This photo is fun.  It’s a ladybug hitchhiking on a snake’s nose.

Friday Ark #110: Visit throughout the weekend for a growing list of links to animal photos across the web.

Here it is!  “A new study led by researchers at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) and the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) helps answer this question. Reported in the October 23, 2006 issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine, the findings show for the first time that among men with healthy lifestyles, those who consumed moderate amounts of alcohol — defined as between one-half and two drinks daily — had a 40 to 60 percent reduced risk of heart attack compared with healthy men who didn’t drink at all.”

I thought this was an excellent advertisement in support of stem cell research.

Michael J. Fox’s response to Rush Limbaugh.  You should see the whole video, but here’s the money quote: “Well, first thing, he used the word victim. And on another occasion I heard him use the word pitiable. And understand, nobody in this position wants pity. We don’t want pity. I could give a damn about Rush Limbaugh’s pity or anyone else’s pity. I’m not a victim. I’m someone who is in this situation. I think I’m in this situation along with millions of other Americans, and we have a right, if there’s answers out there, to pursue those answers with the full support of our politicians. And so I don’t need anyone’s permission to do that.”