Finally saw Kung Fu Panda and…

I liked it.

I understand it did well in China, despite a boycott cum possible PR stunt by a Chinese designer.

I didn’t find many of its tropes tired. If anything, the Kung Fu stuff, the Chinese stuff, I thought was definitely in keeping with the Kung Fu Movie traditions and also some of it was quite [...]

Rage transforms to hope

I’ve always had trouble staying angry. At worst, I think, I’ve been angry for 2 hours-long. 2 hours. Some folks make it last a lifetime.

The Fallacy of Eating Leading to Obesity

The BBC on the recent University College London study on 5,000 twins (identical and fraternal) that demonstrates that “Obesity ‘may be largely genetic’”.

Additionally, Junkfood Science has a very well written summary of a seminal 1940’s study on starvation and physiological/psychological responses to starvation, as well as what happens when starvation is remedied and folks’ eating [...]

Television and fat acceptance?

Got this via my friends’ shared Google Reader items, who got it via a The Pretty Pear post.