why do you think i smile all the time?*
the advocate picked the gayest cities in america. the winner is, wait for it….the ATL (or hotlanta as they like to call it). the atl was followed by burlington vt, iowa city, bloomington, in, madison, wis, new orleans, la, fort lauderdale, fla, portland, me, austin, tx, seattle, wa, gainsville, fla, ashville, nc, springfield, [...]
lunchtime brain teaser: what is this?
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are we there yet?
this week at work is probably the longest and most depressing (even worse than the week after labor day). here a few things to keep you excited.
here are the days until:
spring (march 20th): 74
mlb’s opening day (april 5th): 91
memorial day (may 31st): 147
anderson cooper’s birthday (june 3): 150
summer (june 21st): 167
and the days since:
180 has [...]
tiger has an out: blame it on the kids
the university of denver just produced results from an 8 year study of married couples and found that “kids curb marital satisfaction.” the study of 218 couples showed that the ones with kids experienced a 90% decrease in marital satisfaction. it goes on to say that while couples without kids experience a decline in [...]
‘dick’ isn’t a great name in english
a recent story profiled a company in the uk that, for close to $1,700 bones, will do research on baby names to make sure that a name isn’t offensive or weird in other languages. for the fee, “the company’s linguists will carry out a ‘basic name translation audit’ of names, checking their meaning in [...]
ladies (and gentleman), feel your boobies
it will probably save your life. a new recommendation came out from the u.s. preventative task force says that women don’t need regular mammograms until the age of 50 (the previous recommendation was age 40) and that self-exams don’t do much good either. the task force recommends that instead, women talk with their doctors about [...]
healthy and good for you, bla, bla, bla
the british journal of psychiatry confirmed again that um, food that’s good for you is better than food that’s bad for you. the research showed that people that eat a mediterranean diet–those full of fruit, vegetables, cereals and olive oil–were less likely (by 30%) to get depressed than people who eat the high fat, high [...]
