The contents of fashion magazines aimed at females are derided for promoting unhealthy body images, but what about the Anime and Manga Vital Statistics for Males? In Death Note, Light Yagumi is 5'9/179 and 119/54 and Mikami Teru is 6'0/185 and 123/56 which causes me to scream "Manorexic!;" I will not even begin my diatribe on bulimic L. At least ( Read more... )

Every few months I re-experience the joys of test taking when one of my cousins forwards me links to free online IQ tests because he is addicted to online testing. I am curious too, though I know IQs are to be discredited when they measure reasoning ability with multiple-choice answers; and I do not forget the biases from this test originated from ( Read more... )

I was directed by random insane anthropology interest to seek out List of Human Culture Universals. Although such matters are prone to depress, I am amused by the ideas of magic being sought out to increase life, sustain life, and win love across all humanity; of course at this technological zenith we have reached we are beyond magic because we ( Read more... )

Oh yeah, I've suckered into the diet crap and craze out there. I lost ten/twelve pounds early last year before my weight range plateaued, but I kept that flab off. Lucky me. I've started losing some more since I've upped the workout regiment, so of course I've got struck by the itch to check the latest in BMI charts that scare models scared of BMI ( Read more... )

One of my cousins of some odd degree directed me to article story on the State of Kentucky Teeth. Of course the subject matter disturbed me because as much as one-fourth of my relatives reside there. No wonder my mother caused her daughters to be so dentally-obsessed since most of her maternal aunts and uncles had dentures by fifty due to the ( Read more... )

I'm beginning to become annoyed by Green Celebrities. Sure, the environment's important, but I don't need hypocritical celebrities preaching to me with their hands in the cookie jar, including Mr Gore, when they're flying 3,000 miles to talk to other like-minded people who drive SUVs. I say if any celebrity's going to have me in his or her ( Read more... )

I've always had one ear produce more earwax than the other, but it's reached ridiculous proportions the last month. The waxier ear, when not itching, needs to be cleaned like three times daily. I don't know if it has some mild infection or alien device inside, but I've sworn off headphones and earbuds to see if it lessens the, uh, waxiness. So ( Read more... )

So, like on my way home from pimping books to indecisive people, I passed by the people out with their signs saying no to Pro-Choice things. That's their right, but these Suburbanites shouldn't be dragging their kids along (when the kids should be in school, right?). C'mon, do five-year-olds really know what mommy and daddy are pushing down their ( Read more... )

Who else gets nostalgic for the slow old days online when most had dial-up, but there were fewer ads lurking in every corner because it was not the virtual amazing technicolor dreamcoat? I know I do when <--Insert Expletives Here--> the ads take eons to upload.

Ew, celebrity-mongering! Yes, I'll admit to reading too much about the mystery baby Suri Holmes Cruise, Scientology Princess. But come on, where are pictures of the wee bairn? Sure, Mr Couch Jumper Cruise can make any excuses about keeping the kid's privacy, but Mother, Sister, and I all have red flags about the eerie silence. Is it possible that ( Read more... )