Conan O'Brien Dartmouth Commencement Speech: 'Failure Is Freeing' (VIDEO)

Conan O'Brien Dartmouth Commencement Speech: 'Failure Is Freeing' (VIDEO) Just for grins

Britain healthcare: British fear 'American-style' healthcare system - latimes.com

Britain healthcare: British fear 'American-style' healthcare system - latimes.com: "act that millions of their cousins across the Atlantic have no insurance and can't afford decent treatment is a farce as well as a tragedy." Ask a Briton to describe "American-style" healthcare, and you'll hear a catalog of horrors that include grossly expensive and unnecessary medical procedures and a privatized system that favors the rich. For a people accustomed to free healthcare for all, regardless of income, the fact that millions of their cousins across the Atlantic have no insurance and can't afford decent treatment is a farce as well as a tragedy.

The Japanese Have Developed a Wearable Emergency Toilet [Video]

The Japanese Have Developed a Wearable Emergency Toilet [Video] What would you do in a toilet emergency? Go in the woods? Poop your pants? No, a far more civilized way to do your business is to put on this trash bag and squat down on the spot.

Not surprisingly, this emergency toilet comes straight out of Japan and involves pellets that absorb waste and solidify it into a weird, gelatinous goo.

Sitting down? The world's most extreme toilets - Technology & science - Tech and gadgets - Luxury Tech - msnbc.com

Sitting down? The world's most extreme toilets - Technology & science - Tech and gadgets - Luxury Tech - msnbc.com: "Vertebrae toilet
Courtesy of Nerd Approved

The Vertebrae isn't so much a toilet as it is an entire bathroom hinged along a single vertical spine. It includes everything from an adult-size shower and a kids-size shower on top, to storage and controls in the middle, to a sink and a toilet at the bottom. That means you can wash your hair, brush your teeth and go to the bathroom at the same time. Of course, you can do all of this in a standard shower, but this solution eliminates the shame. Price not available"

Francisco Solomon Sanchez Kills Himself After 10 Tries

Francisco Solomon Sanchez Kills Himself After 10 Tries After at least 10 documented suicide attempts spanning several years, Francisco Solomon Sanchez finally succeeded in killing himself last Friday, reports the Pasadena Star-News.

The 41-year old man from Duarte jumped from the 210 Freeway overpass and was hit by at least one car. The LA County Coroner ruled that his death was a suicide.

Sanchez had actually jumped from the same overpass in 2003, and used prosthetic legs as a result of that failed attempt. His efforts have landed him in mandatory psychiatric evaluation in the past, but health and safety officials are limited when it comes to mental health interventions. In LA County, people can be held involuntarily in a psychiatric health facility for up to 72 hours. The person can be held for an additional 14 days against his or her will only if certain criteria are fulfilled

Lloyd I. Sederer, MD: Dying with Your Rights On: Mental Illness, Civil Rights and Saving Lives

Lloyd I. Sederer, MD: Dying with Your Rights On: Mental Illness, Civil Rights and Saving Lives: "Linda Bishop was found dead, presumably from starvation and hypothermia, in a home she had broken into in New Hampshire several months after she had a two-year psychiatric hospitalization. Her last journal notation was in January 2008, and her body was accidently discovered in May."

Ayn Rand: The GOP’s Favorite Bonkers Demagogue - The Daily Beast

Ayn Rand: The GOP’s Favorite Bonkers Demagogue - The Daily Beast: ": OK, your supposed laissez-faire Valhalla, with no taxes or regulations—this is not just some theory of yours. This world existed long ago, he put it to her; the problem was that people with power cheated and stole and exploited other people, so society made rules to try to prevent those things from happening. In response, Rand simply denies that this was the case and blames all corruption on the state, which would be news to, among many others, the men—and women, and children—who worked twelve hours a day, six days a week until the government constricted the capitalists’ freedom by stopping it."