I’m glad to see yesterday’s post is stirring some discussion in the comments section. It’s been a while since one of my “Top Ten” lists actually caused readers to feel one way (or another!). I guess I’m just happy that readers feel anything at all when they visit this page. Oh God, I’m so pathetic. I hate being an insignificant little blogger! Fuck!

• Here’s a sobering article from TIME Magazine called “Why Exercise Won’t Make You Thin.” Lucky for me I hiked Runyon Canyon this morning and came home to this article. Now I feel like a stupid asshole because I actually tried to better myself by climbing the stairs and running all the way down to the park entrance. Guess what? According to TIME, that shit doesn’t matter at all! Some researcher involved with LSU and metabolism says, “In general, for weight loss, exercise is pretty useless.” Well, fuck this, I don’t want to do it anymore. What’s the point in going out and working my body three days a week if I’m just going to get old and fat anyway? Exercise might burn calories, but duh, it stimulates hunger. So we eat more when we work out. That makes perfect sense. I often feel much hungrier on days when I exercise than on days I don’t. In fact, sometimes if I wake up early and go for a run or hike, I’ll fucking eat bacon and eggs for breakfast. Way to go, jackass. Way to ruin everything you’re working towards. Ugh. I can’t even get in shape properly. Thanks a lot, TIME. By the way, if you ever see me climbing or running at Runyon Canyon, don’t say hello. I hate you. [story]

• Cow gives birth to calf with two heads! See picture above! [story]

• CNN. CareerBuilder. The match made in journalistic heaven. This week they dynamic Internet news duo is tackling the subject of jobs poised for growth amidst this economic downturn of ours. Sweet. I’m looking for a new line of work. I could use a bigger paycheck. What are my options. Oh, “Home Stager.” That sounds…wait, what the fuck is a home stager? OH, it has to do with furniture and decoration. Yeah, I’m not a fag, cross that one off the list. What else is there? Health informatics technician; that job sounds interesting. No, nevermind, that’s just the person who takes an old medical file and enters it into a computer system. Sounds tedious. OH! Simulation developer. Yes please, that one sounds exciting! No…I don’t have a background in computer software engineering. Is that going to hurt my chances? Jesus Christ. Green jobs? No thanks. This list of potential jobs sucks. Career Counselor? What is that, a grown up guidance counselor? Note to self: Commit suicide before becoming a career counselor. [story]

• Ah, a list of the ten worst evolutionary designs. Among the items included are the sea mammal blowhole, the goliath bird-eating spider exoskeleton, the hyena clitoris, and the human stomach! Hmm…now that I think about it, this list reads like a menu from a small-town restaurant in Asia. Probably somewhere in Japan there is a restaurant that serves all these things, am I right Stephen? [story]

• Here’s another story, from Guardian UK, about how the four major labels are trying to compete with Apple by developing their own new digital album format. That’s odd, because I read last week in WIRED that Apple and the labels were working together on Project Cocktail, and now this week I’m reading that the labels are working together to compete against Cocktail with something called CMX. See, this is why all parties involved will fail. Actually, that’s not true — both projects will fail because nobody cares enough about paying to download full-length albums. The artwork is shitty, there’s no tangible object involved, and listening to MP3s is a mindless activity. There’s no connection between listener and format. There never will be. All those stupid dinosaurs at the labels refuse to learn their lesson and return to the formats (well, format…vinyl) that worked before. Dumbasses never learn. All these attempts will fail. Wait — here’s a funny joke: What’s the single worst evolutionary design ever? THIS ONE! HA! I’m so witty. [story]

• So much for a “pre-order”. My copy of MTV’s The State (the complete series) on DVD arrives from Amazon one month and one day after its official release. What a crock of shit.

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