Archive for December 2012
I Like to Help When I Can: More Potato Diet Hack Ideas
Lots of posts, lots of comments, lots of speculation and musings in both. Someone asked somewhere in comments about Paleo adversity to this whole idea. I’ll state it plainly: I simply don’t follow it. I’d rather just put it out there, willing to be wrong, let myself and you decide over time. Why not decide…
Read More“If the drug war were a business, it would be bankrupt.” – Richard Branson
Sir Richard Branson, just over 2 minutes. Quite interesting that The Global Commission on Drug Policy, according to Branson, includes 15 former Head of State crybabies: “I shoulda done something; this is awful; waaaa!” WELL, YOU DIDN’T. YOU IMPRISONED PEOPLE INSTEAD. SO FUCK YOU. Here’s the short article he published to LinkedIn. An excerpt. Strangely,…
Read MoreTulsa Mayor Dewey Bartlett: Thank You, Sir
Can you please proselytize that far & wide, so this miscreant anarchist can just be content & shut the fuck up? Thanks again. As always, it’s short—6 minutes—and is another must. Yep, I could quibble; nit & pic all over the place. Thing is, nothing’s perfect. Second, city government is getting awfully close to the…
Read MoreOne Holy Commandment: Thou Shalt Not Commit Logical Fallacies
Logical Fallacies Click to open the big readable one. Read. Learn. Obey. You have been commanded. Kinda cool to see that Stephan Downes’ Guide to the Logical Fallacies is still up since I fist began referencing it in 1995. There, you can find a definition, examples and proof for each one.
Read MoreSaturday Afternoon and Dinner Fun…then Sunday Brunch at The Mountain Winery
The weekend was for the most part off the potato diet (note: Mark Sisson gave me some Weekend Link Love yesterday about it…and it’s great to be inimitable). It was some leftover potato stuff Saturday morning, sensible eating the rest of the day, through brunch Sunday morning and back to potatoes Sunday evening. I’ll have…
Read More“‘Cause Force Hurts. …It Hurts. It Destroys Human Values. It Destroys Knowledge”
4:39. Nothing to see, here.
Read More“Where There are Laws, You Will Find Crime”
I heard that a long time ago (it’s a good thought project on cause/effect by definition) and for some reason or the other, attributed it to Solzhenitsyn, but a lot of Google searching turns up nothing for him or anyone else. Anyway, this will do. Tacitus I miss the Greeks. 2,000 years later, and even…
Read MoreSpeculations and Musings About High Carb and Starch
Obviously I’ve been pondering this whole starch thing for a while (search in the sidebar for ‘potato diet‘ for the history). So far, just considering it a “diet hack,” but also pretty sure that when my goal for that is attained—sometime toward the end of January if this continues to play out as expected—I’ll probably…
Read MoreYep, Pretty Much
This Nickelback Parody is for all who’ve become somewhat disenchanted with over-the-top photo sharing of Every. Single. Banal. Thing. Every. Single. Place. Funny.
Read MoreChick Asks What She Can Possibly Do With Just One Potato
Actually, she (Catherine McCord of Weelicious) uses two, but you’ll have to watch her explicit video to see how she manages that. I have no idea whether this is safe for work, or not. I found it didn’t work as well for guys like me. The butter was sufficient, but I preferred two russets, and…
Read MoreWhen the walls, come tumblin’ down…the walls, keep crumblin’ crumblin’
Placed my bet on that 20 years ago No John Mellencamp albums, but already had a number of U2 albums. I’m talking about religion & despotism. Both are pretty much the same thing across the span of time—neither side knowing it of the other, because levels of each being relative in that function of time.…
Read MoreExercise, or Foreplay? You Decide.
But does it matter?
Read MoreMark Sisson’s Definitive Guide to Sauces, Dressings and Toppings
Those who’ve been around these parts for a long time know of my affinity for dressing up good food with a good sauce (see here for definitive proof). Sauces are very versatile. You can use a little, a lot, spicy, savory, whatever you want—to transform even the mundane to spectacular. One time, someone in comments…
Read MoreGuest Post: Step Outside, It’s Good For You
By Sarah Stevenson Sadly, we human beings tend to spend most of our lives indoors, breathing recycled, processed air and wilting away under florescent tubes almost 24/7. We trade the warm healing rays of the sun for synthetic lighting, not realizing what we’re doing to our bodies and our souls. The simple truth is, we…
Read MorePlease Pay Wikipedia if You Use It: Simple. Anarchist. Moral.
Do you just love Wikipedia as a reference? Me too. I do count myself privileged to have known Jimmy “Jimbo” Wales from way back, corresponding now & then in email in the years during which he created a local Chicago based-website when still a trader on the futures & options floors. Then Bomis, then NuPedia…which then…
Read More“Protein is the New Carbohydrate,” and Why to Ditch the Low-Carb Catechism (Sorry Jimmy)
Earlier in the year Jimmy Moore graciously invited me in for a second podcast, the subject being the perceived “impatience” the Low Carb movement was beginning to encounter as a relative mainstay of the Paleo (Real Food) movement. I had just published this: Synthesis: Low-Carb and Food Reward/Palatability, and Why Calories Count. I wished to be…
Read MoreA Simple Juxtaposition
I miss the Greeks. The first true thinkers in the context of Neolithic civilization. Reference: This argument was a type favoured by the ancient Greek skeptics, and may have been wrongly attributed to Epicurus by Lactantius, who, from his Christian perspective, regarded Epicurus as an atheist. It has been suggested that it may actually…
Read MorePat Robertson Denies Young Earth Creationism: My Take
I think Pat Robertson is a shitbag. Always have. But he’s an influential shitbag and this is just plain old good progress, particularly when you consider The 10 Stupidest Things Pat Robertson Ever Said. Unlike all the other vids I saw of this, this one actually has the viewer question he was responding to. And that’s…
Read MoreLet’s Bash Sugar, OK?
What the hell. One of those days I just feel like putting up a few posts here and there. A little shit slung here, a bit there, call it a day. I’ve grown weary of and now generally dislike infographics. Some are OK. I especially hate all the “let me do an infographic for your…
Read MoreMore Mostly Potato Dishes and a Rant About the Usual Suspect Paleo Pussies
Word is, a bunch of Mark’s Daily Apple Forum folks are giving this a shot. Good for them. Anyone who admonishes you to not go a week or two eating mostly just potatoes on the basis of whatever contrived fears abound (mostly rooted in envy that you have an actual independent mind not driven by their…
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