I found this article today that was so similar in sentiment to an article I posted about here not long ago, by Carlos Monteiro-that it's more than what foods people eat that makes the Mediterranean diet a healthful lifestyle-that I thought it might have been the same author. It isn't. This one is by Georgianna Donadio. I think it's no accident ( Read more... )

Last night in bed, cuddling with my sweetie, I suddenly said, "I bet buttermilk would make a good smoothie." This is perfectly representative of where my brain is: about 90% food, maybe 3% sex, and 7% everything else. I could not stop thinking about raw milk and lacto-fermented foods and beverages. Earlier in the evening, I'd suggested that we ( Read more... )

So I dream of writing my memoir. I see some authors who do nothing but memoir: that's their genre, not just one title and you're done. I write little bits. But mainly I write to my friends these days, or to anyone who wants to write back. Remember Mr. Va Jay Jay? He must have sensed that he couldn't get more without giving something, so he wrote me ( Read more... )

It's a buddy movie, essentially: like "Porky's". Like "Revenge of the Nerds". This bunch of guys who work at something that looks like a Circuit City take on their co-worker, the Virgin, as their project: to get him laid. This is also the premise of many other buddy movies ( Read more... )

I'm going on Facebook a little more often lately, since I am finding so many people there that I want to (re-)connect with. A few days ago, a woman came up to me at the meat counter and told me that she'd found me through Facebook, and that she worked in my old office. We got to bond a little over how meshuganah it is there, and I got a timely ( Read more... )

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