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Turkey Day Not Good For Long Term Goals
Posted on November 22, 2007 - Filed Under Aahz | Leave a Comment
Today’s “feast” was the first holiday in my life when I was actually concerned about my weight. I think I held up pretty well. I avoided the appetizers other than a few pickles and some raw broccoli. I skipped out before the pie was served. And I managed to take relatively moderate portions of everything else available. Still manage to have both turkey and ham, mashed potatoes, stuffing and green bean casserole. It didn’t look like too much sitting on…
As Easy As Fallin’ Off A Bike
Posted on November 22, 2007 - Filed Under Fatherhood | Leave a Comment
Z’s little brother G isn’t my son, but his father has never been in his life, so I fill the role on occasion. Arriving at X’s exceedingly early for Thanksgiving dinner today left G and I stranded alone downstairs with the beautiful California sun shining outside, so I decided it was time to retry his bicycle. Z was more interested in helping her Mom prep dinner then getting some exercise and sunshine, so it was just me and him.
It’s apparently…
Oh No, There Goes Tokyo, Go Go Stopzilla!
Posted on November 22, 2007 - Filed Under Technology | Leave a Comment
Sorry, I find it difficult to resist Blue Oyster Cult references, no matter how cheesy 
Apparently, the Stopzilla popup blocker has been around for years. In fact it was even the answer on a 2006 episode of Jeopardy: “STOPzilla is software to stop these from constantly appearing on your computer screen.” Nevertheless I don’t recall hearing about them prior to today.
Although Firefox does a pretty good job of stopping pop ups I haven’t been impressed with Internet Explorer’s ability to do so…
Black Friday Came Early This Year
Posted on November 22, 2007 - Filed Under Shopping | Leave a Comment
I’ve been carefully watching the Black Friday deals as they began to be leaked about a month ago. I do this every year looking for new tech gadgets and computer equipment at “rock bottom” prices. Alas, this year’s deals really paled in comparison to previous savings when it comes to electronics. Quite a few major corporate chains actually started serious price slashing earlier this week, but the electronics deals were pretty much all on old crap that only seems to…
Football Keeps Invading My Life
Posted on November 22, 2007 - Filed Under Aahz | Leave a Comment
It’s no secret that I’m most definitely not a football fan. Yet, somehow it keeps invading my life. Sometime after we separated X became a rabid New England Patriots fan. I’m not sure how as she’s never lived in New England (or even been there as far as I know) and she swears she’s always been a huge fan despite football never showing in our household when we were married. Anyway, with them doing so well, I’ve been backed into a…
FDA Quackery Continues Despite Small Progress
Posted on November 21, 2007 - Filed Under Health Care | 3 Comments
Found a fascinating article on cough medicine and kids over at the American Chronicle-
Another example of outright quackery by pharmaceutical companies has finally gathered enough steam to achieve mainstream news coverage: Cold medicines are useless, say pediatricians who petitioned the FDA to ban the marketing of such products to children. Last month, an FDA advisory panel partially agreed with the recommendation, and voted to declare that such medicines should not be used in children younger than six.
Notably, the FDA advisory…
