“The most important thing in illness is never to lose heart.”
—~Nikolai Lenin
August 2008
18 posts
Affording organics: How to choose wisely →
slowfoodnation.org
The consumer guide, the Daily Green, has compiled a handy list of the top 12 foods to buy organic whenever possible, based on considerations of pesticides, chemicals, additives, and hormones. Its top picks for organic are:
- Beef
- Milk
- Coffee
- Peaches
- Apples
- Sweet bell peppers
- Celery
- Strawberries
- Lettuces
- Grapes
- Potatoes
- Tomatoes
The 100 Most Common English Words →
codebox.no-ip.net
See how many of the 100 most common words in the English language you can guess in 5 minutes…
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Jelly Belly Dream Bean Contest →
dreambeancontest.com
What will Jelly Belly’s next flavor be — Honey, Sublime Chili Lime, Thai Iced Tea, Mojito or Acai Berry? The deadline to vote is August 31.
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Winnemucca doing just fine →
lvrj.com
“WINNEMUCCA — Although the J.C. Penney store closed a decade ago during a mining bust, there’s still a Wal-Mart and a couple of Western clothing stores. The Martin Hotel offers excellent Basque food, but the next best dining choice may be the Pizza Hut.
There’s one theater in town — this week offering either “The Dark Knight” or the latest Mummy installment.
And there’s a 4-H horse show at the fairgrounds this weekend.
Laugh if you want, but Winnemucca has something almost every other place in Nevada wishes it had — jobs and relative prosperity.”
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Low Vs Diamond - “Don’t Forget Sister”
This is the first single off the LA based quintet’s self titled album, which was released last Tuesday. I’m not one to usually post singles off albums, but I really do love this song. It has this Killers/The Stills/U2 feel to it.
This song gradually builds and fills out with driving rhythms supporting intense vocals. I absolutely love the “ooh ooh ooh ooh’s” at the end of the song. That’s probably a big reason as to why I posted it.
Be on the lookout for these guys.
“A big garden, a big bottle of olive oil… and then you tell people, ‘Go out side and graze!’”
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Alice Waters response when asked by Eric Schlosser what her version of a good fast food restaurant would look like.
From an amazing Commonwealth Club event I attended last week. I was excited to have Alice sign my copy of “The Art of Simple Food.”
A New Attack on Birth Control - Globe Editorial →
boston.com
WITH JUST a few months left in office, President Bush is still doing the bidding of social conservatives who oppose women’s reproductive freedoms. Under the guise of rules to protect antiabortion nurses and doctors from discrimination in hiring, a proposed new regulation would expand the definition of abortion to include any form of contraception that can work by stopping implantation of a fertilized egg in the uterus. This can include common birth-control pills, emergency contraception, and the intra-uterine device, or IUD. Doctors who refuse to perform abortions for reasons of personal conscience already are protected by law.
Learn more and take action with Planned Parenthood.
