Monthly Archives: November 2014

Rear View Mirror

Posted on November 28, 2014 by dcarmack

Ok, so you ate Thanksgiving dinner and everything else you could get your hands on yesterday. Great. Yesterday was a sin-free day for me, too. I ate junk food on the highway during a three hour drive down there and … Continue reading →

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Food Politics

Posted on November 26, 2014 by dcarmack

There is a truth that a lot of people don’t talk about when they are talking about Democrats and Republicans–you can’t tell them apart by what they do or where they live. You can’t tell them apart by what they … Continue reading →

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Home Made

Posted on November 25, 2014 by dcarmack

There are lots of things that you might be used to buying in a box, bag or bottle for the big Thanksgiving meal. There may be a lot of things you don’t yet realize are really easy to make from … Continue reading →

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It’s Just One Day

Posted on November 24, 2014 by dcarmack

Here it comes–Thanksgiving, then Christmas and New Year’s. But each of those days is just one day. You can do anything for one day, food-wise, and it won’t really hurt you. I was going to go through a typical classic … Continue reading →

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Emulsion or Immitation

Posted on November 23, 2014 by dcarmack

  If you make something the way that it has been made for centuries, then you could rightly claim that your product is ‘authentic’. If you use only natural ingredients, the same ingredients that were in existence when your grandparents … Continue reading →

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Aching Joints Caused By Sugar

Posted on November 22, 2014 by dcarmack

When I was just still a teenager I discovered something about myself, that if I drank too much soda pop it would make all of my joints hurt. I would get achey and all I had to do to get … Continue reading →

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Be Selfish, It Hurts No One

Posted on November 21, 2014 by dcarmack

How do you help yourself without hurting your friends? That is a really profound question, if you give it some serious thought. There are a lot of my friends, whether I know them or not, that make their living creating … Continue reading →

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Ying and Yang

Posted on November 20, 2014 by dcarmack

If it’s good for me, it’s bad for you. If we both benefit then the good and bad are evenly divided. My needs swirl around your excesses. When they say that opposites attract, I think that ying and yang more … Continue reading →

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Pseudo-Science, Defined

Posted on November 18, 2014 by dcarmack

There is science and the scientific method, and then there is pseudo-science. It can be difficult to tell the difference, but once you know about the scientific method it becomes much easier to tell them apart. From Wikipedia: The chief … Continue reading →

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You Have All the Power

Posted on November 16, 2014 by dcarmack

  The good thing about living during an epidemic is that you have lots of company to share your misery with. We are living in an epidemic, one that is destroying lives young and old. You know someone, probably whole … Continue reading →

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