A hatful of links
January 25th, 2010 by Aabra
* Lowering salt intake, even a little bit, could reduce heart disease, stroke and heart attacks as much as cutting out the smoking, obesity, and cholesterol. But I’m obese and a salt-shaking fiend!
* German mothers shock society by arranging daycare to go back to work.
* “Men now are increasingly likely to marry wives with more education and income than they have.”
* Yet another Playboy model dead before 50. I have just about had it with our porn-addicted society…
* Jay Leno, of all people, understood the real reason Top Gear USA was canceled:
“[Jay] thinks the show is going to lose the edge it has because it’ll bow to sponsors who don’t like having their cars criticized.” Wow!
* Uncanny Valley is pseudoscience, aw…
* 20 Science Fiction Books io9 Can’t Wait To Read in 2010 includes more time travel from Connie Willis, yay.
* 6 Logical Fallacies That Cost You Money Every Day could also be entitled, “Things Aabra yells at Matt about.”
* Onion: ‘How Bad For The Environment Can Throwing Away One Plastic Bottle Be?’ 30 Million People Wonder.
* Comments for the Gawker article How to Know When Gay Rumors Are True are hilarious:
“So, basically every man is gay as long as people wish it so. Unless they’re not.”
What’s the ruling ‘When a Guy Feels Kinda Bi-Curious Because of That Photo of Jake Gyllenhaal Even Though He’s Totally Straight As an Arrow’?”
“I’ve always known Jake Gyllenho is straight because he is a horrible actor so he wouldn’t be able to ‘act straight’ if he was gay.”
“That Prince of Persia is not doing Jake Gyllenhaal any favors. Jarhead hair: hotter than hell. Tina Fey’s hair: not.”
* Lowering salt intake, even a little bit, could reduce heart disease, stroke and heart attacks as much as cutting out the smoking, obesity, and cholesterol. But I’m obese and a salt-shaking fiend!
* German mothers shock society by arranging daycare to go back to work.
* “Men now are increasingly likely to marry wives with more education and income than they have.”
* Yet another Playboy model dead before 50. I have just about had it with our porn-addicted society…
* Jay Leno, of all people, understood the real reason Top Gear USA was canceled:
“[Jay] thinks the show is going to lose the edge it has because it’ll bow to sponsors who don’t like having their cars criticized.” Wow!
* Uncanny Valley is pseudoscience, aw…
* 20 Science Fiction Books io9 Can’t Wait To Read in 2010 includes more time travel from Connie Willis, yay.
* 6 Logical Fallacies That Cost You Money Every Day could also be entitled, “Things Aabra yells at Matt about.”
* Onion: ‘How Bad For The Environment Can Throwing Away One Plastic Bottle Be?’ 30 Million People Wonder.
* Comments for the Gawker article How to Know When Gay Rumors Are True are hilarious:
“So, basically every man is gay as long as people wish it so. Unless they’re not.”
What’s the ruling ‘When a Guy Feels Kinda Bi-Curious Because of That Photo of Jake Gyllenhaal Even Though He’s Totally Straight As an Arrow’?”
“I’ve always known Jake Gyllenho is straight because he is a horrible actor so he wouldn’t be able to ‘act straight’ if he was gay.”
“That Prince of Persia is not doing Jake Gyllenhaal any favors. Jarhead hair: hotter than hell. Tina Fey’s hair: not.”