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Manolo on the utilikilt:

Yes, yes, the Manolo gets the idea. You are the unconventional, free-spirited, manly-dude, who wishes to show the world that you march to the beat of your own Iron John drum circle, even as you not-so-surreptitiously air your junk out in public.
However, the Manolo would like to point out that your self-conception is dramatically at odds with how the rest of the world sees you. As the Manolo’s internet friend, the Lori, put it, “What is it about utilikits that take all of the sexiness, majesty, and coolness out of the regular kilt?”
Exactly. In the other words…
Real Scottish kilt, worn properly = The Sexy.
Utilikilt, worn by you = The Dorky.

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On the other hand, the Scots in the Bannockburn parade can wear kilts: The just can't carry weapons.

 

More than 500 people took part in a march to save the hill that concealed Robert the Bruce's secret reserve at the Battle of Bannockburn Photo: Mike Day

Hmmm...wonder if the ban includes stainless steel gloves?

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via instapundit; 

WHAT’S MAKING CHINA FAT?

China’s urban areas are booming economically, but that trend is paralleled by another one with serious implications for public health: obesity rates have skyrocketed over the last generation. The number of Chinese people who are obese quintupled between 2005 and 2011, to nearly 100 million people. The World Health Organization estimates that 38.5 percent of the population was overweight in 2010, up from 25 percent in 2002. Male children from high-income families have an especially high rate of obesity.

we see the same problem here in the Philippines: but it is mainly in the middle class kids, not the farm kids. Is it fast food? Americanized diet? The fact that they don't walk to school anymore?

On the other hand, since Mao's famine in 1960 killed 40 million Chinese, so an obesity epidemic is probably an improvement...

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Gift item of the day: Bodyparts jewelry.

 heh. Looks like something my goth granddaughter would wear...

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Another gift item: Burritobot:

The burritobot is a 3-D printer that lets users fabricate a delicious bean burrito via an iPhone interface mechanism.

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and the scientific reason that daffodils cheer you up:

Professor Birgen Broden said the compounds from the South African (daffodils) were able to pass through the (blood-brain) barrier.