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• Exit Through The Thrift Shop — Real-Life Banksy Street Art 

  Spinkter Permalink
  1:31 pm on 02/23/2012 | ARTS ( 1,607 )   

  Linda Radosinska has a photo project going that re-stages (in)famous Banksy images in real life. I’ve been on a Banksy jag lately, so I think this is great.

  Via http://banksystreetart.tumblr.com

  View Link [lindaradosinska.com]

• Texas Leads The Way For Same-Sex Couples with Children 

  Spinkter Permalink
  11:03 am on 06/29/2011  

  (Via the Daily Dish) Chart showing the 15 metros that have the largest percentage of same-sex couples raising children under 18 years of age.

  Texas comes out on top. Where are NYC, SF, and LA?

  View Link [theatlantic.com]

• Gary Taubes Posts His Lipid Profile 

  Spinkter Permalink
  7:54 pm on 04/19/2011  

  Either he’s a genetic freak, or there really is something to the low-carb-slash-paleo diet thing. Either way, the man is extremely healthy. The numbers don’t lie.

  View Link [garytaubes.com]

  Antinous / Moderator, and Spinkter are discussing. Toggle Comments

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    Antinous / Moderator 10:24 pm on 04/19/2011 Permalink | Log in to Reply

    As far as I know, I don’t get LDL size pattern results.

    I had one doctor who wanted to put me on statins. I got a new doctor.

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    Antinous / Moderator 8:11 pm on 04/19/2011 Permalink | Log in to Reply

    That’s not a particularly great profile.

    Mine:
    Total – 208
    LDL – 117
    HDL – 75
    Trig – 78

    His:
    Total – 204
    LDL – 116
    HDL – 68
    Trig – 64

    Optimal:
    Total – less than 200
    LDL – less than 100
    HDL – greater than 40
    Trig – less than 150

    In both cases, HDL is high and Triglycerides low (good), but LDL and total are higher than optimal, albeit not high-risk.

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    Spinkter 8:17 pm on 04/19/2011 Permalink | Log in to Reply

    The LDL size pattern is more important than total LDL numbers.

    His are pattern “A”, the good kind. What’s yours? Also, what are your triglycerides?

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    Spinkter 8:18 pm on 04/19/2011 Permalink | Log in to Reply

    Oops, sorry. There’s the triglycerides right there.

• 40 minute live performance of “Autobahn” in 1974 by Kraftwerk 

  Spinkter Permalink
  11:27 am on 03/05/2011  

  Not exactly destined for the front page, but this needs to be indexed somewhere for posterity. This is a youtube video of a recording of Kraftwerk performing “Autobahn” in Leverkusen, Germany on April 22, 1974.

  This recording predates the release of the Autobahn album (Nov. 1974), and is about as close as we’ll get to capturing the moment of transition of the band from its “old”, experimental Krautrock incarnation to the Kraftwerk that is now recognized as electronic music pioneers.

  The sound quality isn’t great, and it’s pretty raw and rambling. But still, a fascinating moment in pop music history.

  View Link [youtube.com]

• Kraftwerk Sings “BoingBoing” 

  Spinkter Permalink
  12:22 pm on 01/17/2011  

  While we’re on the subject of stylophones and Kraftwerk, here’s a video of Kraftwerk (sans stylophones) singing “BoingBoing” in 2003.

  View Link [youtube.com]

• Things Real People Don’t Say About Advertising 

  Spinkter Permalink
  1:02 pm on 01/13/2011  

  Snarky, crowd-sourced Tumblr commentary on inane advertising practices.

  View Link [tpdsaa.tumblr.com]

• A Different Kind of War 

  Spinkter Permalink
  10:22 am on 12/02/2010  

  Melissa Del Bosque wonders how journalists can convey just how seriously upside down things have become?

  View Link [texasobserver.org]