A two year study of four types of weight-loss plans came to an inescapable conclusion: the best way to lose weight is to eat less food. Remarkable. I guess Michael Pollan was right all along!
Monthly Archive for February, 2009
Mon
Feb
23
2009
Watch out, web comments may be put into print! 2 cmts
Got this charming message in my inbox today:
I am the editor of the Forum section of the Justice, Brandeis University’s student newspaper. Thank you for your comment on the article “Brandeis hires PR firm to handle Rose media attention” on the Justice Web site. This is to inform you that your comment will be published in the form of a letter to the editor in our Feb. 24 issue.
They could maybe have asked me to publish it, rather than told me it would be published? No matter. The comment in question appears to be this one.
Fri
Feb
13
2009
A bit of Daytum 0 cmts
I’ve been playing with Daytum, a site that lets you easily record daily facts and statistics about your life. It is sort of hard to explain but a lot of fun to play with. Sadly I have hit the six panel limit. Datyum was created by Nicholas Felton, known for his incredibly beautiful and wonderful yearly reports, like this one.
Thu
Feb
12
2009
Most armchair security experts totally missed this aspect of the question over whether Obama would be allowed to keep a BlackBerry as President.
Mon
Feb
09
2009
Coraline 0 cmts
I don’t feel the need to write much, as I find myself agreeing completely with David Edelstein’s review for Fresh Air. Coraline is a brilliant piece of animation, beautifully presented, but I wish it could have maintained more aspects of the original story and had fewer additions. Some of them work quite well, especially the stunning new garden and theater visuals and the musical interlude, but others are unnecessary and distracting. My companions to the film, who have not read the book, found the convoluted search for ghost eyes distracting and formulaic, and I agree. These and other additions that detract from the story are regrettable, but the film is still both a visual treat and a great bit of storytelling.
Coraline is one of a rash of films that are beginning to come out in the modern “Real-D” digital circular-polarized 3D format, which is much more advanced than earlier techniques. The 3D here was subtle and well executed, but still bothered me. If 3D doesn’t give you headaches, see the film that way for an extra layer of fun. But if you think it’s going to lessen your enjoyment, best to just skip it.
Sun
Feb
08
2009
“24 I do not vnderstand all the Fvss over Currants. Sure, they are both sweet and Small, but must they bee added to EUERY FVCKING MEAL these days? Yestermonth, found I currants in a Tarte of Spinnedge. I meane come on, People. Seriovsly.”
I can’t imagine trying to fight a fire in 117°F heat. Yikes.
Sat
Feb
07
2009
Good that a court is finally asking that question. The details of the case in question are disturbing just because of the ages of the children involved, but there doesn’t seem to be much justification for charging a young boy with statutory rape and not charging the young girls with the same “crime,” since the encounters were consensual.
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