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This is the sort of news story that just needs to be shared:
The funeral of a 28 year-old waiter in southern Egypt turned into a celebration when he woke up after being declared dead. […] A doctor sent to sign the death certificate found it strange that his body was warm. At closer observation she discovered he was still alive.
Kerry Grens reports on a rather fascinating finding:
Amish children raised on rural farms in northern Indiana suffer from asthma and allergies less often even than Swiss farm kids, a group known to be relatively free from allergies, according to a new study.
The words do not fit together very well, but they do fit Asian tiger shrimp. According to the Daily Mail, these guys are starting to appear frequently in the Gulf. Somehow, I don't think they will work very well for a shrimp cocktail. I hope they do not completely overtake their smaller, native “cousins.”
Somehow it had slipped my attention that Ralcorp's Post subsidiary had completed its spinoff into St. Louis's newest publicly traded company earlier this year. It is exciting to see NYSE:POST put its independent roots down into this fine city.
AAPL briefly hit $600 per share today. Amazing.
The temperature in Fahrenheit that we reached today here in St. Charles County. Incredible, beautiful weather.
And speaking of Volkswagen, the Diesel Beetle is set to return:
Volkswagen has released details on its upcoming 2013 Beetle TDI before the vehicle gets an official unveil at the 2012 Chicago Auto Show. The oil-burning Beetle will bow with the same turbocharged 2.0-liter diesel engine found in the Jetta TDI and Passat TDI, and Volkswagen projects the engine should help it net 39 miles per gallon highway and 29 mpg city.
Autoblog notes that the actual real world milage will likely be even better than the estimates.
Das ist sehr gut.
And speaking of commercials, the new VW Super Bowl commercial is out. Not only does this commercial reference last year's commercial, it also had its own teaser a few weeks back.
Yes, the Cardinals are in the post-season and you know what that means: I will start gabbing about baseball on here again. It was good to see the Cards beat the Phillies tonight. I have a good feeling about their overall momentum right now.
Could a Cardinals-Yankees World Series be in the mix, perhaps? Having the two winningest teams together at the World Series would be fun.
