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The 11 Best Foods You Arent Eating

Tumeric, really? In eggs?
The 11 Best Foods You Arent Eating – Well – Tara Parker-Pope – Health – New York Times Blog

Sometimes ’stupid’ is uplifting

I am going to fail to do justice to this thought.
There’s something very reassuring and uplifting about seeing all these people in this video take a moment to just have a bit of pointless, joyful fun. It is uncomplicated and wonderful.
Where the Hell is Matt? (2008) from Matthew Harding on Vimeo.

Awesome

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HijiNKS Ensue takes on the stimulus check

Economically Stimulated is a funny comic, but I think the note he claims came with his check is the best part of the post.
“Hey, America! Shut your gaping pie holes and take this ca$h! Go buy a Blu-Ray player or some other worthless shit! Don’t stop to ask WHY the economy’s in the toilet, just [...]

Atlas Shrugged 2: Shrug Harder

The Infamous Brad writes a great analysis of Ayn Rand’s work.

More wisdom from the mind of Scalzi

Seriously, are you tired of me waving his flag? Well, tough – his recent words on marriage are on a par with his excellent & infamous Being Poor essay, but so much more joyful.
When you plan your wedding, try to cover all contingencies. When the one thing you forgot could go wrong does go wrong [...]

Fiction Liberation Front–The Goods

Yet again, we find great free reading on the internet. This time, Lewis Shiner, who I was pointed at by the always awesome John Scalzi. So far I’ve only read one of the short stories – Till Human Voices Wake Us – but it was quite good. And yes, I started with that one because [...]

Urine trouble, FedEx

The kit in question is designed to help me collect a full 24-hours worth of pee, and then facilitate the shipping of this pee to a laboratory that will give it a full spectrum analysis.
That’s HOT.
Yes. I know.
I think that the Jug O’Pee is supposed to be returned via FedEx, which pleases me greatly. [...]

The NYT on veggie cooking.

Finding the Best Way to Cook All Those Vegetables in the New York Times
As if you needed yet more evidence to suggest that Michael Pollen is right and we should just eat like normal people have for most of recorded history rather than rely upon the incomplete understanding we have of how nutrients work. Here’s [...]

Jen Lancaster: Such a Pretty Fat

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