Just gut the mother fucker

Paul Mason, once the world's fattest man, suing NHS for not helping him sufficiently with obesity

And what's up with his thighs?

Is conservation of matter so difficult to comprehend?

How deep is his belly button?

What funny tattoos could he get? How about Pinocchio's whale on his belly, with P inside?

Yes, I've had 5 beers and some vodka.

Cheers,

Your designer baby?

If you could design the physical phenotype of your child in perfect detail what characteristics would you most want to:
change?
retain?

I would make my kids taller (I'm average at 5' 10")

I would like my kid to have symmetrical nostrils (Mine are different sizes.)

I would like my kid to develop earlier (I went through puberty 3 years late.  I should discuss in another post.)

What to retain is tougher.  I'm pretty good in many ways but am in no way perfect.  If one makes their offspring perfect, then does any of them remain?  If little to none of one's DNA remains, what is the evolutionary incentive to reproduce?

I had not thought about the possibility that people have another vector on which to determine their genetic persistence, how much and which DNA does one want to persist and at what probabilistic reproductive cost to the other DNA of theirs?

How does an individual value DNA persistence?   Is each allele valued equally?  The ability for one to be recognized as offspring?  And recognized by which scent?  Or which characteristics?

Help?

Global warming in Miami Beach

Monthly Averages for Miami Beach, FL (33139) - weather.com

No claim of scientific rigor here, but the pattern of high temperatures hardly causes me alarm. Despite my bed's location of hardly 5 feet above sea level I'm not scared. And, yes I know the melting ice caps are not in Miami. But the point stands. Miami beach hardly shows an inexorable warming trend. I wish it were warmer now. 67 is a might bit chilly for my tender bottom.

Follow the money...Retracted autism study an 'elaborate fraud

Retracted autism study an 'elaborate fraud,' British journal finds - CNN.com

How timely.

People say what they are paid to say.

Never take a salesman at his word.

Most people are selling you something, so don't trust them.

Cynical? Yes.

Wrong? No.

If you disagree, then go work in a sales oriented business and let me know in a few months what you think.

One of our competitors is currently telling others that their product is cheaper because their investment platform fee is lower, but our platform fee includes commissions etc. They charge an additional 44% for commissions making ours about 23% cheaper when comparing apples to apples. We will un-bundle fees so that their lies are transparent even to those who cannot add.

Not sure how to respond other than "Sooooo SoBe"

You Can't Get Into Miami's Latest Model Hot Spot - Miami News - Riptide 2.0

What is the business model? (pun intended)

Hope that dudes hang at the bar hoping to pounce on vacating beauties?

On the slave trade

New revelations about slaves and slave trade - CNN.com

The article is a bit interesting though not surprising. The comments are shocking. I guess anything regarding slavery brings out the philosophically eccentric (AKA crazies).

The first: ahmad18ny

all educated people love white people and all that they did for the world. it's the self hating whites, low life bigots, and the flat out racist people that have bad things to say about whites.

FYI, I am white, educated, feel fortunate for being white, am not a bigot (black live-in girl friend/best man at black friends wedding etc. other friend of many backgrounds), yet I have plenty of bad things to say about whites. Most of those things apply to most races though. People typically suck regardless of color. Get over it. Extremists of all tend to be the most annoying and dangerous though. Stay humble and keep asking your self the tough questions. Under what conditions tends to work well.

Why can''t we all just get along? and Muhammad tattoo contest!

Roses for Pakistan governor's alleged killer | Top AP Stories | Chron.com - Houston Chronicle

Isn't life a little too short and insignificant to worry about what someone says, let alone kill them for it?

Lighten up my brothers.

As of this moment, I am launching a Muhammad tattoo competition.

Prize $100 minimum. If I happen to be rich by that time or the winner give me great pleasure I'll increase the bounty at my own discretion.

Entry deadline is August 29, 2011, the final day of Ramadan.

Payment will be made via paypal.com within a week of determining the entry deadline.

Links to entries should be added to the comments. Entries will be judged according to how much pleasure I receive from them. Image quality, creativity, and placement are all likely to play significant roles.

Good luck!