Here’s an article in the New York Times on “The Biggest Loser,” and it focuses on how a lot of people today can’t cook, which leads them to eat out more, which leads to unhealthy choices and, of course, obesity ( Read more... )

I've written about The Scotsman before, but I always enjoy my daily visit to that paper's website.

Today, my favorite content is a letter from the organizer of the Beard Liberation Front, which, according to Wikipedia is "a British interest group which campaigns in support of beards and opposes discrimination against those who wear them ( Read more... )

Earlier this week, I read this Time Magazine article about Borderline Personality Disorder and diagnosed myself with it. I know how stupid it is to read one article and decide that you have a disorder, so I will have to talk about it with my therapist, but it sounds a lot like me, especially this part:

Borderline patients seem to have no internal ( Read more... )

As you may know, part of my job entails visiting the websites of international newspapers, so I get to read a lot of interesting news (when it's in English, of course).

Today I found this "Burning Issue" in The Scotsman. So, in this time of economic crisis, just what pressing issue is facing Scotland today?

Do Bagpipes Need to Be Modernized?Ha! ( Read more... )

Let me see if I get this right. The Republicans have now come up with a belittling term for the media's fact checking and occasional ability to catch politicians in a lie, contradiction, or statement that isn't in accordance with their previously stated policies?

I guess so.Maybe this isn't a Republican term; maybe it isn't even new, but I kind ( Read more... )

A few things today:

First, I decided to read John McCain’s account of his time as a POW, which was published in 1973. It somehow led me to look up the longest held American POW, which led me to this fellow, Floyd James Thompson. I’m sharing the link because that has to be one of the most depressing life stories I have read in a long time. It ( Read more... )

The electoral vote website continues to reassure, but...

McCain Maintains 5 Point Lead

What. The. Fuck?

This isn't even a convention bump, if you look at the dates, and it's terrifying. What is happening?

Also, I really need to update my icons. I have nothing to offer you politically so taking some adorable claymation instead.

I enjoyed this article by former Gawker editor Emily Gould, about how she “overshared” on her various blogs and made herself and the people around her feel exposed. It’s also about our need to blog and share about ourselves, which isn’t exactly a new topic but still a good read ( Read more... )

Holy crap! It's so random that I happened to look at The New York Times book review just now, as it's something I've only read a handful of times before, but what did I find ( Read more... )

A chain of retail stores in Britain has withdrawn the sale of beds named Lolita and designed for six-year-old girls after furious parents pointed out that the name was synonymous with sexually active pre-teens ( Read more... )