These are amazing.

ohstephyy:

rebeccaroberson:

<3

God damn. 

I think this removes Jim Carrey’s creepiness.

*NSYNC~ I Thought She Knew~ (a cappella) (by babygurl59033)

I’ve been listening to this song for the past hour trying to figure out the chords. Good thing it’s an incredible song.

jtotheizzoe:

Obesity in the U.S. is simply out of control. There are many factors behind it, from food sources to education to marketing to culture to genetics … and that’s just the tip of the iceberg. I mean, there’s a whole blog dedicated to obesity research analysis.

Using a computer simulation model of the rise of obesity in the U.S., a team from Columbia and Oxford Universities projected the following changes by just 2030:

• Obesity prevalence among men would rise from 32% in 2008 to approximately 50% and from 35% to between 45% and 52% among women.
• 7.8 million extra cases of diabetes 
• 6.8 million more cases of coronary heart disease and stroke 
• 539,000 additional cases of cancer Annual spending on obesity-related diseases would rise by 13-16%, leading to 2.6% increase in national health spending. 
• Total medical costs associated with treatment of these preventable diseases are estimated to increase by $48-66 billion/year.

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There are currently 99 million obese individuals in the U.S and 15 million in the U.K. The distribution of obesity is somewhat different in the two nations. In the U.S. about one-quarter of all men are obese regardless of ethnicity. Almost half of black American women (46%) are obese, compared with a third of Hispanic women and 30% of white women

I don’t have anything to say here, no genius idea of how to change it … but this is (for the most part) a preventable national health emergency. Are we really using our time well to bicker about $1 million in NPR funding when we could be doing something to prevent almost $50 billion in health care costs for the “new obese”? 

Look at those numbers.

There are 3 Canada’s worth of obese people in the US.

(Source: jtotheizzoe)

He’s my friend. One of my best friends. He’s a musician, like me. We go to school every day together. We’ve known each other since grade 7.

He is outspoken. He has strong opinions. He’s one of the smartest people I know. He is just a little bit crazy. Sometimes he says crazy or stupid or hilarious things. And he does this enough for me to want to start documenting it. So I present to you, Paul.

I’ve been meaning to start at least #shitPaulsays as a hashtag. If it gets serious, I’ll make a twitter feed.