Word! I'm going to name my next corgi "Shop Vac."

Exactly. +11BUMP.

Skin ... I think I saw it for $7 per square inch at JoAnn Fabrics.

Word on bodyrock.tv. It has been taken over by morons. Fortunately, the older exercises are still on that site, and I am delighted to see [simplefit.org] downthread.

You know, he might have a point. The sight of his vapid face makes me want to throw all my flower vases at the walls of my kitchen.

Except that so many of these lines have trees on one side and nothing on the other side. Rivers would have trees on both sides. I'm guessing some sort of vegetation zone, but I wish they would tell us.

0. BARIATRIC SURGERY. Let's take away most of your stomach! You'll have to scarf vitamins and your shit will be weird the rest of your life, but hey ... you'll look normal on the outside.

Take a puff or two BEFORE exercising. I have asthma, and that's what my doc told me to do. It works very well for me!

In "practice", timbre has everything to do with the kind of instrument. A flute's timbre sounds different from an oboe because in a flute, the air is only passing through holes, whereas on an oboe, air is mediated by a reed, causing it to vibrate, before the air passes through holes. A cello can play the exact same…

All internet memes are hereby ruined for me. I will compulsively be pasting Putin into each one. Not even the Tina Fey/Alice meme survives:

The absolute best, most detailed tutorial on squatting I have found:

I eat chocolate first thing in the morning, kinda like a vitamin. I break off a "row" of the squares of a chocolate bar. I started doing this just because I COULD and it's DELICIOUS, but I think it keeps me from binging on other stuff too.

My biggest worry is that all e-readers will eventually be pressured into backlighting their screens, adding resolution, so as to give them more "features." Normally I think putting multiple functions on one device is great, but NOT for e-readers. Keep e-readers single-purpose. I will not read my books on a backlit…

This. I like having options for reading. A Kindle saves a lot of space!

Ooh, maybe this is like reading tea leaves in a teacup! What does it mean that my poop is often "L" shaped? Like, with a corner/right angle? It's like my colon has a permanent kink in it. Even a daily fiber supplement hasn't softened the curve.

People downthread have said that it doesn't look like a comfortable dress, but I suggest that it's possible that she IS comfortable. I know that most musicians conform to the standards of "conservative" concert attire (or costumes, in the case of opera singers) and become comfortable in it by necessity. But in the…

This article from the New Yorker was a fascinating survey of the history of delivery practices: [www.newyorker.com]

YES. I wish I had read this, because I just said the exact same thing (Clive Owen) upstream.

He looks like a young Clive Owen.

Last year, I was driving along I-80 and a momma duck was trying to lead her ducklings across 70 mph traffic. Not such a happy ending. Cars were trying to stop, but too late, because you couldn't see the ducks until you were practically on top of them. A woman had actually pulled over to the shoulder and was standing…