Interesting video from a healthy/raw living "guru," Daniel Vitalis. It is direct at raw foodies, but it seems to me it would be interesting to many folks. As I continue to ponder and research, I'm finding I'm agreeing much more with the "any dogma is bad, just eat what makes YOU healthy" kind of folks than the "100% raw vegan is the only way to be ( Read more... )

So, if our choice is between cake or death...
And if the cake is a lie...
...then the only option is death!

AHHHHHH!

(Ref. Eddie Izzard and Portal.)

Hehe. :)
http://xkcd.com/606/

Today is my loving, lovely husband's birthday. I am so glad to have him in my life. I've found few people in the world as generous and loving as my Michael. So, please wish him well - he deserves it! :)

Boy oh boy. So this switching to healthy living is kind of expensive up front! But I am hunting down some really good deals and you want to know something ( Read more... )

UPDATE Kitty may be able to get the dental work done as a demonstration case at the Purdue Vet School, in which case it would be either free or cheap. So I am keeping my fingers crossed ( Read more... )

"I don't understand why asking people to eat a well-balanced vegetarian diet is considered drastic, while it is medically conservative to cut people open and put them on cholesterol lowering drugs for the rest of their lives." - Dean Ornish, MD

*crosses fingers* I'm taking advantage of the time home today to do something I've been wanting to try for a while now - making my own soy yogurt. Basically, you mix starter (either a store-bought bacteria mix or soy yogurt with existing live cultures) and soy milk and let it sit in a warm place for several hours, but you've got to sterilize things ( Read more... )

Yay! IU is staying closed all day, rather than until noon. SNOW DAY!!!! WOOT!
It finally stopped snowing about an hour ago. I thought we'd only gotten about 8 inches, based on my front steps, but then I looked out back. There is a large flat rock out there (for sitting on) and it has at least a foot of snow on it. I can't even see the stone ( Read more... )

*blink* IU is closed! (Update: until noon, anyway all day!)
Well, I guess that answers the question of whether or not to try to make it to work. It may only be 8 inches of snow, but... Like kendokamel, I kind of laugh at that, since my family's from Michigan, but then again, having driven on the roads around here on 4 inches or less, I don't really want to ( Read more... )