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Wednesday, May 14, 2003 :::

Debunker Dan
Everytime someone finds out that I am – how do you say – adverse to spiders, they always come back with "Did you know the average human swallows eight spiders per year while they sleep?" But I've never fallen for that lame statistic, because logically it just never made sense. How would anyone get that figure? Did they do studies? Did they set up some high-tech laboratory with a cot and a willing participant who is prone to sleeping with their mouth open? Does some scientist in a while lab coat watch outside a two way-mirror making check-marks on a clipboard everytime a spider crawls in the poor subject's mouth? What kind of freak would volunteer for such an absurd experiment? So I went to snopes.com to debunk that urban legend, which as it turns out is totally not true: read for yourself. So I don't want to hear it anymore.

And yes, I know spiders are good because they kill mosquitos. Don't care.

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Sunday, May 11, 2003 :::

Birthdays Galore
Pics of my birfday and the Meyers boys' birfday are in the pics section. Not so interesting unless you were there.

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Wednesday, May 14, 2003 ::: Debunker Dan Everytime someone finds out that I am – how do you say – adverse to spiders, they always come back with "Did you know the average human swallows eight spiders per year while they sleep?" But I've never fallen for that lame statistic, because logically it just never made sense. How would anyone get that figure? Did they do studies? Did they set up some high-tech laboratory with a cot and a willing participant who is prone to sleeping with their mouth open? Does some scientist in a while lab coat watch outside a two way-mirror making check-marks on a clipboard everytime a spider crawls in the poor subject's mouth? What kind of freak would volunteer for such an absurd experiment? So I went to snopes.com to debunk that urban legend, which as it turns out is totally not true: read for yourself. So I don't want to hear it anymore. And yes, I know spiders are good because they kill mosquitos. Don't care. ::: posted by dan at 12:31 PM :: [ link ] :: (0) comments Sunday, May 11, 2003 ::: Birthdays Galore Pics of my birfday and the Meyers boys' birfday are in the pics section. Not so interesting unless you were there. ::: posted by dan at 12:46 AM :: [ link ] :: (0) comments	reviews music movies books sections planetdan home planetdan blog dan's pics fun junk my atom/rss feed recently Vote Lombard! Final Destination: Death by Homeownership Happy Halloween! Animated Friday (Pets: A Two Parter Edition)! All Swine Flu-ed Out Animated Friday (Pets: A Two Parter Edition)! C.S.I. B.S.! Autographed! Stoked & Juked Back to Normal friends erik jason mulgrew beware of the blog nyc babylon nofo sista c b stacy b trek geek scott second toughest sarah furry pierre and far away chez lynne peacebang the big lug little voice desimon monkey others the superficial stereogum boing boing golden fiddle girls are pretty mcsweeneys grow-a-brain more cow bell presurfer world of wonder worth1000 elbows email dan@planetdan.net archive	some ads