Morning Radar: Three things we're talking about this morning
The weirdest "my bad" ever: When food writer Monica Gaudio discovered that Cooks Source magazine had lifted an article she'd written and printed it in the mag, Gaudio told the magazine she wanted an apology and a $130 donation to the Columbia Journalism School.
Seems fair, right? Reasonable? Of course.
But this is where things went off the rails. Here's a portion of the reply Gaudio got from the magazine's editor, Judith Griggs :
Honestly Monica, the web is considered "public domain" and you should be happy we just didn't "lift" your whole article and put someone else's name on it! It happens a lot, clearly more than you are aware of, especially on college campuses, and the workplace.
If you took offence and are unhappy, I am sorry, but you as a professional should know that the article we used written by you was in very bad need of editing, and is much better now than was originally... We put some time into rewrites, you should compensate me!
Um, crazy anyone?
The thieving over at the New England-based magazine has people up in arms. Well, it has them attacking the magazine's Facebook page, at least.
Work for it: If that low-calorie diet isn't doing it for you, tell yourself you have to do 30 push-ups before you can eat any of it.
Researchers at John Hopkins say having to work for food will make it taste better, even when it comes to food we don't favour.
"Basically, what we have shown is that if you have to expend more effort to get a certain food, not only will you value that food more, but it might even taste better to you," Alexander Johnson, an associate research scientist in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences at the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences at John Hopkins said in a release.
While researchers don't know why effort makes food taste better, they know that it does, and that "this effect lasts for at least 24 hours after the act of working hard to get food," Dr. Johnson said.
Trippy social media: People running in this weekend's New York City Marathon, be warned. Using social media during the event could be dangerous.
Yes, the New York Daily News actually has a story warning that making Facebook or Twitter updates while in the race could trip you up and even lead to "emotional distress."
The newspaper quotes one 35-year-old architect who's pretty keen about fiddling with his gizmos during the run.
"I'm already thinking about my updates like 'NYC Marathon, here I go again' or 'I'm in one piece,'" Arturo Barcenas said on his Facebook page.
The article instructs runners to pay attention to the people around them, rather than on the Twittersphere and that some messages runners may receive could be discouraging or distracting.
This is seriously the world we live in.
Dave McGinn