Another chunk of random trivia
I'm planning a new career - the growing field of abstinence training. Also includes an explanation of how sex is like mixing waffles and spaghetti. Barbara Ehrenreich's blog is very good, funny, angry, and informative. A nice piece on research that shows optimism doesn't help if you have cancer. Plus stuff about becoming a chimpanzee and getting pet insurance for your kids.
Exercise, or indeed moving, is bad for the planet!Food production is now so energy-intensive that more carbon is emitted providing a person with enough calories to walk to the shops than a car would emit over the same distance. The climate could benefit if people avoided exercise, ate less and became couch potatoes.
Actually it's a bit misleading, unless you get most of your calories from beefsteak, which is probably among the most energy-intensive foods to create.
Random anti-American fact. In the USA during World War I "A mental age of 8 was considered adequate for military service" (Source: Times book review on IQ testing).
Exercise, or indeed moving, is bad for the planet!Food production is now so energy-intensive that more carbon is emitted providing a person with enough calories to walk to the shops than a car would emit over the same distance. The climate could benefit if people avoided exercise, ate less and became couch potatoes.
Actually it's a bit misleading, unless you get most of your calories from beefsteak, which is probably among the most energy-intensive foods to create.
Random anti-American fact. In the USA during World War I "A mental age of 8 was considered adequate for military service" (Source: Times book review on IQ testing).