You’re going to hear a number in this one-minute PSA – 26 – and you’re probably going to be shocked. Well, after yesterday it isn’t 26. It’s 27.
Just trying to be helpful
Right at the peak of Eating Season we’re not trying to be party poopers. Not at all. We’re simply offering the antidote to these selected food items. So please, eat whatever you wish, then consult this handy chart for the corresponding type and amount of exercise needed to undo the damage. Enjoy!
Today’s phat – I mean fat – issue
Yes, here is today’s issue in all its full-color glory, chock full of information that encourages healthier living, and yet is a low 2.7 on the I.N.S. (International Nagging Scale). One feature of note among the dozens: the print version has the incorrect solution to the Quotation Puzzle. This digital version corrects that mistake, and we would add our apologies …
Art revisited
According to this, Norman Rockwell would have had a much easier painting if he had just waited until 2013. One minor detail: he died in 1978.
50 years ago
Everyone of a certain age and above is playing eyelid movies today, replaying the events in their lives 50 years ago today. Like the Challenger explosion or September 11, it’s the kind of event that permanently etches itself into your memory banks. This creative compilation of sound clips and images put together by Steinski is old newsreels done video style.
Extra! Extra! Read all about it!
Hear the sound of that squeaky Schwinn pedaling away? That means your morning paper has arrived, you Most Salubrious Newspaper. In this issue, we ask, “Have we unleashed another Jonestown massacre – every day?” And while we’re on that subject, “As long as the Kool Aid is laced with cyanide, does it really matter what flavor it is?” That being …
Can’t Wait ’til Thursday!
We usually post a music video here on Thursdays, but this one is too good to wait. Check out this surgical team just before performing a double mastectomy on the star dancer.
I like this
Faith in humanity restored! by omerfarooq123
got NHS?
Have you ever lived – or are you currently living – in England? The Medical Examiner would like to talk to you about your experiences with NHS, the UK’s National Health Service, the oldest and largest system of universal healthcare in the world. Founded in 1948, it’s based on three core principles: • That it meet the needs of everyone …