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February 2004
Kalorama Park in February
Sunday, 29 February 2004 11:59 P GMT-05
Me and my wife decided to take a quick stroll around the neighborhood today since it is an unseasonably warm 65 degrees on this leapyear day. There's a small park in our neighborhood which we go to far too seldomly, and this proved a nice place to
Category: Photos
Benjamin Franklin: An American Life
Friday, 27 February 2004 3:31 P GMT-05
Not having studies early American history since briefly in high school, my familiarity with Benjamin Franklin consisted mainly of a couple of facts. One is that Franklin is on the $100 bill, and the second was his “discovery” of electricity
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Salt
Friday, 27 February 2004 10:27 A GMT-05
Salt, by Mark Kurlansky, is a fascinating book about the history of, you guessed it, Salt. It’s amazing how something we take for granted because it is so cheap and on every table, whether at someone’s home or at a restaurant. It is g
Category: What I'm reading
Fad Chance
Wednesday, 25 February 2004 10:29 A GMT-05
Reading probably the 500th or so article on low carb recently, I saw that word again. “Fad.” This is the word that critics have used to describe low-carb for some time now, and it has been picked up by the media. Here’s how Di
Category: Health, Diet, and Nutrition
Omnivore.com's Take on Atkins' Smear
Monday, 23 February 2004 9:17 P GMT-05
I just read an article by Anthony Calpo of theOmnivore.com, where he discusses the Atkins coroner’s report debacle, which I’ve talked about earlier. This is one of the best pieces I’ve so far read about it not just because it is very cohe
Category: Health, Diet, and Nutrition
A few words for the critics of low-carb eating
Monday, 23 February 2004 1:02 P GMT-05
Various people have been criticizing low-carb eating for decades, even including myself up until a few years ago when I started reading more about it. I thought I would try to convey a few of the most obvious points that might help some of thos
Category: Health, Diet, and Nutrition
Mailing List
Sunday, 22 February 2004 11:59 P GMT-05
A quick reminder for those of you out there who like to read this blog. Blog City, the hosting company I use to create and maintain my blog, has a very helpful feature that I’ve included that lets one “subscribe” to a blog. I’ve placed th
Category: Journal
A Short History of Nearly Everything - Unabridged
Sunday, 22 February 2004 10:36 A GMT-05
Bill Bryson is a favorite of mine, having written a bunch of books that are in the genre “travel narrative.” Bryson’s wit and insight not just about travel but life in general, is amazing. But just as wonderful is his voice. L
Category: What I'm reading
Glengarry Glen Ross
Thursday, 19 February 2004 10:37 A GMT-05
With an all-star “dream-team” ensemble cast, Glengarry Glen Ross is an actor’s film. They movie is all dialog, being based off of David Mammet’s Pulitzer-winning play. The film actually comes off more like a play with only a couple major loca
Category: What I'm Watching
PCRM, you outdo yourselves!
Tuesday, 17 February 2004 11:38 A GMT-05
The notorious Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM), who leaked the private medical records of diet guru Dr. Robert C. Atkins, finally released a statement about the recent criticism from many camps regarding their actions, and talk of
Category: Health, Diet, and Nutrition
Low Carb News
Monday, 16 February 2004 3:40 P GMT-05
As you may have read here, I post from time to time about articles in the press about low carb and related news, issues revolving around this (the elicit release of the late Dr. Robert C. Atkins’ coroner’s report and subsequent attempt at smearin
Category: Health, Diet, and Nutrition
Smugmug and Photo Sharing Sites
Sunday, 15 February 2004 11:59 P GMT-05
Back a few months ago I was on a hunt to find a better site to host my digital photos and let me share them with others. I have used a couple of sites for years: Imagestation.com is a site started by Sony that I subscribed to because it was fre
Category: Photos Gadgets and Technology
Minority Report and other stories
Saturday, 14 February 2004 2:44 P GMT-05
The first I actually heard the name Philip K. Dick, it was from a radio host on WBAI, Jim Freund, a true Dick fanatic. He was a member of a local bulletin board system in New York City called Magpie, created by Steve Manes. A bunch o
Category: What I'm reading
Atkins Smear Campaign beginning to unravel
Friday, 13 February 2004 12:56 P GMT-05
Well, despite ridiculously biased commentators like Fumento trying to take advantage of the illegally obtained coroner’s report of the late Dr. Robert Atkins (Fumento calls Atkins fat and completely leaves out the very plausible explanation of flui
Category: Health, Diet, and Nutrition
PCRM goes from dirty tricks to potential crime in trying to paint Atkins Diet as unhealthy
Wednesday, 11 February 2004 11:59 P GMT-05
By now, those who follow these things have assuredly heard about the current imbroglio surrounding the release of the corornor's reports of Dr. Robert Atkins, the famous doctor who popularized the modern low-carb movement which is now steamrolling ov
Category: Health, Diet, and Nutrition
More of the tired old dietician song and dance
Tuesday, 3 February 2004 1:15 P GMT-05
This article appeared today in the Naples Daily News, written by a regular columnist who is a dietician criticizing low-carb in the same tired way. I thought I’d make a few comments.
Category: Health, Diet, and Nutrition
Time and Again
Sunday, 1 February 2004 11:59 P GMT-05
We were given Time and Again, by Jack Finnie, as our first summer reading assignment in the summer between 9th and 10th grade, I believe. As was typical, I got about ¼ through the book before putting it down. At the time, my attention sp
Category: What I'm reading