I Think Jackie's Rong

Simplified Spelling would get rid of a lot of inefficiency in our language. On the other hand, I'm for the metric system, too.

This is Not Surprising

Fat people not more jolly, says study. "The study of more than 9,000 adults found that mood and anxiety disorders including depression were about 25 per cent more common in the obese people studied than in the non-obese. Substance abuse was an exception obese people were about 25 per cent less likely to abuse drugs or alcohol than slimmer participants. The results appear in the July issue of Archives of General Psychiatry, being released on Monday. The lead author was Dr Gregory Simon, a researcher with Group Health Co-operative, large non-profit health plan in Seattle."

Monkey!

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originally uploaded by chintanamin.

Actually, it's an ape, not a monkey. This is one of the Barbary Apes, which live atop the rock of Gibraltar. They are the only wild apes in Europe. If you look closely, you can see the adult cradling an extremely young baby.

His name is Kaká

Like the sound they made on Arrested Development when they called Michael a chicken.

Damnit!

Metroblog: Atlanta reports that Steven Seagal's band, Thunderbox, has cancelled its Atlanta date. I would insert some wisecrack using some of his movie titles, but I am tired and am going home.

Admission

I'm a fan of ABC's How to Get the Guy reality show. It basically follows four attractive-but-not-stunning San Fransisco women through the trials and tribulations of dating. The women are supplied with coaches and opportunities to meet men. In return, their dates and attempts to "train" to pick up are filmed by ABC's cameras. The women are interesting enough, but the guys they meet during their speed dating trials are freakin' awesome.

I can't imagine a worse place than SF to be a single woman. A relative dearth of straight single men, I'd gather. Maybe they ought to go to Silicon Valley to find a nice FOBbish Indian guy or something.

Caption Fun...

Hi, I'm a Mac. And I'm a PC.....

I'm Going to Have to Start Reading

The National Journal. (Thanks to Eugene Volokh)

Too Small for Me

to be comfortable, but the new Audi TT is receiving positive reviews on introduction. British car rag AutoCar seems to really like it, calling it a credible challenger to Porsche's Boxster-based Cayman.

I admit it

I have teh fever.