Stop! Don’t eat that arm!
I am a bona fide fact fiend. It doesn’t really matter what the fact is about, what category it falls in, the more trivial it is the more I love it. I can’t remember people’s names, I have no recall regarding the Pythagorean Theorem (or anything else vaguely useful), but tell me a bizarre fact and I will never forget it. So when this juicy tidbit came my way you can imagine my delight: Under extreme stress an octopus will eat its own arms. I had to read it twice...
Read MoreThe dangers of meal multi-tasking
This morning I woke up woefully late. In an attempt to save time I began wolfing down oatmeal while simultaneously trying to dry my hair. This resulted in me choking on my oatmeal. Not only highly unpleasant, but since I was alone in my hotel room when I began choking my immediate thought was, “Oh my God, I am going to die alone, half-naked and malnourished.” This horrific story illustrates a great point– the more you try to do at one time, the more likely things are to go...
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