Check out this article from Grist: http://www.grist.org/article/2009-09-08-big-foods-smart-choices-label-raises-eyebrows-at-the-fda/ highlights include: 1. A discussion of government dietary guidelines “that allow you to eat Froot Loops and M&Ms for breakfast, a cheeseburger for lunch and 3 slices of pepperoni pizza for dinner” 2. the cynicism-inducing news that the FDA’s food safety advisor, Mike Taylor, used to be an [...]
goofy news from the BBC
“Girls ‘born with fear of spiders’ “ http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8237691.stm I originally read this article in Spanish, where the headline reads “Temerosas por naturaleza” or “[Women] afraid of nature” http://www.bbc.co.uk/mundo/ciencia_tecnologia/2009/09/090904_2314_aranas_mujeres_miedo_gm.shtml The general response has been “w t f.” Does anyone else think this just sounds like bad science? For example, maybe the babies looked at the picture [...]
creativity : )
the fruits of today’s running around: canvases acrylic paint (red, blue, yellow, black, white) paintbrushes photo paper ceramic tiles (to be broken, for mosaic-ing) library card for NY Public Libraries Basil is lookin pretty good too! And the oregano and rosemary (though they’re a bit blurry today). Tomorrow: stools for the kitchen photographs for the [...]
“that sounds like preet soup” [Max]
This soup was the result of a craving for leeks and rosemary potatoes, and a lack of vegetable bullion (thank you, Fine Fare, for only selling beef, chicken, and shrimp bullion cubes). This is also a LOT of soup. I can only cook in the quantities of the bunches they sell at the farmers’ market. [...]
“like any hot-blooded woman, I simply want an object to crave…”
[alanis morissette] it’s official. i don’t know what i want. this is a lot of fun. and i think that saying that i want anything more definite than maybe right now would just be lying, especially because of all of the reservations i’ve managed to raise in my head. sooo it’s probably better to just [...]
