Is it really the case that 56 percent of NFL players are obese? And why is this taken seriously by the AP? These folks probably know a bit better. BMI doesn’t scale well. It’s a simple height/weight formula that doesn’t even have the advantage of the arbitrariness of the old charts. I’m willing to admit that the BMI’s assessment of me may be pretty accurate, but that probably has more to do with the fact that I’m in the middle of the pack in height, am not an athlete, and sheer luck than anything else. (Actually, it can’t even be that accurate with me. In order to get to the middle of the normal weight range, I’d have to weigh what I did when I was fifteen and my ribs were sticking out. :) ) ...

Well, guess I’m never working for the state.

At least the name. I worked up the stairs from Nando Media for a few weeks during a stint with The News & Observer, and I used a content management system they had programmed in Perl. It’s too bad that the name is going away, given its evidence of the Raleigh newspaper’s pioneering role in online journalism, but I’m glad they aren’t getting rid of the company.

You are the fox. Saint Exupery’s ‘The Little Prince’ Quiz. brought to you by Quizilla Link courtesy of hipteacher

While I’ve often thought of becoming a dictator, I had no idea my blog could lead me to such power. Seriously, this is a bizarre article. The author goes from Paris Hilton’s cameraphone to Saparmurat Niyazov, “President for Life” of Turkmenistan, in the space of seven paragraphs. It’s as if someone tried to edit a rambling thesis down to one page. Link courtesy of Techdirt, which needs to brush up on its dictators, but otherwise makes a good point. :) ...

Apparently even the eels are freakishly dangerous Down Under. :) Link courtesy of Boing Boing

Recommended: Superman’s Fortress of Solitude by Rick Stoeckel Reading-Too-Much-Into-Things Comprehension by Geoff Haggerty A Letter Between Siblings Who Lived in the House Described in “Our House” by Madness by John Moe Highlights of the 2004-2005 NHL Season by Christopher Monks Extreme Ways to Break Your Arm by Rick Stoeckel

Written by Jim Emerson on Roger Ebert’s website (?), these rules for predicting Oscar winners do ring true. :) Link courtesy of Metafilter

Why do I suspect Dino Rossi wouldn’t have had a problem with felons voting in the Washington governor’s race if he had won that last recount? Apparently he does now, though. Here’s a previous entry on this subject.

Well, I’ve upgraded without breaking too much. :) As you can tell from the categories list, there are some differences in the way Strayhorn presents things that I’ve had to adjust in my CSS, and some differences I couldn’t fix. I’ll need to look at the subcategories issue a bit further. However, there wasn’t much damage done, and I’ve been thinking about a redesign for a little while anyway, so this might give me the excuse. ...