Archive for May, 2008

10 Things I’ve Learned While Being Vegan…

Thursday, May 29th, 2008

10 Things I’ve Learned While Being Vegan… 10. Potato chips are Vegan - not good news…not helping me stay on track! 9.  If you want to make restaurants/wait staff stutter and stammer and ultimately get your meal for free (providing you have 3 hours to dine that night), tell them you're [...]

When Histories Collide: The Development and Impact of Individualistic Capitalism

Sunday, May 25th, 2008

When Histories Collide: The Development and Impact of Individualistic Capitalism A few weeks ago Steve mentioned Raymond Crotty’s When Histories Collide: The Development and Impact of Individualistic Capitalism. When I clicked through the link the cover looked familiar; turns out that I’d seen it at my local used book store and [...]

The Fortune Cookies Might Be Right

Friday, May 23rd, 2008

The Fortune Cookies Might Be Right Charlie and I went to the playground today. That probably doesn’t seem to be anything much to report, especially given other things going on this week. Charlie and I haven’t been to the playground in a while—in several months—and there was a time when we [...]

Health Tips for May 23

Thursday, May 22nd, 2008

Health Tips for May 23 Health Tip: Keeping Off the Weight Losing weight is a challenge, but keeping it off can even more difficult without a good plan and healthy habits. Here are suggestions to help you keep the weight off that you’ve worked so hard to lose, courtesy of the [...]

Calories in the cafeteria: A nutritional report card for middle schools in the U.S., France

Thursday, May 22nd, 2008

Calories in the cafeteria: A nutritional report card for middle schools in the U.S., France Remember the term “adult onset diabetes”? It was commonly used a few years ago, but now you almost never hear it. This is probably because rapidly rising childhood obesity rates have inspired an alarming increase of [...]