Perhaps some of you will remember a post I made that said Weight Loss is Simple! Well, I forgot a very important component:

SUPPORT!

I was talking recently to a friend about the charting system on http://www.physicsdiet.com and espousing the greatness of tracking your weight consistently and precisely. But I also mentioned a very important part of ( Read more... )

I'm posting. Yeah, no kidding. Nuts, huh? Anyway, I had a very vivid dream last night and I thought some of you silk worms might appreciate this...

So there I was in some urban neighborhood. Somewhat like Somerville/Cambridge, yet possibly like any other urban neighborhood in the US. I wasn't in the ghetto of wherever I was, but it wasn't exactly a ( Read more... )

What did I do this weekend? That's right. I cleaned out the #$^%*& gutters. Stupid landlord was supposed to have these fixed ages ago. So instead of asking him politely (for the 4th time), I decided to climb up on the roof and clean them out myself ( Read more... )

Ever have trouble getting a "read" on someone. Well, I've always wanted to know how to read Nancy. Frankly, I don't understand that girl. I wish someone would have given me this guide to her before I had met her. It would have saved me a lot of trouble and confusion.
How to read Nancy*

Check it out. It's pretty insightful read.

*no relation to my ex- ( Read more... )

In case some of you aren't aware, Microsoft has a version of Windows XP called Media Center Edition. It's basically a version that's somewhere between XP Pro and XP Home that has this extra functionality called "Media Center". This program allows your computer to record and play TV shows, pause live TV, play DVDs, CDs, and MP3s, show slideshows of ( Read more... )

I think this is the first time I experienced Firefly without actually participating. I was always doing something, but I never felt like I was participating. Okay, okay. Even though I probably was participating, it didn't feel that way.

This year at Firefly, a group of us, including my good friend
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Just thought all of you women would be happy to know that the FDA recently approved the HPV vaccine manufactured by Merck. In case you don't know, two variants of the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) cause around 70% of cervical cancer cases worldwide. This vaccine has been shown to be nearly 100% effective in preventing those 2 variants (HPV-16 and 18 ( Read more... )

No seriously. Losing weight isn't that hard. Since December of 2005 I've lost a little over 20 pounds and the weight continues to come off at around 1 lbs/week. By the time Burning Man roles around, I should be another 10 to 15 pounds lighter ( Read more... )

Brewing is finished and the full-bodied Stout was just begging to be bottled today. So I obliged it and rounded up 48 bottles for said bottling ( Read more... )

NERAX (New England Real Ale eXhibition) is coming to Davis Square from May 3 - 6.

Details here: http://www.nerax.org/

Tickets are $6 (day pass?)

Should be a good time. Anyone wanna go with me?