The World of Harry Potter in Comic Form
Wednesday Jan 1 @ 12:00pmHarry Potter and the philosopher’s Stone
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows part 1
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows part 2
Wow.
Monday Jan 1 @ 12:00pmhow do you say “please talk to me more i crave your company” to someone without sounding like a creep
The American Paradox: People talk about the “French Paradox,” that the French can eat fatty, carby, delicious food and still stay skinny while health conscious, calorie counting Americans are the fattest people on earth. It seems not only improbable, but unjust. They love their food and stay skinny, we hate our food and get fat. Sometimes red wine or olive oil or some other miracle ingredient is held to account for this. But the thing is, this phenomenon is not so particularly French. Look to any country where meals and meal times are still largely governed by tradition and you’ll find the same thing: people make their food choices based on taste instead of health and somehow stay thin. Japan is often held up as another example. They also have miracle foods. But their miracle foods are completely different from the French miracle foods. And keep in mind that obesity rates in most places are closer to those of France and Japan than to ours. What do all these countries have in common? Not miracle foods. We’re the schmucks that believe in miracle foods. What they have in common is traditional structures around when and what and how you eat. The details may differ a little from country to country, but there is a surprising degree of overlap. Eating is social, not solitary. It occurs at set times, not all day long. There is a difference between ordinary, everyday foods and special festive treats.
No S Diet: No snacks, sweets, seconds, except on days that start with S.
Sunday Jan 1 @ 01:43pm
The faddists say, rather predictably, though with disturbingly little fellow feeling, that the current obesity epidemic is the result of the last fad; i.e., that we’re fat because of the low fat craze and now need a high fat craze to undo this (any guesses what the next fad is going to claim?). Here’s my question: do you really think the decisive factor was people wolfing down fat free (and don’t forget sugar free) cookies with a feeling of impunity? Sure people did this, to an extent. But they certainly also had plenty of super sized fatburgers to wash it all down. At least, it doesn’t seem that McDonalds (NYSE: MCD) and Krispy Kreme (NYSE: KKD) were particularly poor investments during this period. But I don’t want to say with the paranoids “it’s all the evil corporations’ fault!” In fact, I view both of these stances (fad vs. fad, corporate evil) as manifestations of the real problem: a catastrophic loss of belief in the idea of personal responsibility. People today are not merely irresponsible: they are anti-responsible. They view the idea that they are responsible for their condition as offensive. It seems ridiculous to them, beneath contempt. And it is precisely this attitude that has been doing them in on the diet front and so many others.
No S Diet: No snacks, sweets, seconds, except on days that start with S.
Sunday Jan 1 @ 01:26pm
