Beware of flakes

Greetings.

Jewish date:  24 Nisan 5770 (Parashath Shemini).

Today’s quasi-holiday:  International Feng Shui Awareness Day.

Worthy causes of the day:  “ColorOfChange.org:  Keep the Internet open” and “Save the Critically Endangered Mexican Gray Wolves - The Petition Site”.

Today’s news and commentary:

• “What The Top U.S. Companies Pay In Taxes”
  
• “Hostile volcanic lake teems with life”:  I really cannot make stuff like this up.
  
• “Animals That Live Without Oxygen”:  Ditto.
  
• “Fruits and Veggies Help Just a Little in Decreasing Cancer Risk”
• “District court overturns patents on breast cancer genes”:  Exactly why would anyone think it made any sense to allow patents on whatever exists naturally?
  
• “Geminoid F: Hiroshi Ishiguro Unveils New Smiling Female Android”
  
• “Who's Counting: Humpty Dumpty's Take on the News”
  

Today’s weird thing is “The Flake Equation”:

Enjoy, share the weirdness, and if you are confused by this joke, look up the Drake Equation.

Aaron