I saw that new Nicholas Sparks movie last night after drooling over the trailer for about a month. If you’re unaware of it, it’s called, “The Lucky One,” and it features a beefy Zac Efron as the world’s most perfect man. (I, too, wonder where all his muscles came from.)
While watching the…
A new survey of New Jersey voters comes to a provocative conclusion: Fox News viewers tend to be less informed about current events than those who don’t watch any news at all.
Fairleigh Dickinson University recently questioned 612 adults in New Jersey about how they get their news, offering as options traditional outlets like newspapers and local and national television news, or blogs, websites and even Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show.”
They then asked a series of factual questions about the major events of the last year, from the “Arab Spring” to the Republican race for president.
For example, respondents were first asked whether, to the best of their knowledge, opposition groups in Egypt had been successful in bringing down the Mubarak regime.
Among NPR listeners, 68% correctly said they had been; only 49% of Fox News viewers answered correctly. In fact, the survey found, Fox viewers were 18 percentage points less likely to answer correctly than those who watched no news at all.
(Source: reallyfoxnews)
Now there is some math I can actually do.
Eleven days until the anniversary of my birth.
According to last year’s birthday cake (and candles), I only turned twenty-four. Thus according to the well-known and long-standing Law of Cake, this year I will turn twenty-five.
According to actual people laws (i.e. laws not made up by myself, Lewis Carroll or J. M. Barrie), I will be turning twenty-five + two (I cannot bring myself to type the actual number or my eyes will start to bleed).
Behold! FIVE once trivial, but now LEGITIMATE concerns:
1. Sleep style- sleeping on your stomach can cause/exacerbate wrinkles, and is bad for breast health (can I get a droop, droop!)
2. Ovarian, cervical, breast, etc. cancer scares.
3. Cholesterol. I don’t consume many things containing the stuff, but high cholesterol runs in my family, so…
4. Osteoporosis. I routinely forget to take my calcium supplement… and my iron supplement (hence the chronic anemia)… my flax oil omega-3 supplement… etc. They live together in a lovely wicker basket, under my bed. It really is a very nice basket.
5. Aneurysms. This shouldn’t really count as one could have an aneurysm burst at any age, but I have included it as it is a constant fear and age is a factor.
So, what can be done?
I slather anti-aging creams on my face and wear SPF 50 sunscreen daily and try to remember to floss… I use the portable elliptical under my desk at work…
Whoops, time to watch the Republican Debate (memory loss). One more thing to worry about? Blood pressure.
