SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY - Diet Of Defeat: Why Football Fans Mourn With High-Fat Food

Backing a losing NFL team isn't just bad for your pride.

It's bad for your waistline.

A study that links sports outcomes with the eating behavior of fans finds that backers of NFL teams eat more food and fattier food the day after a loss. Backers of winning teams, by contrast, eat lighter food, and in moderation.

After a defeat, the researchers found that saturated fat consumption went up by 16 percent, while after a victory it decreased by 9 percent. "After a victory, people eat better," says Pierre Chandon, a professor of marketing at the business school INSEAD in France. "After a defeat, people eat a lot worse."

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2013/09/20/224148230/diet-of-defeat-why-football-fans-mourn-with-high-fat-food

MY LIFE: Yeah, what the f*** does your family do?

CULTURE/SOCIETY:OlderMusicGeek's Parent's Guide To Stress Relief

This is from, and is NOT some reprinted material. - OlderMusicGeek

At my work, we were given a form on how to deal with stress. I said as parents, some of us knew how to deal with stress. So with my help of a couple of my co-workers, I present OlderMusicGeek's Parent's Guide To Stress Relief.

If the other person is stressed -
- Get over it!
- Deal!
- Cope!
- Wah wah wah oh boo hoo hoo!
- Suck it up, nancy boy!
- You want something to cry about?!
- You know what will take your mind off that? housework!
- Well maybe if you didn't (fill in the blank), it never would have happened!
- If you would (fill in the blank) like i told you, that never would have happened!
- If you'd act more like (fill in the blank), you wouldn't have these problems!
- Maybe if you'd learn to act like a human being...?
- Maybe if you didn't act like a complete maniac...?

Or if you want take a more sympathetic route -
- You think that's bad, you should hear what happened to me when i was your age!

If you're the one who's stressed -
- You know it looks like a good day to play outside. I don't care if the wind chill is negative, bundle up!
- You haven't played with so-and-so in a long time.
- I'll get to that soon as I'm down with this important work on the computer. I don't care if it looks like such-and-such a game.
- This can't wait until my nap is over. So what? I sleep with the tv on!

HUMOR: An Exchange of Emails at Work about Having a Good Night

Here's another exchange of emails from my work. - OlderMusicGeek.

My supervisor to my department:
Please do not submit your production sheets until you are getting ready to walk out the door. This should be the last thing you do before clocking out at the end of the day.

-Complete production sheet
-E-mail production sheet
-Sign into webclock and clock out
-Go home and have a good night.

Please don't submit your production sheets early. Let me know if you have any questions.

Thanks.

Me to my supervisor:
Will we get in trouble if we don't have a good night? :)

My Supervisor to me:
Maybe.

Me to my supervisor:
Boy, I better talk to my daughter about her behavior then. :)

Me to Ex-Marine Co-Worker:
Do you think we will get in trouble if we do NOT have a good night?

Ex-Marine Co-Worker to me:
I'm not sure. Do we get a raise for an excellent night?

Me to Ex-Marine Co-Worker:
I don't think we better take these inquiries any further - could get us in trouble!

Me to Ex-Marine Co-Worker:
You know, now that I think about it - I don't think it's any of work's business what kind of night I have. ( lol - "work's business" - I made a pun!) If I want to have a lousy night at my own home, I should be able to!

I later stopped by my co-worker's desk and said, "This is just work interfering in my personal life too much! If I want to have a miserable night, I should be allowed to! I'm off the clock!"

To which he responded, "Give it up, Dan! Give it up!"