Aspartame kills your brain. 😐
Brussels Sprouts
Normally I’m rushed on Tuesday. I am a cohost on a podcast that starts recording at 8pm so it’s a bit rushed to get home, cook dinner, eat dinner, edit show notes before the show starts. Luckily this week my co-host is out of town.. so no show. So.. last night I cooked.
Week 0 – Before the blog
One weekend a while ago we went to visit some friends on the farm. I have always had weight loss as a low level concern.. kind of in the back of my mind. Over this weekend I lost it.. gnoshed on chips and pasta just totally blew it. Too much carbs, too much salt. On Monday, after this visit I…
Results Not Typical
I was a chubby child.. but I never really noticed. When I was 13 I noticed I was overweight. That summer, while visiting King’s Island, my inner thighs rubbed together until they were raw. I noticed it.. but I didn’t know what to do about it. When I was 15 I went on the cabbage soup diet with my mother.…
Facebook Events on a GMail Calendar
Adding your Facebook events on Google Calendar. This will copy any event you’re “Attending” on Facebook to you Google Calendar. <a h On Facebook, on the left-hand side, click on “Events”. On the page that loads, scroll down to the bottom, click on “Export Events” and copy that URL. Open up Google Calendar. Under “other Calendars” on the left click on…
Ads are Evil
When I interviewed at my current job (many many years ago) one of the interviewers asked me what I thought about ads. I told her I thought ads were evil, but a necessary evil. I still stand by that statement. Though I’m trying to modify how evil I think they are. It’s hard to work with ads everyday and still…
When branding works
We went out of town last weekend. On the drive I saw a billboard like the one on the left. This simple billboard communicated a whole mess of information. In two words and one logo. There were no pictures of hamburgers, fries, shakes or anything else. Just the logo. But from this simple communication I knew they were just off…
The Road Not Taken
In high school we examined “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost. I think I was obscenely bored in that class. I remember reading and processing the poem (yellow wood = fall). I remember wringing every bit of meaning out of the poem. I remember the class consensus that the poem was exalting the idea of taking the least traveled…
NPR: iPods Edge Out Home Stereo Systems
I heard this yesterday on NPR: NPR: iPods Edge Out Home Stereo Systems My first thought yesterday was “it was inevitable”. My second thought (on rethinking this today) is “it’s still inevitable.. but I think their story is misleading”. The story says that “the popularity of digital music players … is reshaping the home-stereo business.” I can agree with that…
Innovate or die
“The arrogance of success is to think that what you did yesterday will be sufficient for tomorrow.” – William Pollard.