Rejoice, fatties! KFC has truly outdone itself and I would even venture to say ALL fast food joints with their newest creation, the Double Down. For some reason, it is only available in Nebraska and Rhode Island right now, so if you happen to reside in one of those states…ummm…lucky you?
I thought this was fake for two reasons. First, because it’s just so absurd. Secondly, because it’s on Fox News. But it’s real. My, my, they do some serious reporting over there!
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Yup, no denying it. This kid can park better than I can.
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People want a White House that isn’t stuffy and a president they can have a beer with, yet when the first lady dresses like a normal woman on vacation, the media screams “totes inappropes, Meesh!” Or something to that effect.
As you probably already heard, some people are hassling my girl Michelle for wearing shorts and showing her stems as she stepped off Air Force One. They call her shorts “short shorts” and “disrespectful” and BLAH BLAH BLAH. This issue really resonates with your Six Words bloggers, as both of us have been blessed with long femurs.
These are the shorts in question:
Ummm… they look fine to me. These are “short shorts”:
Not the same, are they?
Our lovely and stylish First Lady is model height. She’s 5’11. She’s going to have some lengthy gams. So really, her shorts aren’t that short, her legs are just really long. So lay off, you raging heightists!
Aren’t there bigger and better things to worry about anyway? You know, like making sure the Republicans stop lying about health care reform. Just a thought.
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This just in from the Department of Things that are Unsurprising: A new survey shows that the average U.S. gamer is overweight, 35 years old and depressed.
This study was conducted by the CDC in the Seattle-Tacoma area. CDC’s Dr. James B. Weaver said,
“Health risk factors, specifically a higher BMI and a larger number of poor mental-health days, differentiated adult video-game players from non-gamers,” he said. “Video game players also reported lower extraversion [sic], consistent with research on adolescents that linked video-game playing to a sedentary lifestyle and overweight status.”
Image from vortexgames.com
Does anyone else find this to be really disturbing?
Last weekend I was in Indianapolis for a wedding, which fell on the same weekend as Gen Con Indy– a gaming convention. Walking around, our high heels and party dresses were a stark contrast to the sea of gamer costumes: elves, pirates, warrior princesses. Not to go all Carrie from Sex and the City on you, but I couldn’t help but wonder–besides the costumes, what is it about gamers that really sets them apart from the rest of us?
While we non-gamers are surely not to blame for the natural chemical imbalances that lead to depression, what is our role in ostracizing gamers from mainstream society?
Perhaps we lack the imaginative spark they manage to hold on to, and we mock them for it. That being said, there must be another outlet for imagination and creativity besides a video game.
We all understand what it’s like to feel comfortable in a community of like-minded people. (My comfort zone is other political wonks and campaigners who, to some, may seem like weirdos. Unlike gamers, however, we tend to be painfully extroverted. It takes a certain kind of person to actually like knocking on doors and talking to strangers.) And if the study had said the average gamers were mostly happy and healthy, I would say “live and let live” and then make a crack about how they probably still live in their parents’ basement.
But that isn’t the case. We now have data pinpointing a distinct community of people who are depressed and unhealthy. Now we just need to figure out what to do and how to reach them.
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I don't know why I picked this picture. I actually HATE cats.
Leave it to Six Words to know that today is National Cupcake Day!
As a DC resident, I love a good yuppy, over-priced cupcake from a store that only makes cupcakes (Georgetown Cupcake, cough cough). I could write an ode to the cupcake, but it would probably end up with me talking about my thighs and then leaving work early to go to the gym a cupcake store. Instead, I’m going to let the masters at one of my favorite blogs, Cake Wrecks, do their magic. Click below for some hilarious pictures.
http://cakewrecks.blogspot.com/2009/08/national-cupcake-day.html
I hope you celebrate this very important day!
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I should have written about this yesterday, but I didn’t. So that’s that. When I first heard about it, I thought it was a joke. Former Congressman and Majority Leader Tom Delay is going to join the cast of “Dancing with the Stars”. Perhaps the title should be changed to “Dancing with the Fallen Stars”.
Do you all remember Tom “The Hammer” Delay? I’m a huge fan. No, really, I am. Do I disagree with pretty much all of his positions on the issues? You betcha. But I’m really a fan because he gave us one of the most classic and hilarious high profile mugshots EVER. Smile, Hammer!
Stop... Hammer time!
That smile really just lights up a room, doesn’t it? He looks thrilled.
In case you were wondering, he earned the nickname “The Hammer” because he was particularly fierce as the Majority Whip (the person who gets the party to all vote the same way) for the Republicans in 1995. He became the Majority Leader for the House of Reps in 2003. Then, all this stuff started happening. Perhaps there was a little violation of campaign finance laws, perhaps a little perjury. You know, no big deal. Well, actually, he was indicted, but it still hasn’t come to trial yet. Perhaps that will be part of his dramatic DWTS storyline?
So “The Hammer” will grace us with his dancing skillllllz. He says he and his wife love to dance, and his daughter is a professional dancer. When he was in Congress, Tommy was known for his outspoken opposition to the National Endowment for the Arts. Just throwing that out there.
He will be joined by a bunch of other regular people who were once famous. According to People:
The complete cast for Dancing Season Nine
Mya, singer
Melissa Joan Hart, actress
Michael Irvin, former Dallas Cowboy
Ashley Hamilton, actor, comedian, singer-songwriter
Aaron Carter, singer
Kathy Ireland, former supermodel-turned-businesswoman
Debi Mazar, actress
Natalie Coughlin, U.S. Olympic swimmer
Louie Vito, snowboarder
Chuck Liddell, ultimate fighting champ
Donny Osmond, singer
Tom DeLay, former Republican congressman
Macy Gray, singer
Joanna Krupa, model and actress
Mark Dacascos, Iron Chef personality
Kelly Osbourne, reality star
AARON CARTER?! I’m watching this every week. That is a completely serious statement. And just because I can, I’m going to leave you with the a video of my other favorite dancing Hammer:
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I don't know what bothers me more, the !!!! or the comic sans font. Whatever, TGIF.
It’s freaky Friday, y’all. While only one of these stories is really freaky, it’s so freaky that it dominates the non-freaky stories. Let’s just get to the point:
Have a wonderful weekend everybody! I hope your daily dose of weird was satisfying. More and longer posts next week, I promise. XOXO.
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If you don’t know about these already, I haven’t been doing my job. And for that, I am sorry. I find these to be HILARIOUS. Here is the seventh installment of Auto-Tune the News. Hopefully you find it half as funny as I do. Oh, and below is the sixth installment, which is by far my favorite (Sarah Palin makes an appearance). The rest can be viewed here!
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Have a case of the Mondays? Want to feel smart? Watch this video.
We all know that California has some problems, but this woman has found the answers to them all.
Kids, say thank you to SWTCTW reader Tim, who sent in this gem. Thanks, Tim!
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six words to change the world. 