Jun 062014
- 14 Habits Of People With A Healthy Relationship To Food: Gluten gives me migraines. Corn makes me feel like I’ve eaten a handful of tiny razorblades. But according to Sarah Klein at HuffPo, I don’t have a healthy relationship to food because I decline to eat those foods. Screw that! Sure, some of the advice here is fine, but I just can’t get over that bit of dogmatic “eat everything in moderation” nonsense.
- Teen Tennis Star’s Success Is A Powerful Argument Against Body-Shaming: Wow, kudos to rising tennis star Taylor Townsend for not allowing the USTA to dictate what her weight should be. She’s clearly an amazing athlete!
- Pilots and flight attendants confess dark secrets about flying: Do they really make coffee and tea with the water from the holding tank?!? If so… eeek!
- Why The Solar Roadway Is A Terrible Idea: Did you hear of the over $1 million raised for the “solar roads” project? It sounds fabulous in theory, but the engineering difficulties look insurmountable. Or, as Jimmy Wales said, “This seems sort of obvious. Let’s see, where in this giant and largely empty planet shall we put delicate electronics? I know! The corridors where we drive tons of steel around at high speeds!”
- A programmer’s view of Apple’s new Swift language: I’m intrigued!
- Hearing to resume in alleged Army prostitution ring at Fort Hood: Sgt. 1st Class Gregory McQueen was a noncommissioned sexual-assault prevention officer now accused of setting up a prostitution ring with cash-strapped female soldiers. You just can’t make this stuff up.
- St. John memo bars hospital’s name from birth control prescription pads: But the religious right loves and respects women, right? Right?!?
- Golfer’s Shot Bounces Off Of Bird In Flight: Life imitates unrealistic examples found in philosophy books!
- MRI Scans of Fruits and Vegetables: I love these way too much. Really, go take a look.
- The itchyfeet guide to differentiating between asian scripts: Heh.
