Reading While Eating for February 28: Secret Pizza Parties and Viral Oscars Video

In today's lunch links, we learn that 62 percent of Americans eat at their desk. We take full responsibility.

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Why is this cat wearing a judge's collar in a pub? He's Ray Brown, the resident cat of The Seven Stars bar in London, seen here people-watching on February 27, 2013.

Get Inked: Yeah, so, about that Neutral Milk Hotel tattoo you were planning? It’s been done before, as this gallery of beautiful song lyric tattoos can attest. (But no “Lady is a Vamp” tramp stamp?) Missed opportunity, guys. (Flavorwire)

Party Like It’s 1999: Music sales are up, piracy is down and new revenue streams are actually making the recording industry some money. What, next you’re gonna tell me vinyl is making a comeback? (TIME)

65 Million Years Later: Holy hypsibema missouriensis, Batman! Did you know eight states have official state dinosaurs? There are a lot of cool things about Wyoming, but its history of triceratops might just take the cake. (mental_floss)

Half Pepperoni, Half Illuminati: No clandestine meeting of a secret cult is complete without pizza party. Watch what happens when one unsuspecting delivery man walks in on a masked YouTube prank. (The Daily Wh.at)

Belly Talk: Losing weight is a chore —  literally, according to researchers who think women’s waistlines are expanding due to lack of vacuuming and laundry. And speaking of waistlines, there’s actually Wikipedia page for Muffin tops, which is full of enlightening phrases such as “muffin-tops are generally considered undesirable [citation needed].” Clearly they’ve never spent time with 30 Rock‘s Jenna Maroney — everyone knows that the most delicious part of the muffin is the top.  (New York Times)

Tumblr of the Day: Sixty-two percent of Americans eat lunch at their desk, according to a photo blog that documents the phenomenon. What could keep them there? Maybe a cool website that does neat lunch link roundups or something. (Sad Desk Lunch)

Chicken Fried Nice!: You can’t let Japanese cuisine have all the microbiotic fun — Chinese food, when done right, actually has plenty of health benefits. (And we’re not just talking about the benefits of delivery and never having to leave your apartment.) (TIME)

So Sassy: Rashida Jones, you beautiful tropical fish. Everything 15-year-old Jones says in this 1992 Sassy magazine profile of her and her sister, Kidada, is a gem: “My eyes — I like how they change colors. Whenever I cry, they get bluer. They get gray when I’m depressed. They’re green when I’m doing what I gotta do.” You do you, Rashida. You do you. (BuzzFeed)

Somebody Call (National) Security: The Zoe Barneses of the world have to put up with a lot. In another moment of life imitating art (art, in this case, being House of Cards), here’s a list of all the creepy things powerful men on Capital Hill have done or said to female reporters. (New Republic)

Birthday Suits: Seth MacFarlane’s Oscars song “We Saw Your Boobs” did not go over very well with the ladies (or anyone). To level the playing field, YouTuber Kevin Gisi wrote a song about actors we’ve seen in the buff. Talk about a re-butt-al. (TODAY)

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