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It's hard to say what this is about. And that's it.

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Just a bit of skepticism to brighten your day.

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How can you tell it from make believe?

I once overheard a conversation between a couple of friends about how to know what medications to…

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Organic food and the environment.

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Organic Food. At least it's good for the environment. Right?

  Better for the Environment

Well, now we’re getting onto firmer ground. It’s pretty widely…

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This is a topic that is currently making me sick.

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Do you believe in contagion?

  I was at a workshop this last weekend.  One of the attendees had a cold and announced that…

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Organic. It's gotta be better for you. Right?

It stands to reason.

If you don’t use  chemical fertiliser and pesticides the end result has…

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Try as I might I can't tell the difference between organic food and non-organic food.  Is it a problem with my taste buds?

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Recovery from double hip replacement surgery.

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This is my passport photo from 1973.  It looks weird for a reason.

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The last time I saw Maria was in 1975.  Today I learned that she died in 2008.

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A jelly is not a fish

A week goes by.  All the best intention don't overcome the general business and disorganisation that fills an ordinary day.  At least the title of this blog is Chaos Central, not The Tao of Time Management (which would be a pretty good title if you ask me).

So to keep to the long and hallowed traditions of the Chaos Central blog, here is a video I made of jellies.  It's essentially a compilation of iPhone videos I took a year ago.

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What do you do when you see misinformation on the internet?

I spent a while last night and this morning making this up.  Please take the poll and please pass it on.  There's a facebook share button at the bottom of this post.  If you click on it you'll share this blog post on Facebook.  If you don't use Facebook (and I know there are a few holdout reading this), please pass on the poll any way you like.  Getting this message out is an interest of mine, which you already know if you've been reading my blog.  Thanks.

You can reach the causes.com post directly by clicking here.

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The Immunization Initiative and the rest of it.

I've been working on two causes at causes.com.  The first one was The Anti-Anti-Vaccine Campaign.  The intention was and is to encourage people to challenge anti-vaccine propaganda that shows up on their Facebook newsfeed.  It's still alive but I haven't worked out how to promote it very effectively.  The people at causes.com said it was too negative and appealed to too small a segment of the population for them to add it to their featured causes.  I still think it's worthwhile and I'll come up with better ways to get the message out there sooner or later.

The second cause I've named The Immunization Initiative.  It's taking a more positive spin.  I've started by promoting the idea that getting a flu shot is not about avoiding the flu, not really.  It's about not passing the flu on to someone who might die of it.  This cause is working better.  I started with a pledge.  I added a quiz. Then I added a poll.  The poll has been voted on by almost 600 people.  It seems that something is working.

So today I came across this video.  I've added it to the cause here.

Please let me know what you think of all of it.

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