Can You Read This?

This is weird, but interesting!

fi yuo cna raed tihs, yuo hvae a sgtrane mnid too. Cna yuo raed tihs? Olny 55 plepoe otu of 100 can.

i cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it dseno't mtaetr in waht oerdr the ltteres in a wrod are, the olny iproamtnt tihng is taht the frsit and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it whotuit a pboerlm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Azanmig huh? yaeh and I ;awlyas tghuhot slpeling wsa ipmorantt!

Were you able to read it? How quickly? Did you stumble over any of the words?

Chances of Dying Depend on Where You Live?

Here I go with words again.
A few days ago (on December 27th) I wrote about the following sentence I found in a Parade Magazine article: "More specifically, weekly churchgoers have a lower risk of death than those who never set foot inside a place of worship."
Not long after reading that article, I saw this headline on the computer screen with the day’s news: “US Map Predicts Chance of Dying.”
Well, I don’t know about you, but I don’t think I need a map to predict my chance of dying.
That headline grabbed my attention, though, so I clicked on the link to read the article. This story was about a University of South Carolina study concerning natural disasters, i.e. hurricanes, earthquakes, tsunamis and such. The researchers point to a greater of chance of being a victim of a hurricane in some places than in others, for example. Some geographic regions are prone to tornados, some to hurricanes, some to earthquakes and so on.
No doubt there are increased chances of dying as a result of a natural disaster in some areas of the country but no one can ever convince me that there are just increased chances of dying based on where one lives. That’s one thing we all have in common. It’s a future we all share!

Saturday Sign (on Sunday)

Flckr photo by Martin Q.

Saturday Sign

On Saturdays, I post unusual or funny signs. This one is a Flickr photo by Classic Pep.

Saturday Signs

I've decided to use Saturdays to post pictures of signs that interest me.
Here are several versions for the first posting.
Any comments?

Thanks to the following for their flickr photos:
chickee510, RuggerJoe, shaneandruth, Ben McLeod