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Oh-Oh! Does Viagra Make You Blind?

Oh, the comedy lines you could write . . .

Yahoo News (AP) reports that the FDA is looking into a possible link between Viagra (yes, that Viagra) and blindness[*1] .

The FDA has 42 reports of the blindness, 38 among users of Viagra and four among users of Cialis. There were no cases reported among users of Levitra, the third impotence drug.

Yes, I know it’s not really that funny to guys who have actually gone blind (no, that’s not funny at all), but sheesh, c’mon, you really can’t make up stuff this, well, funny. Maybe you have to be a guy to understand . . .

Disobey Authority

From Wired[*1] :

For more than four years – steadily, seriously, and with the unsentimental rigor for which we love them – civil engineers have been studying the destruction of the World Trade Center towers, sifting the tragedy for its lessons. And it turns out that one of the lessons is: Disobey authority. In a connected world, ordinary people often have access to better information than officials do.

Here’s the report itself:
Occupant Behavior, Egress, and Emergency Communications[*2]

South Dakota State’s 2005-06 Women’s Basketball Schedule (to date)

Subject to change. All times Central.

Nov. 4, Minnesota-Crookston (exh.), 7 p.m.
Nov. 11, Upper Iowa (exh.), 7 p.m.
Nov. 19, @Nebraska, 2 p.m.
Nov. 20, @Drake, 2 p.m.
Nov. 25-26 at Colorado State Tournament
Dec. 2 Middle Tennessee State, 7 p.m.
Dec. 4 Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 2 p.m.
Dec. 8 , @Wisconsin, 7 p.m.
Dec. 10, @Southern Illinois, 2 p.m.
Dec. 16 Texas State, 7 p.m.
Dec. 18 Alabama, 2 p.m.
Dec. 21, @Marquette, 7 p.m.
Dec. 28, @Colorado, 8 p.m.
Dec. 30, @Long Beach State, TBA
Jan. 2, @Idaho State, TBA
Jan. 10 Kennesaw State, 7 p.m.
Jan. 19 IPFW, 7 p.m.
Jan. 26 TAMU-Corpus Christi, 7 p.m.
Jan. 28, @Florida International, TBA
Feb. 1 Southwest Minnesota State, TBA
Feb. 4 North Dakota State, TBA
Feb. 11, @Texas-Pan American, TBA
Feb. 13, @AMU-Corpus Christi, TBA
Feb. 18, @North Dakota State, TBA
Feb. 24, @IPFW, TBA

South Dakota State’s 2005-06 Men’s Basketball Schedule (to date)

SDSU enters its first full year of Division I basketball competition next year. The current tentative schedule was posted on the SDSU discussion board[*1] .

The schedule features an opening game with National Runnerup Illinois, and marquee road games with Nebraska, Minnesota, Central Florida, and Utah State.

Featured home games include Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Manhattan, regional rivals Denver and UMKC, as well as the annual home-and-home with North Dakota State.

Nov 18 @ Illinois, 7 p.m.
Nov 24, Southeast Missouri State, 7 p.m.
Nov 30, Cal-State Fullerton, 7 p.m.
Dec 3, Tennesee State, 7 p.m.
Dec 6, Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 7 p.m.
Dec 8, @ Nebraska, 7 p.m.
Dec 10, Denver, 7 p.m.
Dec 12, UMKC, 7 p.m.
Dec 17, @ Middle Tennessee State, TBA
Dec 20, Manhattan, @ Sioux Falls, 7 p.m.
Dec 22, @ Minnesota, TBA
Dec 28, Butler, 7 p.m.
Jan 2, @ Montana State, TBA
Jan 7 Utah Valley State, 7 p.m.
Jan 14, @NDSU, 7 p.m.
Jan 16, SW Minnesota State, TBA
Jan 21, @ Lamar, TBA
Jan 25, @ Idaho State, TBA
Jan 28, @ Utah State, 8 pm
Feb 2, @ Utah Valley State, TBA
Feb 6, IPFW, TBA
Feb 11, Texas Pan American, 7 p.m.
Feb 18, NDSU, 7 p.m.
Feb 22, @IPFW, TBA
Mar 3, @ San Diego State, TBA
Mar 5, @ Cal State Fullerton, TBA
Plus to be scheduled at Central Florida, and at Marquette.

Update 5/26/05: Multiple changes made.

Sprint Center: From Flying Saucer to Squished Marshmallow

New design drawings for Kansas City’s Sprint Center[*1] (Kansas City Star, registration required) show the cost-driven evolution of the structure’s design. The initial design drawings featured a rakish glass-covered exterior, while newer drawings envision a still-glass-covered, but more rounded exterior, shaped like a mildly squished marshmallow.

I haven’t decided whether or not it’s an improvement. It appears that they are settling on 18,500 seats, which in my opinion is at least 1,000 seats too small. Oh well, what do I know?

Constitution Day, Sept. 17

Schools ordered to observe ‘Constitution Day’[*1]

A sad commentary on the state of public education, when schools have to be ordered to teach the U.S. Constitution.

They certainly aren’t doing it very well on their own.

Before those of you in the education establishment go ballistic, this idea comes from former KKK member Senator Robert Byrd, proving again that even a broken clock is right twice a day.

The truth is that schools should be teaching the Constitution daily, not one day a year. But, it’s a start.