Links of the day

Things have been pretty busy lately. I haven't had much time to post, and tonight I'm not going to have much to add. I found 2 links, 1 I thought was interesting and 1 I thought was something that definitely needs more attention paid to it.

Here's the first link: Car Sniffers. Don't expect your car to smell like anything anymore. Apparently smells are so important they have devoted teams of people to smelling every inch of cars to make sure customers are happy. At first I thought it was a bit excessive, but then I was thinking that I definitely remember people who's cars smelled terrible inside. Maybe they are onto something.

The second post is about brain injuries in football and how they are beginning to show up in a lot of former players. The guy in this case was only 21 and ended up committing suicide as a result of a condition that was caused by multiple head injuries playing football. It is something to consider for your kids, I think. More and more studies are showing a definitive link to brain injuries and football. If they don't make some adjustments, would you let your child play this sport knowing that he or she has a decent chances of getting some sort of brain injury that can cause untold long term repercussions or worse, death?

It is something that is getting more attention, thankfully. Of course, there are head injuries in a lot of other sports. Soccer has a lot, as does baseball and softball. But obviously, football has multiple high speed collisions every play as well as the linemen knocking the crap out of each other. It is concerning. Granted, the extent of the studies is limited due to the lack of brain samples they have, but seeing this sad case where the kid who was 21 had an onset of a serious brain injury is scary. A counter argument is that there have been thousands of people who have played football and only some who have been found with these injuries. However, I would be there are a lot of former players who have the symptoms of some of these injuries, but since they are still living they cannot tell whether or not they have one of these injuries. What do you think about football, head injuries, and your child playing?