People are ridiculous.

That is all.

Oh, ION, there was a terrifying piece on NPR this morning about how pertussis is BACK, baby. So if you have a lingering cough (even without whooping), please do go get it checked out.

I think it would be easier and simpler to just eat moderately, but I guess we don't do moderation in the US.

This. I mean, diabetes or not, I'm not giving up the occasional slice of birthday cake, for instance.

For me, too, I always feel like as soon I'm told I can't have a certain thing, it's all I think about, and all I want.

My Little Pony Kirk and Spock

The thing I notice about the paleo diet? They aren't eating a lot of insects, are they? I am pretty sure our cavemen ancestors dined on grubs and crickets a lot more than they did steak.

I have seen some Paleo folks advocating eating insects. I(n the US at least, I imagine we don't eat insects because EWW not because we don't think they're Paleo. There's one guy who strongly advocates people eating organ meats (which he insists on referring to as "offal"; it's not helping his case) and he's right, but people don't because we think of organs as EWW. Basically, most modern Paleo folks are looking for foods that they already like that are on the Paleo-Approved list.

No one's really arguing about meat, eggs, and vegetables (though some people eschew root vegetables), though, which makes Paleo essentially Atkins.

(Why is Spony green?)

Why not root vegetables, though, Zen?

Edited because rot vegetables are not the same as root vegetables.

(Why is Spony green?)

In the very early ST:TOS episodes, didn't they dye Spock a little green?

If it was really paleo, wouldn't these people also be getting a lot of exercise trying to hunt and gather their food?

115 years is a good run, right?

The world's oldest animal marriage looks set to have turtley ended after an incredible 115 years when the two Giant Turtles at an Austrian zoo refused to share their cage anymore.

Zoo management have called in animal experts to try and give the pair counselling - feeding them romantic good mood food and trying to get them to join in joint games - but so far without effect.

Zoo boss Helga Happ said: "We get the feeling they can't stand the sight of each other anymore."

Bibi and Poldi have been a pair since before anyone alive today can remember - they have been together at the Austrian zoo in Klagenfurt for 36 years and before that they lived at Basel zoo in Switzerland.

Zoo boss Helga added: "They are both 115 years old - they have been together since they were young and grew up together, eventually becoming a pair.

"But for no reason that anyone can discover they seem to have fallen out, they just can't stand each other."

Zoo staff realised the pair had fallen out after Bibi attacked her partner - biting off a chunk of his shell - and then carrying out several further attacks until he was moved to another enclosure.

Although they have no teeth Giant Turtles have a horn rimmed mouth and powerful jaws that are a potent weapon when they want to cause damage. Each of the 100 kilo animals has the ability to kill the other if they wanted.

Zoo staff have told the experts that nothing has changed in the pair's routine - but Bibi in particular wanted to have the cage to herself and be a single.

Helga added: "We have staff talking to and trying to engage the two in interacting, and we hope that they might find their harmony again.

"We were told that it's very rare that after so many years animals who are a pair will fall apart, but that's where we are. We hope though we can bring round a reconciliation."

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What *is* the connection between Paleo and Crossfit? Does one recommend the other?

I think there are just a lot of people who are into both. If you hang with one community, you're likely to hear a lot about the other. And most of the CrossFit people I know think sugar is the devil, so Paleo/Primal makes them happy.