All the water in the sea

Chop chop

2011-02-10T20:41:59Z

I probably don't need to post anything, since I just did a clean-up of communities and personal accounts that seem to be inactive, but if I cut you off unintentionally, please let me know!

Illustrated BMI categories

2010-04-20T16:45:48Z

BMI (body mass index) was developed in the mid-1800's as a shorthand way to determine whether someone was in a healthy weight range. BMI does not factor in the bulk of your skeleton (big-boned vs. small-boned or framed) or your muscle vs. fat ratio.

I began to suspect it was a bit of bunk when a man who was 6'2" and shy of 200 lbs told me he was overweight, according to his BMI. We're talking about a large, heavily muscled guy here. I began to further wonder what it was all about when a friend of mine who is an avid runner and regularly competes in half-marathons was told by her doctor that she is "ten pounds overweight."

And how about me? Well, I am 5'6" and about 160 lbs, give or take (I don't own a scale). I generally wear a U.S. size 12 in pants, and about a size 8 in shirts. I'm in reasonably good shape. I can do 3 sets of 10 full-on (not on my knees) push-ups, can walk for miles and up many sets of staircases without getting winded. According to my BMI (31), I am not only overweight, but obese. For reference, this woman, with a BMI of 27.4, is overweight, but not obese.

All this speculation led me to the suspicion that the American populace is quite possibly not as overweight/obese as statistics tend to show. Then I came across this flickr entry of illustrated BMI categories. I think the pictures speak for themselves.

Edited to replace temporary Fitness Amateur of the Week link with permanent one.

YES. \m/

2010-04-09T01:18:58Z

From the rekrek board - a cover of "No One Knows" in trippy surfer-rockabilly style:

This officially kicks ass. Also, any video with wacked out guy-on-guy handstand action gets 5 stars.

Origin of Logic

2009-09-22T22:36:29Z

Normally my public posts are reserved for awesome music, but I may have to start reserving a special spot for beautiful logic as well (via devilc):

Well, yum.

2009-09-21T21:44:39Z

Dean Fertita's new solo(?) project, hello=fire:

Insert a little beauty in your day.

Beautiful.

2008-12-02T22:13:58Z

The Raconteur's bluegrass version of "Old Enough," with Ricky Skaggs (country music old-timer) and Ashley ~~Moore~~ Monroe (oops!) (who I've never heard of, but has a very sweet voice). Some parts are a little bit rough -- my main complaint is that they *really* should have turned up Ricky Skaggs's mic because you can't hear his melody line over Jack White singing harmony -- but there is an amazing harmony bit in the middle that makes it all worthwhile.