I’ve been learning salsa recently. I’m still pretty awkward, but I have a lot of fun. The other night I had a blinding flash of the obvious. The man must lead. No, I mean, the man really MUST lead. That’s the whole point of the dance.

A man can be a terrible dancer and cause the couple to trip over each others shoes, and the woman will laugh about it and keep dancing. A woman, however, has little tolerance for any partner who will not confidently lead her.

Any two items from this store prominantly displayed in a man’s living room will ensure that he will never, ever, fricking ever get laid.

Today’s example of fat people in denial is that researches at University of Wisconsin-Madison are saying that not only is obesity caused by a virus, but that it might be contagious. Apparently adenovirus Ad-3, rather than the documented increase in per-capita calorie intake, is responsible for the fattening of America.

Read more here.

My favorite passage…

Whigham says there is still a lot to learn about how these viruses work, as there are people and animals that get infected and don’t get fat and as yet it is not known why. … [T]he virus creates a tendency to obesity that must be triggered by overeating.

So if you are infected by this virus and you overeat you will get fat. Apparently this is completely unrelated to the fact that if you are uninfected and overeat you will get fat.

The Nobel Committee could not be reached for comment.