Have you ever wondered why it is so expensive to have a healthy diet? Fresh fruits, vegetables, lean meat, fish, wholesome wholewheat bread all cost a lot.
Why is it that unhealthy foods are such cheap ways to feed a family...$1 McDouble sandwiches.
You either have to be dirt poor and need to grow, forage, or hunt for your food (these people are probably thin because of the exercise expended to feed themselves) or very rich, retired or rich and retired to have the time to grow a garden to have your share of healthy foods.
People who are morbidly obese and unable to work, complain about their lifestyle. But they didn't get fat without help and without opening their mouths. In the meantime, the poor schleprocks are working their butts off to make ends meet, pay their taxes to support these individuals? Something is desperately wrong with this picture.
If fat people had to grow, forage, or hunt for their food, they would either get thinner or starve to death. There is some logic to living a dirt poor life.
Thursday, June 10, 2010
Sunday, June 6, 2010
June Aphorism
What we anticipate seldom occurs; what we least expect generally happens.
Benjamin Disraeli
Benjamin Disraeli
Enchantment, A Twisted Classic Fantasy
Just got through reading Orson Scott Card's novel, Enchantment, billed as a classic fantasy with a modern twist. While I loved Card's novels, Ender's Game and Ender's Shadow, the pace of this novel was too slow for me. There were some interesting twists but it is difficult to weave a story that spans from 900 AD to modern times without getting tangled up. The feel of the novel is old and yet one is jolted into an abyss of anachronistic non-sequitars.
If nothing else, this does suggest the possible linkages of ancestral memories and how some people seem to be gifted with ancient memories and practices which do not seem to be logical. While this novel makes a point for time travelers, there are still instances of people who have demonstrated ancestral knowledge with no seeming reasonable rationale. The mystery remains about the plausibility of certain people's contact with the ancient times, ancient knowledge, and old perspectives.
If nothing else, this does suggest the possible linkages of ancestral memories and how some people seem to be gifted with ancient memories and practices which do not seem to be logical. While this novel makes a point for time travelers, there are still instances of people who have demonstrated ancestral knowledge with no seeming reasonable rationale. The mystery remains about the plausibility of certain people's contact with the ancient times, ancient knowledge, and old perspectives.
Southern Comfort for Breakfast
All of you sweet talking Southerners...found the perfect comfort food to start of your Sundays. Go to Hokulani's Steak House for Southern Style Biscuits, with sausage patties and sausage gravy.
Wow!!! A huge platter with two biscuits, buttered and put on the grill to be browned and crisp, 2 sausage patties and an ample amount of rich-thick-yummy sausage gravy. Although I think I can eat a lot, could only eat half of the portion and had to put half in the eat later at home box.
The coffee is also good. The biscuit, sausage, and gravy platter cost $5.95. A winner indeed.
Wow!!! A huge platter with two biscuits, buttered and put on the grill to be browned and crisp, 2 sausage patties and an ample amount of rich-thick-yummy sausage gravy. Although I think I can eat a lot, could only eat half of the portion and had to put half in the eat later at home box.
The coffee is also good. The biscuit, sausage, and gravy platter cost $5.95. A winner indeed.
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Food for thought - Acronyms
If people really knew the meaning of the acronym, SNAFU, they would not be using it so frequently.
Buth then, perhaps not!
Buth then, perhaps not!
Monday, May 10, 2010
Japanese Gothic Tales
Living in Wakayama, we were often reminded of the presence of Koya San, a mountain in the region. In Izumi Kyoka's book, Japanese Gothic Tales, one of the short stories is "The Holy Man of Mount Koya" provides a new view of this prefectual landmark. Indeed, as the long short story progresses, strange events occur. The monk is a traveler who is rained upon by blood sucking leeches. Once he gets out of the forest, he finds a secluded mountain cottage. He finds an odd looking person peering at him.
"His mouth hung open, his upper lip curled back. His nose was flat and his forehead bulged. His hair had grown out and was long like a cockscomb in front, flipped all the way back to his collar and covering his ears. Was he a mute? An idiot? A young man about to turn into a frog? I was surprized by what I saw."
This is among the many bizarre sights the monk experiences. It is not until he meets a fellow traveler, an old man walking along the path does the holy man learn how he escaped a hideous fate. An odd story with undertones of personal feelings that I had heard a similar story from a different cultural perspective.
One of many short stories with surprising twists...Perfect for the bedtime reader whose eyes fall shut within 15 minutes of jumping into bed.
"His mouth hung open, his upper lip curled back. His nose was flat and his forehead bulged. His hair had grown out and was long like a cockscomb in front, flipped all the way back to his collar and covering his ears. Was he a mute? An idiot? A young man about to turn into a frog? I was surprized by what I saw."
This is among the many bizarre sights the monk experiences. It is not until he meets a fellow traveler, an old man walking along the path does the holy man learn how he escaped a hideous fate. An odd story with undertones of personal feelings that I had heard a similar story from a different cultural perspective.
One of many short stories with surprising twists...Perfect for the bedtime reader whose eyes fall shut within 15 minutes of jumping into bed.
Monday, May 3, 2010
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