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My contract ended, what now?
Like many people working in web technologies I work on contract. My most recent contract has ended. It’s sort of freeing and nerve wracking all at once. Freeing because I can collect unemployment, nerve wracking because unemployment doesn’t last forever. … Continue reading
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Why people flip out about food
Food is personal. Food is cultural. Food is political. Food like so many things in our lives exist in many dimensions, it cannot be extracted out of any of them. It naturally follows that people go from zero to crazy … Continue reading
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Are sweets a pathogen?
As I wrote about previously sugar can have negative impacts on health. The New York Times Magazine, just came out with a wonderful article about the state of sugar research and what the findings can and can’t tell us. The … Continue reading
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Food in the movies: Forks Over Knives
I openly admit that I tend to be cynical bordering on paranoid, especially when it comes to industry. The film “Forks Over Knives” isn’t doing anything to lessen my cynicism. The message they present is loud and clear, an abundance … Continue reading
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Coming out of the sugar hangover, day 5
It’s been five days since I’ve adopted in my psuedo-diabetic diet. It’s been rather similar to quitting smoking. I notice my body craving sweets and other high sugar foods even when I’m not hungry or have just eaten a piece … Continue reading
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9 hours till my sugar-free month
After thinking further about the next months goals I thought I should clarify. I’m specifically seeking to cut out processed sugar and their substitutes. I’m not going to start eating things made with splenda or any other similar product. This … Continue reading
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Giving up sugar, a new experiment
I’ve decided to give up drinking for the month of April. This isn’t particularly different or difficult. I’ve given up drinking for a month at a time several times before. What will be more interesting, I think, is that I’m … Continue reading
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Remembering Lincoln
President Lincoln’s birthday is coming up. A quote of his that I really love is “It’s not the years in your life that count but the life in your years.” I’ve recently been working and going to school. It’s created … Continue reading
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Fiction runs through my brain like rats through sewers
Here is a small something that came to me quite unbidden. Perhaps too much Poe and Orwell in my literary diet lately. The pocked marked streets were cold and slightly damp in the early morning light. The deafening blasts largely … Continue reading
Employment is mine!
I’ve got a job. I’ve got a job and I’m pretty happy about it too. Since losing my last job (Now where did I put that thing?) I was quite confident that I would be OK. I always am. In … Continue reading
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