For a chunk of last year I took a break. It was a break from a lot of things – I stopped running the board, I stopped hosting big events, I gafiated (for well more than part of last year), and a bunch of other things got trimmed way back. I was exhausted and I really wanted to give myself permission to relax and to evaluate all the crazy pies I had my fingers in. So that part is about me. The next bit is about you. I am a little worried, that now that have taken that break I [...]
UnHappy Meals – Archive
Unhappy Meals Illustration by Leo Jung * E-Mail * Print * Save * Share o Digg o Facebook o Newsvine o Permalink By MICHAEL POLLAN Published: January 28, 2007 Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants. That, more or less, is the short answer to the supposedly incredibly complicated and confusing question of what we humans should eat in order to be maximally healthy. I hate to give away the game right here at the beginning of a long essay, and I confess that I’m tempted to complicate matters in the interest of keeping things going for a few thousand [...]
I think that sometimes the hardest thing about “getting back on the horse” or going back to doing something that i used to be reasonably good at, is that I find it hard when I am not immediately successful at trying it again. I find that this is a problem for me in many areas of my life, and affects how I initiate and follow through on thing. But right now the part where it is blaring brightest is in me having such a hard time gearing myself up to any kind of exercise. I used to be in quite [...]
Sorry there hasn’t been one of these in a while . . . I hope I’ll be more regular about these in the future. These links are good for 7 days or 20 downloads, if the download runs out before the week is over I will happily upload it again and repost the link. But after the week is up, I’ll just let it pass. If you reaally really want something that has expired, leave me a note to tell me, and I’ll see about re-uploading it. Richard Thomas – Shenandoah – this one is off of 1000 Years of [...]
Huge Survey meme
The \\ Last Cigarette: when i was about 7 Last Alcoholic Drink: last week Last Car Ride: this morning Last Kiss: this morning Last Good Cry: last November Last Library Book: so long I can’t remember Last book bought: last month Last Book Read: Knights of Ghosts and Shadows – M. Lackey Last Movie Seen in Theatres: Spiderman 2 Last Movie Rented: castles in the Sky Last Cuss Word Uttered: Fuck Last Beverage Drank: water Last Food Consumed: Chop Chae Last Crush: Not saying … Last Phone Call: telemarketer Last TV Show Watched: QAF Last Time Showered: This morning Last [...]






