No fixed plans. Not intent upon arriving.
Breakfast was three buttermilk biscuits with strawberry jam, a glass of orange juice, and a cup of coffee. I weighed 156 pounds.
At the office I had another cup of coffee.
I went for a four mile walk around campus over lunch and stopped at Sbarro’s at the HUB for a slice of cheese pizza.
Dinner was a sautéed onion and pepper pizza and two bottles of Saranac Pale Ale.
Recent times have seen growing enthusiasm for the health-giving properties of the Mediterranean diet. Based on natural, nutritious foods such as olive oil, fruit, vegetables, fish and beans (laced with more than a smattering of garlic and downed with a glass or two of red wine), the customary cuisine of the Med has been said to account, at least in part, for the relative longevity of the inhabitants of this region…
In the past few years, various studies have been published on the health effects of the Mediterranean diet. In one, researchers assessed the effects of five foods (fish, raw vegetables, cooked vegetables, fruit and olive oil) on the health of men and women who had suffered a heart attack. Over the six-year period, those eating the most of these foods were half as likely to die compared with those eating the least.
In another trial, also in individuals with heart disease, the effects of eating a Mediterranean diet were compared with those of a standard “healthy” diet over a period of a little over two years. Individuals eating the Mediterranean diet were much less likely to have further problems with their heart, and their overall risk of death was 70 per cent lower.
The evidence suggests that for those who eat a Mediterranean diet, the living really is easy.
I went for a lower body workout at the MBNA Fitness Center tonight:
I upped the target weights by five pounds from the last time I did the lower body workout. They are all plenty heavy now. 
I did get a cramp in my calf on the way out to the car afterwards. Maybe I need to do a little more stretching. Or maybe I should put the warm-up and the cool-down on the treadmill back in. This session took only 20 minutes. A 5 minute warm-up and cool-down would only bring it to half an hour. All things considered though, it was a pretty good workout.
* – The Hoist machines have numbered plates and three smallish weights you can add to the stack. At times I have guessed that the small weights are five pounds each. That would make the plates twenty pounds each. So, that 4+1 would be four, twenty pound plates plus a five pound weight, or 85 pounds. Likewise, the 8+1 would be 165 pounds. But that is just a guess.
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Desire of the Rhino King
Adrian Belew
Release Date: Nov 05, 1991
Genre: Rock
℗ 1991 Island Records
Today’s inspiration comes to us from Laurie Anderson:
Cause when love is gone, there’s always justice
And when justice is gone, there’s always force
And when force is gone, there’s always Mom — Hi Mom!
Breakfast was a slice of cherry pie and a cup of coffee.
At the office I had another cup of coffee.
Over lunch I walked to Pattee Library to return some books and pick up some others. On the way back, I stopped at Otto’s Cafe again and got a Chicken Caesar Salad. I am going to guess that the entire walk was about four miles.
In the afternoon I had a cup of green tea.
It was a three beer night. After work, Gretchen and I sat on the porch and griped about religion and politics while we downed two bottles of Saranac Pale Ale.
Dinner was a salad and squash pancakes and another bottle of Saranac Pale Ale.
Breakfast was two scrambled egg wraps, and two cups of coffee. I weighed 157 pounds.
Lunch was a slice of Foolproof Focaccia and a bottle of Saranac Pale Ale.
Dinner was grilled tuna, grilled zucchini, steamed green beans, sautéed in onions, a slice of Foolproof Focaccia, and half a bottle of Saranac Pale Ale, with a slice of cherry pie for dessert.
Imagine the scene: it’s a beautiful summer’s day and you have decided to treat yourself to some takeaway sushi in a nearby park. But — shock, horror — as you are about to enjoy your Japanese raw fish experience, you realize you have left the chopsticks behind.
But before you�heroically�reconcile yourself to forgoing those sumptuous Maki rolls, you remember that your new sunglasses from Berlin-based company “ic!berlin” have built in chopsticks. Your�meal has been saved…
The spectacle frames are made from lightweight stainless steel and fit together without the use of screws. However, there is a drawback. Once the arms have been removed for use in eating, the glasses are rendered unwearable until the chopsticks are replaced on the frames, making eating for visually impaired diners quite literally a hit-and-miss affair. And then there’s the possibility of wasabi dripping off your ear lobe when you reattach the chopsticks.
The Controlled Environmental Agriculture Center (CEAC) is an interdisciplinary research and training facility located on the University of Arizona’s Campus Agriculture Center (a.k.a. the Farm). Students and faculty from the College of Ag and Life Sciences, including Agricultural & Biosystems Engineering, Agricultural Education, and Plant Sciences currently participate within its programs.
It is our hope to advance the current state of controlled environment technology, to assist the rapidly growing CEA industry in Arizona, and to train the future generations of CEA scientists, growers, and entrepreneurs.
How to roast just about anything — presented in the style of open source software developer documentation
It is all too easy for the novice of French cooking to think that all sauce preparations are delineated in recipes, long ago inscribed in some large book of official cooking instruction. Nothing can be farther from the truth. Recipes for hundreds of sauces do exist in French cooking. (Some can even be found in the archives of this web site.) But in reality, the sauce component of a French dish is often “created” au moment — on the spot — just before serving.
If you peruse the classics of French cooking, such as Escoffier’s Guide Culinaire, you’ll find hundreds of sauce recipes. Many of these sauces, although classic preparations, are in reality, variations on a theme — change one ingredient and Sauce A becomes Sauce B. By applying a bit of imagination, it is possible to see the recipes as elements of a matrix rather than individual prescriptions.
There are lots of reasons for people who are overweight or obese to lose weight. To be healthier. To look better. To feel better. To have more energy.
No matter what the reason, successful weight loss and healthy weight management depend on sensible goals and expectations. If you set sensible goals for yourself, chances are you’ll be more likely to meet them and have a better chance of keeping the weight off. In fact, losing even five to 10 percent of your weight is the kind of goal that can help improve your health.
Most overweight people should lose weight gradually. For safe and healthy weight loss, try not to exceed a rate of two pounds per week.
Using an electric mixer, beat the eggs for several minutes until thick and lemon colored. Add 1 cup of milk and blend into the eggs. Mix sugar and cornstarch in a large saucepan. Add egg/milk mixture to the sugar and cornstarch. Cook until thick (about 5 minutes) stirring constantly. Allow the custard mixture to cool to room temperature.
When the custard is cool, put into a freezer-safe bowl. Blend in cream and salt. Freeze for 2 hours or until slushy. Add 2 teaspoons vanilla. Whip for 5 to 10 minutes with an electric mixer. Return to freezer and finish freezing (several hours or overnight).
Variations: After you have whipped the ice cream, fold in 1 to 2 cups of fresh or frozen fruit, nuts and/or chocolate before returning the ice cream to the freezer to finish freezing.