Things that are ticking me off - PSA

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1. Ticks

The mild winter has led to a huge number of ticks this spring, I've found 6 already climbing on me inside. One of the best things you can do to prevent them is to keep your lawn mowed.

Note to neighbors: Mow your F'in lawn!

2. Gassing beef with Carbon Monoxide

People probably aren't aware of this, but in 1992 the FDA started allowing meat packers to gas their beef with carbon monoxide. It sets the red color in the myoglobin making the meat "look" fresher than it really is.

Appearantly the FDA doesn't consider this coloring the meat, which would be illegal. Ask your butcher if the meat is processed fresh onsite.

Note to wife: Please only buy beef from Clements and Lees

3) Network Neutrality

Another thing people aren't paying attention to...big corporations are lobbying hard for congress to allow telecom's to provide prefered service for some web traffic over others.

What this means is that if you have access through AOL, they could sign a preferred contract with Amazon so Amazon would be faster than competing sites!

Note to everyone: This is a bad thing.

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