So many of us -- uh, *them* would follow... [?] On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 6:44 PM, Mr. Worf <hellomahog...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Its either him or Keith Richards. Maybe they are both the rock n roll dark > siths for the devil? :) > > On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 10:16 AM, Martin Baxter > <martinbaxt...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> >> >> Because he's the Prince of Darkness, Mr Worf. " 'Nuff said," to quote Stan >> the Man. I've come to wonder only what *will* manage to take him out. >> Reminds me of Daniel Craig's character in "Layer Cake". The Underworld >> couldn't knock him off, a bunch of kill-crazy Serbs couldn't get him... >> ended up being a jealous boyfriend. >> >> >> On Sun, Jun 20, 2010 at 10:59 PM, Mr. Worf <hellomahog...@gmail.com>wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> DNA Test Could Explain Why Ozzy Osbourne is Still Alive >>> <http://omnikool.discovery.com/RealMedia/ads/click_lx.ads/news.discovery.com/tech/dna-test-could-explain-why-ozzy-osbourne-is-still-alive.html/1568608864/Top3/default/empty.gif/5252614b44557667572b514141356c39?x> >>> <http://news.discovery.com/contributors/david-teeghman/> Analysis by David >>> Teeghman <http://news.discovery.com/contributors/david-teeghman/> >>> Sun Jun 20, 2010 11:52 AM ET >>> 6 >>> Comments<http://news.discovery.com/tech/dna-test-could-explain-why-ozzy-osbourne-is-still-alive.html#view-comments>| >>> Leave >>> a >>> Comment<http://news.discovery.com/tech/dna-test-could-explain-why-ozzy-osbourne-is-still-alive.html#post-a-comment> >>> Print<http://news.discovery.com/tech/dna-test-could-explain-why-ozzy-osbourne-is-still-alive.html?print=true> >>> Email >>> >>> - >>> Facebook<http://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=http://news.discovery.com/tech/dna-test-could-explain-why-ozzy-osbourne-is-still-alive.html> >>> - >>> Twitter<http://wd.sharethis.com/api/sharer.php?destination=twitter&url=http://news.discovery.com/tech/dna-test-could-explain-why-ozzy-osbourne-is-still-alive.html&title=DNA%20Test%20Could%20Explain%20Why%20Ozzy%20Osbourne%20is%20Still%20Alive%20:%20Discovery%20News> >>> - >>> Digg<http://digg.com/submit?url=http://news.discovery.com/tech/dna-test-could-explain-why-ozzy-osbourne-is-still-alive.html&title=DNA%20Test%20Could%20Explain%20Why%20Ozzy%20Osbourne%20is%20Still%20Alive%20:%20Discovery%20News&bodytext=Despite%20decades%20of%20drug%20and%20alcohol%20abuse,%20Ozzy%20Osbourne%20is%20alive%20and%20well.%20Does%20the%20secret%20of%20his%20longevity%20lie%20in%20his%20DNA?&topic=television> >>> - Yahoo! >>> Buzz<http://buzz.yahoo.com/buzz?publisherurn=discovery_cha79&targetUrl=http://news.discovery.com/tech/dna-test-could-explain-why-ozzy-osbourne-is-still-alive.html&submitHeadline=DNA%20Test%20Could%20Explain%20Why%20Ozzy%20Osbourne%20is%20Still%20Alive%20:%20Discovery%20News> >>> >>> [image: >>> Ozzy-650x600]<http://blogs.discovery.com/.a/6a00d8341bf67c53ef0133f183ab54970b-popup> >>> Our world has no shortage of mysteries: Where did life begin? Who killed >>> JFK? Will the BP oil >>> spill<http://news.discovery.com/earth/oil-spill-oil-rig-exoplosion-louisiana-gulf-coast.html>ever >>> end? Why is Ozzy >>> Osbourne <http://www.ozzy.com/> still alive? For this last conundrum, at >>> least, we may have an answer. >>> >>> Researchers at the genome sequencing company Knome<http://www.knome.com/>, >>> based in Massachusetts, are mapping the heavy metal singer's entire genome >>> to get to the bottom of why rock and roll's self-proclaimed Prince of >>> Darkness is still kicking and screaming despite decades of relentless drug >>> and alcohol <http://news.discovery.com/drugs-and-alcohol/> abuse. >>> >>> Genome sequencing is an exhaustive process that ultimately determines the >>> order of the 3 billion chemical building blocks -- the bases abbreviated as >>> A, T, C, and G -- that make up the DNA of a person's 23 different pairs of >>> chromosomes. >>> >>> The first full genome took 13 years to be sequenced and was finished in >>> 2003. Today, analyzing a genome takes about three months and costs around >>> $40,000. >>> Researchers hope there is some key to Ozzy's longevity in his DNA. It's >>> no secret that Ozzy has abused an astounding number of drugs. This >>> Science Channel >>> report<http://science.discovery.com/stories/week/ozzy-osbourne.html>says >>> Ozzy has described himself as a "modern miracle." >>> >>> The hallowed history books of rock and roll are littered with rock stars >>> who died of drug overdose, from Janis Joplin to Jimi Hendrix. But through it >>> all, Ozzy's health has been remarkably unscathed. >>> >>> Nathan Pearson, the director of research at Knome, tells the Sunday Times >>> of London, “Sequencing and analysing individuals with extreme medical >>> histories provides the greatest potential scientific value,” said Nathan >>> Pearson, director of research at Knome." >>> >>> As if to rub it in your face, he is about to begin writing a *health >>> advice column *for the Sunday Times of London. One piece of advice that >>> you can expect from this column, "to a mother for putting her young son off >>> cigarettes, including: “Throw some [cigarette] ash on his cornflakes.” >>> >>> By no means is Ozzy the only rock star who's been able to survive decades >>> of substance abuse. Researchers still have so much to learn from Keith >>> Richards and David Bowie! >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! >>> Mahogany at: >>> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> "If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell >> wrote the script?" -- Charles E Grant >> >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik >> >> >> > > > -- > Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! > Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ > > -- "If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell wrote the script?" -- Charles E Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik
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