To quote my comment on this blog entry: I saw this article referenced on the New York Times website and I had to come here to read the source. Normal is such a slippery concept. Normal has to be what works for you. Normal is the way to eat and the foods to eat that [...]

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One part of my daily news feed comes from a science oriented site. There is one new story each day, usually reflecting some recently published article in a peer reviewed journal. Today’s really caught my eye: Obesity linked to stupidity, brain scans show If the headline writer’s goal was to make enemies of 50% of [...]

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I was asked to stop at Whole Foods and pick up a loaf of French bread on my way home. No problem. No different then picking up dog food. It’s not mine. I was talking to the man behind the bread counter. I asked if they used sugar in their bread. He said no. There [...]

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It seems there is a shortage in the world supply of sugar. Weather in India and Brazil are to blame. I heard somewhere demand for sugar to make ethanol is another factor. I think I heard sugar is at an all time high price.  I can’t see how this will impact me directly.

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One of my sponsees and I read together in the morning.  My preferred reading is Charlie and the Chocolate Factory*, he thinks it’s better to read Overeaters Anonymous literature. Go figure. Most days, I read from For Today and he reads from Voices of Recovery.  For Today for August 7 says: For Today: There is [...]

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I listened to the comments made by the ladies who were being released by the North Koreans. They expressed joy at seeing former president Clinton waiting for them because they knew they were being set free. I waited desperately for one of them to say: “Oh no! They captured you too!”

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I was up late Monday night finishing my vegetable canning (8-15.5 ounce jars of stewed veggies. I eat one a day as part of my lunch) and winding down by watching the end of a Stargate SG-1 episode on Hulu when my daughter popped back and asked if she could lie about her age and [...]

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Do you know Spoonforkfuls? I don’t know her name. She is often referred to simply as SF. Great writer. I’ve learned a lot and, despite some appearances, we agree on a fair amount of stuff, but not everything.  A comment I made, and the follow-up comments really took the discussion in a direction that was [...]

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My Google home page includes a Quote of the Day. Today’s is: It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his job depends on not understanding it. – Upton Sinclair I swear this applies to program. When I was bound and determined not to understand because I didn’t want to stop eating [...]

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Author’s note: I started writing this a few weeks ago. I’ve not updated it to reflect the time passed since then. I played hooky yesterday. I took an official  vacation day from work and didn’t let my family know. A day off. A true day off. No sleeping late though. I had to simulate a [...]

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