I just hit “Stumble!” and…

LMFAO!

I was shocked and didn’t know what to do with myself for a minute…

Oh, my…

Oh, what to do with myself for the next hours until I have to go to work again…

Ok, you’re right!  I’m addicted.

I’ll go check my facebook, my email, my accounts, my other stuff, post some more and then log off.

I AM NOT ADDICTED TO INTERNET!!

I really have to ask my girl to pull me off this now!

Basically, they do penetrate somehow-compromised skin but do not penetrate intact skin.  Good news, I suppose.  Otherwise I’d be glowing by now

Dr. Nancy Monteiro-Riviere, professor of investigative dermatology and toxicology at NC State’s College of Veterinary Medicine, tested the ability of the quantum dots to penetrate rat skin at 8 and 24 hour intervals. The experiment evaluated rat skin in various stages of distress - including healthy skin, skin that had been stripped using adhesive tape and skin that had been abraded by a rough surface. The researchers also assessed whether flexing the skin affected the quantum dots’ ability to penetrate into the dermal layer. Monteiro-Riviere co-authored the study with doctoral student Leshuai Zhang.

While the study indicates that acute - or short-term - dermal exposure to quantum dots does not pose a risk of penetration (unless there is an abrasion), Monteiro-Riviere notes “there is still uncertainty on long-term exposure.” Monteiro-Riviere explains that the nanoparticles may be able to penetrate skin if there is prolonged, repeated exposure, but so far no studies have been conducted to date to examine that possibility. Quantum dots are fluorescent nanoparticles that may be used to improve biomedical imaging, drug delivery and diagnostic testing.

This finding is of importance to risk assessment for nanoscale materials because it indicates that skin barrier alterations - such as wounds, scrapes, or dermatitis conditions - could affect nanoparticle penetration and that skin is a potential route of exposure and should not be overlooked.

Read the full article.

I have no idea about the validity of the statements but if it is true, girls, please be careful!  Last thing you want is to suffer for the rest of your life just cause you felt like getting trashed one time.

Here’s the text of the original post in its entirety:

To all young people and Female Friends

A woman at a bar on a Saturday night was taken by 5 men, who, according to hospital and police reports, gang raped her before dumping her. Unable to remember the events of the evening, tests later confirmed the repeat rapes, along with traces of Rohypnol in her blood and Progesterex, essentially a small sterilization pill.

The drug is now being used by rapists at parties to rape AND sterilize their victims. Progesterex is available to vets to sterilize large animals. Progesterex is being used together with Rohypnol, the date rape drug.

As with Rohypnol, all they have to do is drop it into the girl’s drink. The girl can’t remember a thing the next morning, of all that had taken place the night before. Progesterex, which dissolves in drinks just as easily, is such that the victim doesn’t get pregnant; she won’t conceive from the rape and the rapist needn’t worry about having a paternity test identifying him months later.

The drug’s effects ARE NOT TEMPORARY - They are P*E*R*M*A*N* E*N*T!!! Progesterex was designed to sterilize horses.. Any female who takes it will NEVER BE ABLE TO CONCEIVE… The weasels can get this drug from anyone who is in the vet school or any university.

It’s that easy, and Progesterex is about to break out big on campuses everywhere. Believe it or not, there are even sites on the Internet telling people how to use it.

Please forward this to everyone you know, especially girls… Be careful when you’re out and don’t leave your drink unattended.

Please make the effort to forward this on to all you know… Guys, please inform all your female friends and relatives!

REPOST THIS MSG AS MANY TIMES AS YOU CAN to HELP SAVE THE NEXT VICTIM

Very funny! This is Star Wars set to a Russian patriotic song.

Great idea!

This is, though, so true…

This should not be posted by a guy on his blog.

But, alas, I like it.

sigh.  Some custimers…

Take this test from MS NBC.

Funny thing…  most people are probably not qualified!

0-20%: Maybe you’re still thinking too much about the Old Country.

25-40%: Mmmm. Do you really want to be a citizen? This kind of performance isn’t going to impress those nice immigration folks.

45-60%: Not too bad, but you really need to break out the civics books again — word is, the INS is looking for an 80 percent score.

65-80%: Hey, you may make a good citizen yet! Look at your wrong answers and a little revision should do the trick.

85-100%: Welcome to the United States! (And, truth be told, you know more about this great land than most Americans.)

I’ll be honest with you, I scored 30%.  That’s not good AT ALL!  I need to hit up history books now.

Actually, I’ve been planning on reviewing U.S. history for a while and I think this should serve as my que to do so