Monthly Archives: "January 2013"

I’ve been listening to a book on CD about the works of C.S. Lewis.  Lewis wrote the children’s book series, The Chronicles of Narnia, plus several other fantastical fiction works for adults and Christian apologetics.  He was a scholar of Medieval literature and a professor at Oxford and Cambridge. Lewis worked Medieval themes into his

RE: This Blog I responded to an earlier Facebook post with a previous blog on microwaves. My friend read it, then sincerely requested that I address my specific claim that “microwaves distort the molecular structure” of the food itself.  Here is the conversation and my response, which is to copy excerpts from various sources.  This

So, this blog is sometimes inspired by Facebook comments.  A friend started a conversation with me in a news-feed discussion that shifted into the “dangers” of microwave cooking.  What’s interesting to me, is the THOUGHT PROCESSES which lead us to conclusions. Less so, the topic itself.  Here are the FB excerpts, then my reply: FRIEND:

My client has a goal to lose weight and brought this flier with her.  It’s meals sold by a weight-loss outfit.  Let’s briefly analyze. First, it’s all cooked foods.  The difference between a diet of cooked foods, and raw foods, is a topic whole books have covered, but let’s recognize that this company supports the

I find “the fallacy” of statistics interesting.  For example, if we were discussing public health conditions in New York City and somebody quoted that there are 7 million rats living there, one might query as to how the rats had been counted.  Now, this is a completely different discussion, rat-counting methods, versus the topic of

One thing about a farmer like Jeff Poppen is that he loves the land. One thing about a farmer like Tyson Foods, is that, they have never been to the land.

My friend had me over for dinner last night and informed me that everything was organically grown except for the potatoes.  I said, “Thank you and no biggee on the potatoes.” “What could be wrong with traditionally grown potatoes?” she asked, “Because they are grown under the ground.” You can’t figure it like that, I

The thing about Facebook is that it’s training us to learn in spurts that are one paragraph long, plus maybe one picture.  Books are outdated simply because they run on too long.  Of course books are not outdated, but you see, within one paragraph, one may clarify, and still keep the reader’s attention.  I believe

Copied from my Facebook post: My FB feed features a post about 4 things which happen before a heart attack. I know 2 of the 4, which is, you super size your bacon cheese melt and diet Coke, then sit on yo fat ass to watch the news. You think I’m making fun? If you