I currently have tears streaming down my face from laughing so hard … Embedded Link Excerpt of Let’s Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir In less than a month my book comes out, and in celebration I’m sharing a few pages with you. A quick excerpt of chapter 15…The Dark and Disturbing Secrets HR Doesn’t Want You to Know I worked in human resources for almost fifteen years at a number of different companies, including a religious-based organization where one of my duties was to teach people how to be appropriate and professional. Yes, I do see the [...]
Mar 192012
Science journalism and GRRRRR and PTOOIE! Embedded Link Red meat and mortality – this one’s for you. So, you all saw that headline about red meat being unequivocally Bad For You, right? The headline was super scary – “All red meat is bad for you, new study says” according to the Los Angeles Times.Very scary, very definite-sounding.I tried to avoid looking at the study all day, because I knew it would make me angry. I suspected shenanigans from the get-go. Why? Because pretty much nothing in science is ever that unequivocal. Science is, allegedly, the study of material reality – [...]
If I was a good blogger, i would have long since written a post about fear, and how it is used to motivate society … but i'm not, so here is someone else writing about a small part of what i would want to say. Embedded Link The denial of life. When I was 14, and sitting in a circle with my mom, my best friend, her mom, and her mom’s best friend, I came to a sudden understanding that has become the foundation of everything I write on this blog.I believe the occasion was a cookie exchange, and it [...]
Mar 132012
Excellent tool usage! Embedded Link Vacuum Seal Oleo Saccharum I’ve said this before: I’m a lazy guy, and yet I’m a perfectionist. I want my cocktails perfectly-prepared, but I’d really rather not work too hard. With that in mind, I present my latest in perfectly-prepared cocktail ingredients for slackers like you. A couple of years ago, like so many other bartenders around the world, I implemented a daily punch program at my bar. It’s been well received by our guests, who enjoy exploring a different, interesting and inexpensive tipple every night. And … Google+: View post on Google+ Post imported [...]
So i could have a condition that would endanger my life, but if the doc decides not to tell me about it, that is A-okay? What? Embedded Link Pfft, the Hippocratic Oath doesn’t apply to women! At least, that’s what Arizona state Senators must think. They just passed a law allowing doctors to not inform women of prenatal issues in order to prevent abortions.…Some prenatal issues are somewhat or fully treatable during pregnancy or immediately after birth, through certain medication, surgery, or diet modifications. But I guess these Republicans are just so pro-life that they rather have a fetus or [...]
