April 2009
79 posts
March 2009
111 posts
Could going to the gym be making you fatter? --... →
Wow, this is a surprisingly intelligent article on the effectiveness of most exercise. I love that it hones right in on the biggest fraud there is: cardio exercise.
““More people are hearing about it than actually using it,” Nicholas Carlson, an...”
– Twitter: Twitter taking over the universe? — baltimoresun.com (via lunchfood)
I jsut want it to be clear that I am the creator of “If it tweets it leads”. In fact, I twittered it here.
“We are the descendants of a long line of creatures that have made eating and...”
– In the Pipeline
Why appetite suppression pills don’t work.
“No matter how much the government controls the economic system, any problem will...”
– Richman’s Law
BINGO
“Although the statistics appear fairly poor, we can make one statement of...”
– Saturated Fat Epidemiology for Math Geeks
WatchWatch! Live inside our offices!
“At Mr. Utzman’s store, the Brooklyn Standard, which is set to open on Wednesday...”
– Greenpoint - When ‘Bodega’ Isn’t Just a Bodega - NYTimes.com
Excited about this. The Brooklyn Standard is half a block from my house, and I used to play softball with Cody — its proprietor.
Also a big fan of Brooklyn Label and Papacitos his two existing restaurants in the neighborhood.
Now...
Why Conservatives Are Global Warming Skeptics
Why does the global warming debate, which should be a scientific question, fall so neatly along political lines (Freeman Dyson, notwithstanding)?
It’s interesting to me that conservatives, in particular, are so skeptical about it. I think when you cut right to the core it comes down to the fact that global warming is the perfect crisis for the liberal worldview. Just perfect.
It’s a...
Maybe they can get some TARP funds..
ninety9:
Cresting Red River threatens beet crop, which may undermine BeetSwap, the Web 2.1 technology that was going to save us all. Or at least help someone one buy us a Lone Star now and again.
“A good networker is someone who starts out on the presumption that you must be...”
– Please, take the “Work” out of networking - Megan McArdle
“It’s a headline you’ve probably seen by now splashed all over the news sites and...”
– Is Red Meat Unhealthy? - What the Red Meat Study Really Says
“So, Rashmi Sinha, PhD; Amanda J. Cross, PhD; Barry I. Graubard, PhD; Michael F....”
– Free the Animal: More Stupid Nonsense
There’s a study bubbling up in the media about people who eat meat dying younger. Don’t believe it. The methodology is garbage.
“So, Carter and I left the boys on Saturday night and went to see Race to Witch...”
– Christine Hurt
I, too, am a big Dwayne Johnson (AKA: The Rock) fan. Glad to see that U of I law prof Christine Hurt feels the same way.
“Joe Wiesenthal is a well-known finance blogger. But he will surely go down in...”
– Closing the Beetroot Arbitrage - Finance Blog - Felix Salmon - Market Movers - Portfolio.com (via beetswap)
Whoohoo! I and Beetswap.com just got our first writeup. TechCrunch next!
whitneymcn:
The Dodos - Men
This is a sign I...
Nicholas Hughes, Sylvia Plath’s son commits... →
Huh.
“This comment is too important not to post: “I am a Type 1 diabetic. Was taking...”
– Type 1 Diabetes and Evolutionary Fitness | ArthurDeVany.com
“Racial profiling is a large part of how surf lifesavers operate. It is hard to...”
– John Hempton: racial profiling at the beach
Volunteer lifeguard talking about how he pre-emptively trys to guess who might need saving.
“Hey, now that Spring is here it’s handball season again. It’s easy...”
– Early Morning Handball In Williamsburg
Yo, I just posted the above ad on Craigslist. If you know anyone who might be interested in that, please send ‘em my way.
The Beetswap Manifesto
beetswap:
Times are tough for everyone these days, that’s just objective fact.
We can’t be wasting food like we were last year. But you can’t let your health go. Just cause you lost your job, or your retirement fund has gone down by 50%, it doesn’t mean you should start eating potato chips and fries and soda. That stuff will just make you more fat and depressed and make it harder to bounce...
“Shaver joined the U.S. Navy on his seventeenth birthday. Upon his discharge, he...”
– Billy Joe Shaver - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
That dude had a life.
Billy Joe Shaver — Georgia On A Fast Train.
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“What remains of the whole strangely unnerving affair is a much less convincing...”
– The American Conservative: Negotiate with the Taliban, Free John Walker Lindh?
“President Barack Obama has made it clear he is willing to talk with “moderate”...”
– The American Conservative — Negotiate with the Taliban, Free John Walker Lindh?
