I don’t know why this is so interesting to me

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I saw this on CNN today, you can track obesity in the U.S. over time.

It is amazing how far we’ve come! 

1985: Look how skinny we were back in ’85! Although to be fair, the white states are “no data available” not 0%. 
1991: Michigan jumping right out there in ’91.  Still, everything pretty uniform across the U.S.
1995: Holy midwest!  It was like some sort of fat black hole!
1997: Apparently that fat black hole is centered in Indiana/Kentucky.
2001: You go Colorado!  Look, I’ve been down there to New Orleans and they have some good food.  So I can’t blame them.  Best steak I ever had in my life!
2004: Finally got Colorado.  I guess all the fatties migrated down south (except for you Michiganders!)

It is just amazing to me how we went from < 10% obese to > 25% obese in so many areas in less than 10 years.  Amazing! And the fact that there were so many places with so few obese people back in ’85 seems amazing to me too.  I’d like to see the same thing in other countries just as a frame of reference.

A Lolcat is you

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Your Score: Lion Warning Cat

61% Affectionate, 53% Excitable, 28% Hungry

You are the good Samaritan of the lolcat world. Protecting others from danger by shouting observations and guidance in cases of imminent threat, you believe in the well-being of everyone.

lol

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Obviously this is taken wildly out of context, but this picture of Prince Charles “inspecting” the troops made me laugh out loud!

Stuff

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Sara’s family is here right now, but they are currently attending Wicked.  We bought them tickets to thank them for all the help with the new house.  Spreading the Wicked love! 🙂

Just when I go and move away from Philly, someone in Delaware has to go and invent Bacon Flavored ice cream!

Okay, we just missed it this year, but mark your calendars for next year on July 12th…the 30th annual Mooning of Amtrack in California.  My favorite part is when they’re describing “night mooning” in which you have to shine a flashlight on yourself so the train can see!  Also, I warn you, if you look at the pictures it is kind of gross seeing butts squeezing through the links of a chain link fence!

Here’s a nice little PSA out of Maine.  No matter how many times you’ve seen someone on TV spray hairspray Mission Impossible style to see the security system lasers, that doesn’t work in real life.  Just ask these two girls.  And honestly, now that I have a security system myself, how did they think that was going to work?  It doesn’t use lasers!  Unless that was one hardcore tattoo parlor…

Finally, I will leave you with one of the most hilarious things I have read in a long time, courtesy Jeremy.  (Took me a long time to get this one up, but I didn’t forget!)  Check out one of the most hilarious museums I could ever imagine!  The comments are great.  Or if you prefer you can go through the Slashdot article. It would be hilarious to go there, but as Sara said, you would be obligated to donate $19 to science to balance the universe.

“They got you pegged” – Sara

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