Conspiracy Theory

This image shows up ALL THE TIME on stories about McDonalds, kids, fatness, and fat kids at McDonald's. And I just now had this weird realization: is he wearing a fat suit? Check out the seams at the neck and wrists. Or maybe, no, he's just a really fat kid at McDonald's.

Phrasal Synchronicity

Well I guess we're using the verb "to diss" again.

(From top: Eater NY, Village Voice, Grub Street. No aspersions cast here; pretty sure everyone involved wrote these headlines entirely independently of one another.)

Small World

I know some or all of the individuals in three of the couples profiled in today's New York Times weddings section. Maybe four, depending on how you count it. Sigh.