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Living

Rear View Mirror

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

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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It’s Just One Day

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

  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

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

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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Pseudo-Science, Defined

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

  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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When Does a Potato Become an Imitation Potato?

There are lots of varieties of potato. Right off the top of my head I can name red, gold and russet.  From potatogoodness.com we find that There are more than 100 varieties of potatoes sold throughout the United States. Each … Continue reading

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If You Are Obese…

If you are obese, you are not to blame. More and more people are becoming obese, the most recent figures say every third person is obese. So many people are obese, it is just not possible that it can be … Continue reading

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