I probably should have said something yesterday, before you stole all the candy from your kid's plastic pumpkin, but the FDA has put out a warning about eating too much black licorice. Apparently, too much of the stuff can lead to “abnormal heart rhythms, as well as high blood pressure, edema (swelling), lethargy, and congestive heart failure.” The best way to stay informed about these kind of developments is to stay abreast of what they're saying on Web MD watch videos from those kooky Taiwanese animators at NMA TV: