Brown Motion

'In n Out' is a burger chain in America.  A burger is a meat patty so formed by using raw shredded or ground cow (usually) mixed with binding agents and spices.  This then is grilled or heated via some mechanism and presented betwixt two round buns with or without other accouterments like onion, tomato, lettuce and a sauce. The point of this is that the size of said food item has grown as the calories provided by it.  America you see has been growing.  In terms of every conceivable metric - from GDP to population to national debt to the size of its citizens.  The latter can be explained by another variable that has seen dramatic rise - Greed.  For anything. Everything. That includes food. Thusly the size of donuts and bagels and beef patties.  The carts used in the store to pick up these items.   Also larger.  The cars needed to haul this loot home - you guessed it - gargantuan.  The garages and the homes to house the loot and the l...

Why should the popular media have monopoly over fearmongering? Hence I too shall contribute to the sense of paranoia out there. Off late I have seen a growing trend among the health conscious to 'walk in reverse'. Not just spinning their arms and stretching whilst walking but actually walk in the opposite direction to where their eyes are pointing. (ridiculous definition # 1 - conscious - any ditz with the subjective awareness of the aspects of cognitive processing and the content of the mind - I wonder if anything walking on the street is processing anything other than getting through the day). The trend is pronounced in the Asian community surely due to some Yin yang in central China having propounded the belief that this is good for you .. (ridic def # 2 - Asian - people hailing from China, Mongolia, India and other island nations in the South Asian latitudes - too many to name). Now its catching on - More Indians too are falling prey to this ritual. I am no health...