Wednesday, July 31, 2013

The Top 20 Things We No Longer Say


20. "Let's spend a relaxing, low-key weekend at the Jersey shore."

19. "It's a GREAT investment —- real estate always goes up!"

18. "I'm all giddy in anticipation for the Sears Christmas Catalog!"

17. "Would somebody please answer the damn phone?

16. "Mission accomplished!"

15. "I can't wait for that new M. Night Shyamalan movie."

14. "How come we've never seen any pictures of your cousin's stepsister's friend's baby?"

13. "Oh, boy! TV dinners tonight!"

12. "Famous people are boring —- why don't they do a show about talentless losers like me?"

11. "No dessert for me."

10. "It took me three days, but I might have just made the most rad mix tape EVER!"

 9. "Man, that Kathleen Turner is SMOKING hot!"

 8. "You can't go wrong with a Patriots tight end on your fantasy team."

 7. "I wonder what that actress looks like naked."

 6. "Work just paged me. Where's the nearest pay phone?"

 5. "A vampire movie? Nah, girls hate that stuff. Take her to a chick flick."

 4. "Man, I wish there were some way the entire world could see how incredibly *fabulous* I look in my underwear in this bathroom mirror reflection!"

 3. "Congress isn't that stupid."

 2. "How many am I allowed? Three? Okay, in that case, Mel Gibson, Tom Cruise, and OJ Simpson."


And the Number One Thing We No Longer Say...


1. "Could you imagine if *Grandma* hadd a huge dragon tattoo on her back?"


(Thanks, Chris!)

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 This day in History

Lead Story
Jimmy Hoffa disappears, 1975
American Revolution
Marquis de Lafayette becomes a major-general without pay, 1777
Automotive
"First Lady" of NASCAR Louise Smith born, 1916
Civil War
Union General George Thomas is born in Virginia, 1816
Cold War
Senator Robert A. Taft dies, 1953
Crime
Jimmy Hoffa vanishes, 1975
Disaster
Hurricane sinks Spanish treasure ships, 1715
General Interest
Ignatius of Loyola dies, 1556
Fugitive Vichy leader surrenders in Austria, 1945
Ranger 7 photographs moon, 1964
Hollywood
J.K. Rowling born, 1965
Literary
Daniel Defoe is put in the pillory, 1703
Music
Ahmet Ertegun is born in Istanbul, Turkey, 1923
Old West
Apache scout Martine dies, 1937
Presidential
Former President Andrew Johnson dies, 1875
Sports
Nolan Ryan wins 300th game, 1990
Vietnam War
Agreement on conduct of war, 1964
Hanoi claims that U.S. bombers have struck dikes, 1972
World War I
Third Battle of Ypres begins in Flanders, 1917
World War II
Goering orders Heydrich to prepare for the Final Solution, 1941
 
 
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Monday, July 29, 2013

Tricks For Eating Less

Author: Bonnie Liebman

  Here are some of the provocative findings about portion control from the research of Cornell University’s Brian Wansink:

•    Big servings. People who were given a big bucket of (stale) popcorn ate 34 percent more than people who got a smaller bucket.

•    Fancy names. Cafeteria sales jumped by 27 percent when foods were given descriptive names like “Succulent Italian Seafood Filet” (instead of “Seafood Filet”) or “Belgian Black Forest Cake” (instead of “Chocolate Cake”).

•    More variety, more calories. People ate about 40 percent more if they had a choice of candy that came in six different colors than if the candy came in four colors.

•    Plateware matters. When people were served a brownie on a Wedgwood china plate, they rated its taste higher than when the brownie was served on a paper plate or napkin.

•    Food on the table. Men ate about 29 percent more—and women about 10 percent more—if the serving dish was left on the table (rather than the counter).

•    Who sets the pace? People ate more when they sat at a table with someone who ate quickly than with someone who ate slowly.

•    How much did I eat? People ate fewer chicken wings if they could see the bones of the wings they’d already eaten than if the bones were whisked away.

•    Healthy restaurant? People who believed that Subway meals were healthy underestimated the calories in Subway meals more than they underestimated the calories in McDonald’s meals.

•    Health halo. If a bag of M&M’s or trail mix was labeled “low-fat,” people ate more than if the label didn’t say “low-fat.”

•    Exercise rewards. People ate more at dinner—and especially more dessert—after they went on a “scenic walk” than after they went on an (identical) “exercise” walk.

•    Cover up. Covering the clear window of an ice cream freezer with butcher paper led people to take 30 percent less ice cream from it.

Brian Wansink is the John S. Dyson Professor of Marketing in the Applied Economics and Management Department at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, where he directs the Food and Brand Lab. He was the executive director of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion from 2007 to 2009, and is the author of Mindless Eating–Why We Eat More Than We Think (Bantam-Dell, 2006) and the forthcoming Slim by Design: Mindless Eating Solutions for Everyday Life (William-Morrow, 2013).
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 This day in History
Lead Story
NASA created, 1958
American Revolution
French navy contacts Continentals, 1778
Automotive
General Motors buys Cadillac, 1909
Civil War
Confederate spy Belle Boyd is captured, 1862
Cold War
NASA established, 1958
Crime
Son of Sam terrorizes New York, 1976
Disaster
Rocket causes deadly fire on aircraft carrier, 1967
General Interest
Spanish Armada defeated, 1588
Tipperary Revolt ends in failure, 1848
Italian American assassinates Italian king, 1900
Prince Charles marries Lady Diana, 1981
Hollywood
Hollywood golden couple weds, 2000
Literary
Chang-Rae Lee's birthday, 1965
Music
The Doors score their first #1 hit with "Light My Fire", 1967
Old West
Escalante and Dominguez begin expedition, 1776
Presidential
President Eisenhower authorizes creation of NASA, 1958
Sports
Carl Lewis wins fourth consecutive long jump at 35, 1996
Vietnam War
101st Airborne Division arrives in Vietnam, 1965
Fire ravages U.S. carrier off Vietnam, 1967
Former U.S. Attorney General visits North Vietnam, 1972
World War I
Kaiser Wilhelm of Germany and Czar Nicholas of Russia exchange telegrams, 1914
World War II
Japanese sink the USS Indianapolis, 1945

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