Marion Nestle reports in her latest book, What to Eat, that “more than 80% of Americans snack at least once a day”. What’s more, snacks account for more than one-fifth of daily calories.
Look for that number to go up now that marketers at Taco Bell have introduced the FourthMeal, the meal between dinner and breakfast. [...]
Entries from June 2006
June 30, 2006
Eat More, Inc.
June 29, 2006
Of thighs and hairy butts
I was looking at some photos of men over on Scott’s site, and it doesn’t appear to me that men have a problem with their thighs rubbing together. Some of them have hairy butts, though.
June 29, 2006
Evaluating Cryobanks
We are out of IUI units. We need two per month: one for the day before and one for the day after ovulation. A few days ago I (Mel) checked on the inventory for our donor and found, no surprise, that we would have to go on the wait list for him again. We went on the wait [...]
June 28, 2006
House for Sale
No, not mine. Well, maybe. The lab mix stays.
Seriously, our neighbor across the street is selling her house, and what a house it is. Holy crap. It’s a brick Tudor, 3 bedrooms, 1.5 baths, 1800 square feet, full, dry basement, in-ground swimming pool. It’s listed at $145k, but I know the seller wants to walk [...]
June 27, 2006
Books make u smrt
Are book hoarders smarter than non-book hoarders? They’re definitely more pretentious. What about folks who list books that they’re reading or have read on their blogs? I get wanting to keep track of a title so you don’t forget about it, but I don’t really care what somebody read three years ago. I can go [...]
