A couple weeks ago I stopped buying frozen vegetables (California blend) in favor of fresh carrots, broccoli, and cauliflower. I’ve since switched back. The reason? Price and ease of preparation. And to tell the truth, when I do a good job steaming the frozen veggies they don’t taste that much worse. Although that may be [...]
As I run longer and longer distances, and especially as I do so in ever warmer weather, keeping hydrated has started to become an issue. So I’ve started looking into possible solutions, and so far I’m leaning towards CamelBak’s Stamina II, which includes not only two water bottles but also space for my iPod, some [...]
Ok, I’m not a loser, but I tend to have a bad influence on the performance of the Red Sox whenever I watch or listen to games live. Tonight, though, things turned out better than I expected–though it was touch and go for a while there. Hopefully I’ll have the same luck when I take [...]
The more often Americans go to church, the more likely they are to support the torture of suspected terrorists, according to a new survey.
Apparently it’s even worse than I thought…
Some people seem to think torture is ok (or at least tolerable if it “works”) but gay marriage is immoral and will destroy everything our country stands for.
Seems to me they have it backwards.
I am not (appearances to the contrary, perhaps?) always the model student, but when I hear about graduate students failing to turn in papers for weeks without an explanation, or plagiarizing an admissions essay, or when I see examples of copy/paste from Wikipedia, I become a little disheartened.
Then again, if this is my competition on [...]
Good movie, but isn’t it a bit of a stretch that he not only knew all those answers but learned them in the order they came on the show? Also: does it work differently in India, or did the movie just take artistic license (to heighten the tenaion) by making it seem like he would [...]
One might not expect me to have an opinion, but I do: I think the best cake decorator in the country is Bronwen Weber (her poor showing in Food Network’s “Last Cake Standing” notwithstanding–when she’s on she can’t be beat.) And I think the funniest is Geof Manthorne (of Food Network’s “Ace of Cakes“.)
Funny thing [...]
Ran my fastest 10km race ever today. Of course, it’s only my second. Funny that I would run two marathons before running two 10k races. Anyway, just barely missed my goal of 7 minute miles, but that’s ok, I was within seconds. Next time.
As a marathon runner, I need/get to consume a lot of calories, especially in the form of carbs. Much of that occurs at home, but one can only cook so much pasta. So sometimes–maybe too often–we go out for dinner.
Unfortunately, we haven’t found any locally-owned restaurants that meet my special requirements: lots of carbs for [...]