May 27, 2014, Maddox

Episode 2 Transcript courtesy of Megan Pennock

Horoscopes	3738
The Plastic Bag Ban	1853
Long Emails	389
Tinder	-227

Here are the references for this week's episode. The horoscope article about precession of the axis discusses the new zodiac sign, "ophiuchus." Turns out we were both pronouncing it incorrectly. Whatever. If you give a shit, here's the correct pronunciation. I don't foresee myself ever saying it again and am going to commit to forgetting the pronunciation as soon as I finish this post: Wow, turns out even when I think I'm wrong, I'm right. I was pronouncing it correctly all along:

Here's the Komo News article/video about the plastic bag ban. And finally, the research paper about the rise in E. coli and other food-borne illnesses due to the plastic bag ban is here: http://blogs.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/SSRN-id2196481.pdf.

Don't be a moron. Read it.

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