Pun Salad

… parade your pallor in iniquity:

• Gosh, this is intriguing:
  A tiny electric current applied to the back of the head can significantly improve a person's mathematical skills for up to six months, a study has found.

  That's allegedly a real news story, but stuff later in the article makes me think it might be a joke:

  "I am certainly not advising people to go around giving themselves electric shocks, but we are extremely excited by the potential of our findings," Dr Cohen Kadosh said.

  Hmm. And:

  The study, published in the journal Current Biology, involved numeracy tests […]

  Right. I'd be shocked if this were actually true.

• Pun Salad's official, unaware (and, as always, uncompensated) mascot, Cathy Poulin, will be in Gillette Stadium, Foxboro, MA, tomorrow (November 13) for a "mega" blood drive. And frankly, it sounds like the best blood drive ever: in addition to Cathy: Roland James, Steve Nelson, Pats cheerleaders, scads of prizes.

  Cathy's sidekick, Bob, will also be there. But you can probably avoid him.

  I'm unfortunately ineligible, having given only a couple weeks back. No celebrities, but I got a nice t-shirt and a coupon for a free Pizza Hut personal pan cheese pizza.