sort of thing grabs the headlines. The cynic in me says that this is for the purpose of distracting folks from noticing little things like Illinois Democrat Bobby Rush’s latest attempt to sneak in a “gun control” bill that would require national registration of all guns and gun owners, among other things. But it seems that no matter how cynical I get, I just can’t keep up.

But ohmygodthere’saswinefluepidemic!!!! I suppose we all need to panic and run around like headless chickens.

Here’s a little health tip: Wash your hands. Frequently. With warm, soapy water. That is absolutely the best, cheapest, most effective simple-minded way ever invented to curtail the spread of diseases like colds and flu.

Just do it. And maybe you can opt out of this particular national emergency.

Now, with that taken care of, check into ways that you can help Representative Rush become unemployed, won’t you? Thanks!