The Crikey team really likes rainbows and puppies. And these stories:
Calories make a comeback. Forget Atkins, it’s time to dust off your calorie booklets again. Counting the joules is apparently still the sanest way to lose weight, says The New York Times: “For the last few decades, the most popular diets were complex formulas that promised abundant eating with just the right combinations of fat, protein and carbohydrates. Now those regimens are starting to look like exotic mortgages and other risky financing instruments. And just like a reliable savings account, good old calorie counting is coming back into fashion.”
Why debt is good. Virginia Postrel defends the credit card in The Atlantic.
Clone your dead pet (but beware the price tag!). In May 2008, biotech firm, BioArts International, announced that it will be offering five pet owners a “chance to genetically Xerox their canine companions” for resurrection later on, according to Reason magazine. “Aspiring clone owners would participate in a series of online auctions, and the bidding would start at $100,000.”
The sexualisation of Halloween. There’s increasing alarm over what kids are wearing to trick or treat. New York Mag’s Sharon Clott is disturbed by the fact that there’s “seduction everywhere you turn: Upstairs Maid (a gussied-up French-maid outfit — that takes it upstairs), Platinum Girl With Boots (all silver outfit with crop top, miniskirt, and over-the-knee boots), and, perhaps the most disturbing, Hottie Totties (which includes a black and red lace-up bodice).”
Anatomical ivory. Pics of a fascinacting and beautiful ivory mannikin used for instructing medical students on (pregnant) female anatomy, circa 1500-1700 from Morbid Anatomy.
