May 2011
April 2011
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Look, ma! I'm a volunteer!
Everyone needs a hobby, right? I prefer hobbies that are delicious, so I’m happy to say that I’m going to start volunteering at the Astor Center and at Murray’s Cheese. First gigs: DIY Signature Cocktails at Astor 5/7. Second gig: Cheese 101 at Murrays 5/21. Omnomnom
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Wow.
Kid from college that I haven't talked to in years: Have you ever written an essay on religion?
Me: I wrote a paper for my women's studies class on women + Judaism
Kid from college: Can I see it?
Kid from college: I need to read some ideas
Me: Ummm
Kid from college: How are you?
Me: I have no idea where it is
Kid from college: dammit
Me: Why?
Kid from college: What's good
Me: Nothing
Kid from college: Agg
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Really Sad News/End of an Era
Soundtraks, the record store on Long Island I worked at for six months after I graduated from college is officially closing. Yeah, we all kind of knew it was coming, but the fact that it’s actually happening is really sad. I’m proud that they stayed around for as long as they did. I really feel the loss. 1985-2011.
Is Sugar Toxic? →
“It’s not about the calories,” he says. “It has nothing to do with the calories. It’s a poison by itself.”
If Lustig is right, then our excessive consumption of sugar is the primary reason that the numbers of obese and diabetic Americans have skyrocketed in the past 30 years. But his argument implies more than that. If Lustig is right, it would mean that sugar is also the likely dietary cause...
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