This Week in the Internets (May 11, 2008)

This Week in the Internets is preempted to bring you a few vital statistics* about breast cancer:

  • One in eight women will develop breast cancer in her lifetime
  • Every three minutes a woman in the United States is diagnosed with breast cancer
  • Estimated new cases and deaths from breast cancer in the United States in 2008:

New cases:
- 182,460 (female)
- 1,990 (male)
Deaths:
- 40,480 (female)
- 450 (male)

This year, I’m joining my company’s team in the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure.

pink_ribbon_32.pngPlease support me in my goal to raise $500 for this event.

*Source: National Cancer Institute

Twitter of the Day

This comes from 43 Folders‘ Merlin Mann:

hotdogsladies Oh, Google. You know I meant to type “Angus Young.” Jeez, one dropped consonant, and now I have to go bleach my corneas for an hour.

OMG SPACE

This Week in the Internets (May 4, 2008)

Ironman was great, but…

I’m looking forward to the next Batman flick.

hamster butts are cute

I’m either disturbed or really amused

I think it’s the “meow meow meow”, but I could be wrong.

The Original is here.

This Week in the Internets (April 27, 2008)