Malingering’s World

But this time I got THIS in my inbox. They were photos! From someone I don’t know! The text said merely:

HAPPY?

But I’m no engineer.

But now you’re blocking the intersection. So why don’t you back up? Why do you sit there like a damn idiot?

What a night.

It’s a little odd to lose to the last place team and then celebrate with champagne, but whatever.

(There are more photos on Flickr, I’m too tired to post them here)

Any girl will tell you that.

But these are ridiculous. That has to hurt. And there is going to be button imprint on her FUPA for the next week.

He just wanted to show off all of his clothing. You know, in case a basketball game broke out at Disneyland, he’d be suited up.

My friend and I were looking at this yesterday. I just thought it was funny. While a low-carb diet may be detrimental to your performance, at least you’ll look and feel like an athlete!

Low-carbohydrate diets and performance.
Cook CM, Haub MD. Curr Sports Med Rep. 2007 Jul;6(4):225-9.
Athletes are continually searching for means to optimize their performance. Within the past 20 years, athletes and scientists have reported or observed that consuming a carbohydrate-restricted diet may improve performance. The original theories explaining the purported benefits centered on the fact that fat oxidation increases, thereby “sparing” muscle glycogen. More recent concepts that explain the plausibility of the ergogenicity of low-carbohydrate, or high-fat, diets on exercise performance pertain to an effect similar to altitude training. We and others have observed that although fat oxidation may be increased, the ability to maintain high-intensity exercise (above the lactate threshold) seems to be compromised or at least indifferent when compared with consumption of more carbohydrate. That said, clinical studies clearly demonstrate that ad libitum low-carbohydrate diets elicit greater decreases in body weight and fat than energy-equivalent low-fat diets, especially over a short duration. Thus, although low-carbohydrate and high-fat diets appear detrimental or indifferent relative to performance, they may be a faster means to achieve a more competitive body composition.

See. One in three women has sex on their first online date and no one’s using a condom. Sex is way too easy to come by these days. No one has to work for anything anymore. And apparently a condom is too much effort. Come on people. You can fuck who you want, but for the love of god, WRAP THAT SHIT UP.

*This post is not funny or amusing, so don’t pay to read it. I wouldn’t want you to waste your money.*

Here’s another diet comparison. We haven’t talked diet much lately, but I rather enjoy the diets that tell me I can eat all the unrestricted meat I want. I celebrated by eating a package of salami. You may think I’m joking, and that’s okay. But I’m not.

Two-Year Comparison of Three Popular Diets: Low-carbohydrate and Mediterranean diets are effective alternatives to traditional low-fat diets.

Although many weight-loss diets are touted as “the best” by their advocates, few high-quality comparative studies have been conducted. In this randomized trial, Israeli researchers compared three diets — a low-fat calorie-restricted diet based on American Heart Association guidelines, a moderate-fat calorie-restricted Mediterranean diet, and a low-carbohydrate non–calorie-restricted diet based on the Atkins diet — in 322 moderately obese adults (mean body-mass index, 31 kg/m2; 86% male). The trial was based at a workplace where lunch (the main meal), tailored to the three diets, was provided in the cafeteria and where study participants met frequently with dieticians.

At 2 years, mean weight loss was significantly greater in the low-carbohydrate and Mediterranean groups than in the low-fat group (4.7 kg and 4.4 kg vs. 2.9 kg). HDL cholesterol levels increased and LDL cholesterol levels remained similar in each group, but the ratio of total cholesterol to HDL cholesterol improved most in the low-carbohydrate group. Among 36 diabetic participants, fasting glucose improved most with the Mediterranean diet. Adherence rates at 2 years were 90%, 85%, and 78% in the low-fat, Mediterranean, and low-carbohydrate groups, respectively. Only 16% of participants withdrew from the trial.

Comment: The authors draw a reasonable conclusion from these results: Because low-carbohydrate and Mediterranean diets are effective alternatives to traditional low-fat diets, any of them can be offered and individualized depending on patient preferences and metabolic needs. This trial, given its relatively long duration and high adherence rate, is an important addition to the literature. However, the results have limited generalizability, because the study was workplace-based and quite labor-intensive.

Published in Journal Watch General Medicine July 29, 2008

There was a BBQFest in Santa Monica this weekend. It wasn’t all that impressive. It was crowded but without much quality peoplewatching, and the lines were horrendous. $10 to get in, $10 for each vendor, and an hour wait for most places. I waited in line for 20 minutes until one place announced they ran out of brisket. Another place announced they had brisket… and it would be ready in an hour and a half. Then Baby Blues ran out of mac and cheese. The cupcake stand ran out of cupcakes. And this was all in the first two hours of a six hour festival.

There was beer, if you were willing to wait in a two hour line or pay $50 for a VIP pass.

The cupcake stand was out of cupcakes by 2pm, but there was no shortage of muffins.

Would you like some pubes with your meat? Just asking.

Douchehat with doucheneck t-shirt settles down for some beer.

Anyway, I wasn’t impressed. For $26 and 2 hours of my life I ate 6 ribs, a scoop of mac and cheese, a brownie, and had a bottle of water. I could have just gone to Baby Blues and eaten myself silly for half the price and less time. Plus, the peoplewatching there is just as good. Remember this?