“There’s a motto I got from a producer in repertory theater. I was in rehearsals, waiting behind a door to come out while a couple onstage were having a row. They started throwing furniture, and a chair lodged in front of the door. My cue came and I could only get halfway in. I stopped and said, ‘I can’t get in. The chair’s in the way.’ And the producer said, ‘Use the difficulty.’ I said, ‘What do you mean?’ And he said, ‘ Well, if it’s a drama, pick it up and smash it. If it’s a comedy, fall over it.’ This idea stuck in my mind, and I taught it to my children – that any situation in life that’s negative, there is something positive you can do with it. ‘Use the difficulty.’ It’s like a motto in our family.”

-Michael Caine

via MoveOn.org

1. Once reform is fully implemented, over 95% of Americans will have health insurance coverage, including 32 million who are currently uninsured.
2. Health insurance companies will no longer be allowed to deny people coverage because of preexisting conditions—or to drop coverage when people become sick.
3. Just like members of Congress, individuals and small businesses who can’t afford to purchase insurance on their own will be able to pool together and choose from a variety of competing plans with lower premiums.
4. Reform will cut the federal budget deficit by $138 billion over the next ten years, and a whopping $1.2 trillion in the following ten years.
5. Health care will be more affordable for families and small businesses thanks to new tax credits, subsidies, and other assistance—paid for largely by taxing insurance companies, drug companies, and the very wealthiest Americans.
6. Seniors on Medicare will pay less for their prescription drugs because the legislation closes the “donut hole” gap in existing coverage.
7. By reducing health care costs for employers, reform will create or save more than 2.5 million jobs over the next decade.
8. Medicaid will be expanded to offer health insurance coverage to an additional 16 million low-income people.
9. Instead of losing coverage after they leave home or graduate from college, young adults will be able to remain on their families’ insurance plans until age 26.
10. Community health centers would receive an additional $11 billion, doubling the number of patients who can be treatedregardless of their insurance or ability to pay.

Bringing together fond memories of high school AP Chemistry and a love of Sci-Fi, this periodic table reminds me that I have been a geek for a long time.

"2OL+DR = a Torchwood Molecule." Brilliant.

ht – Tobatoco via Gizmodo

Before some of you PhotoShop snobs get bent out of shape about my technique, keep in mind I am completely self-taught and this is not my full-time job… I do it for fun now.

Here is some video I captured while working on the poster for the “Resurrection Party” in Dallas (September, 2008.) The model is Phillip. I increased the speed about 1000%.

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