In ancient Rome, Romans did not build rooms called vomitoria in which to purge themselves after a meal. Vomitoria were the entranceways through which crowds entered and exited a stadium.
“I get into my most expensive machine… It allows me to sit in a comfortable chair, sealed from the elements, while it propels me at incredible speeds. Just like my home, I can make it any temperature I wish inside. I don’t have to exert any real effort to make the thing go. I use my hands and my toes to control it.”
In the wake of the attack, the 22-year-old Loughner has been called everything from “crazed” to “unhinged.” What he’s not been called, however, at least by the media, is a terrorist.
And, as a follow up: The Real Life Superheroes Registry.
Who wants to start a dead pool?
Bluntly titled, “Do Alcohol Consumers Exercise More?” it answers its own query with a resounding if counterintuitive yes. In fact, the data show, the more people drink, the more they exercise. The study, based on replies from an annual telephone survey of hundreds of thousands of American adults about their health habits, found that “drinking is associated with a 10.1 percentage point increase in the probability of exercising vigorously,” the authors write. More specifically, “heavy drinkers exercise about 10 more minutes per week than current moderate drinkers and about 20 more minutes per week than current abstainers.” Meanwhile, the authors continue, “an extra episode of binge drinking increases the number of minutes of total and vigorous physical activity per week for both women and men.”
Exercisers drink more. [I resemble that remark.]
It’s easy to see Zuckerberg being attracted to the idea of living like, say, Mike Bloomberg, running a multi-billion-dollar company exactly how he wants, without constantly being second-guessed. And remembering too the cautionary tale of Apple, where the founder, Steve Jobs, was forced out by angry shareholders when the stock failed to perform.
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