adhocracy – government in an unstructured fashion; an unstructured organization anarchy – order without government andrarchy/androcracy – government by men anemocracy – government by the wind aristocracy – government by the nobility autarchy – government by an absolute ruler autocracy – government by one individual bureaucracy – government by civil servants confederacy – a union […]
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This week in the news
June 11th, 2005 
etdot I thought I’d post a few news articles I ran across this week: Beware of Cats… they can alter your personalityIn Britain, half the population is infected with mind-altering parasite that is carried by cats. "Infected men, suggests one new study, tend to become more aggressive, scruffy, antisocial and are less attractive. Women, on the other […]
Animal Group Names!!
June 9th, 2005 bcmcderm Animal Group Name Albatross Rookery Alligators Congregation Apes Shrewdness Antelope Herd Ants Colony, Army, Swarm Asses Pace Auks Colony, Flock, Raft Baboons Troop, Flange Bacteria Culture Badgers Cete, Colony, Set, Company Barracudas Battery Bats Colony, Cloud Bass Shoal Bears (General) Sloth, Sleuth Bears (Cubs) Litter Beavers Colony Bees Grist, Hive, Swarm Birds (Chicks) Brood, Clutch […]
Mom was right – you will go blind!
June 9th, 2005 etdot Those small blue candies we’ve all come to love – no, not M&M’s, Viagra – may not be the cat’s meow. The FDA is investigating the connection between Viagra and blindness. Pfizer isn’t worried because they know the choice between impotence or blindness is obvious. Just list blindness as one more side-effect. Read more here.
Info on 3.9M Citigroup customers lost
June 8th, 2005 Robert Alan James Fitzpatrick III CNNMoney reports 3.9 million Citigroup customers had their personal information stolen… er lost the other day. Citigroup blames UPS for losing the tapes that were supposed to be delivered to it’s CitiFinancial subisidiary. Information contained on the tapes "included Social Security numbers, names, account history and loan information about retail customers, and former customers, in the […]