Retrieved from the current (Jan 14, 2009) wikipedia entry on Charles Leblond:

To mark his 65th birthday in 1975, Leblond was honored at an international symposium on the existence of stem cells in adult tissues; the resulting book, Stem Cells of Renewing Cell Populations, was the first formal, comprehensive account on the subject.[16]

16. Cairnie A.B., Lala P.K. and D.G. Osmond. Stem Cells of renewing Cell Populations Academic Press. N.Y. 1976.

Hmmm - my dad edited the first book on stem cells....

The engineer's disease and here

madoff homepage

When a community or society is so repressive and unwavering in ideas and ideologies - is it memetic inbreeding akin to genetic inbreeding?

My dentist who I have been seeing since th eage of three is retiring....I am thinking of sending him this painting

Are You There Google? It's Me, Margaret
With the advent of Google Chrome....I'm starting to get really scared.

Eric Bachman acoustic Web in Front and others....

One of the coolest animations I have ever seen

MUTO a wall-painted animation by BLU from blu on Vimeo.

C Lambert Badge 15625 should be fired 1

C Lambert Badge 15625 should be fired 1
Originally uploaded by prasun

good list of quebec brands of yesteryear (i was searching for perrette's)

wow - i know the term is "influence" - but my first time hearing wes montgomery and pat metheny is almost a "rip-off"....

Habs'n Skate
Originally uploaded by prasun

A skateboard and a Habs flag (courtesy Boni Enseignes) attracts a lot of attention....

why are most montreal street kids anglophone?

something like one third of McGill Elec & Comp Eng and Comp Sci graduate students don't take evolution as fact....
personal (unscientific, incredulous, sample size of not a lot) survey done at CIM
ps - doubters all went through the Montreal highschool, CEGEP, and university systems....
required reading

My theory:
A lot of Beatles' hits using a descending chord progression (Cry Baby Cry, Michelle, While My Guitar Gently Weeps, Dear Prudence) are derivative of the Lenny Welch version of A Taste of Honey.
Bealtes songwriting 101 - Listen to their version of A Taste of Honey

I just found a site talking about the roots of the Beatles

someone is stealing my electricity but hydro won't help me....i will have to do some home PI work....

this company lied to me. they left a voice mail message saying i had 5 minutes of free long dustance - it is a scam

Field Sense - training the Gretzky/Nash touch

sorry - the fda thing again:
Raja Foods Issues Nationwide Recall on SWAD BRAND ABIL, GULAL, KANKU, KUM KUM, LAGAN SAMAGRI, AND POOJA SAMAGRI Containing High Levels of Lead
i didn't even know i made kum kum....