WEATHER: Might rain, might not – hard to say. Chance of sun and/or clouds, temps between -46 and 120℉

TRAFFIC: Bad where you are, also other places. Stay home

HOROSCOPE: Chance favors the prepared. Don’t buy into vague generalities. Reject platitudes and forge your own path. We’ve been over this.

SPORTS: Local major league franchise scores more points than other local franchise. Losing coach: “We should have scored more points.”

EVENTS: Your friend’s band that you have no intention of ever seeing is playing tonight. There’s some kind of loud festival going on this weekend and you won’t be able to park anywhere near the farmer’s market

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POLITICS: Holy crap, how does this keep getting worse

SCIENCE: Revolutionary medical breakthrough still ten to twenty years away

Song of the Day: Foghat, “Fluoride”

Mulligan Stewart September 6, 2009

It’s always a good time to listen to Foghat’s 1975 anthem to dental care, “Fluoride”. Perhaps the only hit song dedicated to the inorganic, monatomic anion of fluorine, the upbeat rock number extols the virtues of brushing, or even simply partaking in water that has been supplemented with the additive.