The Return of the Puppet Masters

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I hope I don't ever get eaten by a cat.
In a post from a few years ago titled, Do you love cats?, I wrote this:

Toxoplasma gondii is a favorite parasite of evolutionary biologists because it has an incredible property.  The parasite lives in the …

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Disaster Voyeurism

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How to get The Sartorialist to shoot you

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Questions which are rarely asked

Today it is from Megan McArdle:Veterinary spending is rising just about in line with human medical
spending.  Kudoes to AEI for publishing a graph that seriously
undercuts one of the major conservative arguments about health care: 
that the main problem is consumers …

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Which words make you wince?

Via Bookslut, here is an article on that topic.  Some contenders:pulchritude
chillax
hubby
no-brainer
webinar
staycation
any word starting with "mommy"What can you add to this list?

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Jane Jacobs Way

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Smelting iron ore in a microwave

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Are you moving to San Francisco?

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Couldn't agree more, though NYC still has my heart.
If so, Mat Honan has some expectation-adjusting advice for incoming residents.

If you're moving 3,000 (or even 300) miles to live in San Francisco; live in San Francisco. And by I don't simply …

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