While little blogging goes live onto the Big Bad Blog during the weekend. Lots of blogging occurs.

There is thinking about what to write.
There is thinking about the subjects I have chosen to write about during the week.
There is poking about the Internet for information regarding said subjects.
There is even, often, some preliminary writing done.

This past weekend, I was in Cardiff. Not doing these things.

So I have decided to distract you, on this Monday evening, and hope that I buy enough time to get something together for Tuesday..

Of the options available to me, I have chosen to distract you with boobs. These boobs were photographed by Aaron Feaver.

Pharmaceutical companies are finding that the placebo effect is getting stronger with age. Hopefully it becomes so strong that one day sugar pills can cure all our ills. On a different note, can this account for the recent rise in homeopathy adherents?

The most interesting paragraph in the article (for me — there are many interesting paragraphs which may entice you), is this:
These new findings tell us that the body’s response to certain types of medication is in constant flux, affected by expectations of treatment, conditioning, beliefs, and social cues.

What does this say about “tried and tested” medicines, or traditional remedies? What is the shelf life of a cure?

Happy birthday, Galileo’s telescope!

It’s official, the future has arrived. Police have identified a woman’s body by scanning the bar codes on her implants.