Saturday, February 4, 2012
Hello. Again.
Monday, January 3, 2011
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Heart Attack in a Can
Those with whom I've spent any substantive time know that I'm not a health nut. Far from it. Due to my family history I'm going to die of a heart attack before I'm 70, which would frankly be a miracle if I last that long. Thereby I admit that this posting is absurd.
I enjoyed delicious home made chicken noodle soup last night (no, you silly reader, I didn't make it). It was frickin' awesome. Instead of spooning up mouthful after mouthful of salty water, I was rewarded with scoops of (shocking!) chicken and noodles.
Aside from the palpability of each spoonful, I was shocked by the flavor. It wasn't like drinking salt water. I could actually taste the hunks of chicken, crunched the carrots, and enjoyed the pasta.
I base my chicken noodle soup experience on eating Campbell's. The little chewy morsels of meat are closely related to the chunks of muscle that's attached to the shells which are found on ... well ... mussels. The noodles are sparse and limp. The vegetables in Cambpell's are nearly non-existent.
Then I had home made chicken noodle soup. The difference was amazing.
So what's this got to do with the morbid topic of keeling over with a heart attack?
Well, the first thing I noticed about home made chicken noodle soup was that it wasn't salty. A few minutes of research results in these facts. Campbell's Chicken Noodle soup contains 890mg of Sodium. That's 50% of the FDA's daily allowance in one serving. I just saw on CNN a couple of days ago that *shock* lowering my salt intake by half could produce health benefits on par with reducing high cholesterol or smoking.
Hmmmmm ... bacon, salt, or smoking. How to choose?
Holy heart attack, Batman. Add that to all the chips, bacon, beer, pistachios . . .
It's a wonder I haven't dropped dead yet.
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
My Vote Counted
I'm still in shock that the voters of Massachusetts, often called "the most liberal state in the country," elected Scott Brown.
Thursday, December 24, 2009
Sunday, October 18, 2009
Jenny Gets Gold!
Jenny was very proud of her gold and silver medals. Me too.
Thursday, September 24, 2009
Aquifer
Aquifer.
Be honest, please. Consider this a scientific study. Do you know what aquifer means, and if not then do you think I'm an asshole for using it in polite discourse?
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