I gotta say, that is a super catchy name for a bill. If I didn’t know that they were complete idiots misrepresenting a medical procedure to further their own sociopathic gains, I would totally be behind it.

We should split out work loads ad even things out. I miss being around. I still read, just comment less. True story: I read mrs piggle wiggle to my (infant) nephew last weekend and thought of you.

Biting off way more than I can chew professionally and flailing around trying to keep up. You?

Start working on the time travel script immediately

grandpa?

I tip my hat to you.

TOO SOON.

No one said she shouldn’t have apologized. The point is that she did — multiple times, including in this article. So asking repeatedly if she will ever apologize makes you look like not only a dick but an out an out idiot with no reading comprehension.

Dude it was a significant fuck up but you just look like an idiot pretending she didn’t apologize multiple times.

LOVE THIS.

This study did look at teens as well and found similar results. The full text is here and there are more details in the linked WaPo article.

The relative ease is something that a lot of people with the time, money, and inclination to cook seem to forget in all this. When you've worked a 12 hour shift and just want to get home to your kids, swinging by and picking up mcdonalds or a box of mac n cheese is always easier and guaranteed not to cause a fight. …

Teach you to make an important and insightful comment with a slightly misleading half sentence.

Very hard. That's why programs like the healthy bodega initiative in NYC and others established to combat food deserts have so much difficulty gaining traction against the obesity epidemic. It's also not just about availability, it's about time commitment and education and ease of preparation.

Yeah, I noticed that it was legitimately confusing wording which is why I went with the polite correction instead of the "becauseoftheimplication is right shut up go away." This is basically a PR move and will likely accomplish nothing in the neighborhoods of greatest need. It's enraging.

They absolutely should not. But taxing the food does nothing to correct that fact or the problems that led to the current state of nutrition in this world.

It's popular because it's inexpensive (and easy and tasty). It's being taxed because it's unhealthy.

kids like that will rule us all someday.

Was it? Sometimes I do worry that my life is The Truman Show, but the Brady Bunch was a few decades too early to be based on me.

A kid who was late to my class once said that he was helping someone out of a burning building. I laughed and told him to take a seat. You have to begrudgingly admire someone with the chutzpah to try to pull off such a dumb and blatantly made up excuse.