“I wish I could use hockey as a satirical metaphor for politics, but no one would let me, and I wouldn’t blame them.” (via Culture Desk: Cover Story: The Big Game : The New Yorker)
brit:
This is a fantastic infographic explaining how bad carbs can be for you. I’ve tried to explain this to many people in person, but a flowchart makes it so much easier. Thanks to Massive Health for designing it.
I wish someone had told me this when I was 18 years old.
Rick, I’m right there with you. About 6 weeks ago I started a food diary and had a friend who is a nutritionist take a look at it. “Too many calories from carbohydrates” was his observation, so I’ve been working with him to reduce my carbohydrate intake to less than 50 grams a day. So far, so good.
As the situation in the Strait of Hormuz gets more tense, I’m seeing a lot more mentions of the 2002 small craft naval war game this article also mentions. And while the outcome of that exercise demonstrated how vulnerable capital ships were at the time… it’s been a decade. Does this author honestly believe the US Navy hasn’t developed workable counters for those tactics, given the near certainty of a conflict this emerging?
Yanghui triangle/Pascal’s triangle/binomial coefficients
I don’t smoke cigars with any frequency. But when I do?
Second row, fourth column.
Wow.
I realized that something happened, sometime in the last 8 months. Since Dash was born, basically.
I look at these design and home style magazine photo spreads. White walls. Original oak table. Three or four beautifully handmade objects scattered around.
And I have a single thought.
“These people have never had children.”
This is how it starts, doesn’t it? Be fair. Just let me know now.
That feeling of terror where you @ reply your favorite author/filmmaker/cat blogger and they direct message you back, letting you know that 1) they now follow/have followed you and 2) you better step up your game.
