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low carb nutrition
A recent conference on nutrition has sparked an intense and interesting debate on the value of low-carb diets to treat obesity. It has drawn in heavy hitters such as Dr. Robert Lustig and Gary Taubes, and gone on to implicate others throughout the nutrition blogosphere such as Stephan Guyenet ( Read more... ) -
fuck cancer
My paternal grandfather is likely in his last year of life from metastatic prostate cancer, I have a close friend dying of metastatic breast cancer this summer, and my dear, dear Sara's father (grammardog) is struggling with his own cancer right now also. This xkcd made me think of them...
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Skilled labour: Henan (ca. 335 BCE)
This short piece came from the issue of Lapham's Quarterly that I recently quoted from about economics. This piece comes from the Zhuangzi, which I've never heard of but which the editors state is one of the most influential books in the Taoist canon.Skilled Labour ( Read more... ) -
Adyashanti, on the freedom of being ordinary
An ordinary man seeks freedom through enlightenment.
An enlightened man expresses freedom through being ordinary.
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Self-pity
There is no situation
so bad that a little
self indulgent belief
that your life is
harder & sadder
than everybody else's
can't make it worse
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Lewis Lapham on the job situation in the US
I first heard of Lewis Lapham in a Sunday Edition interview with Michael Enright on CBC Radio last year. I remember being impressed with him, and also recall hearing at the time that he edited a literary/journalistic sort of journal called Lapham's Quarterly. I picked up the most recent copy last week and have been enjoying his opening essay on ( Read more... )
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