Time to stop using plastics, if you haven't already...

Excerpt from the Rodale article:
"WHAT IT MEANS: There really aren't any "safer" plastics, and it's hard to predict which ones will leach estrogenic chemicals into your food. As this study shows, different plastics containing different types of foods will leach chemicals at different levels. That's largely because there are so many steps and additives in the plastic-making process, says George Bittner, PhD, professor of biology at the University of Texas in Austin and lead author of the study. "A plastic item can subsist of anywhere from five to 20 chemicals, some of which are additives, which are incorporated within the plastic polymer but not bound to the structure," he says. Both the materials that make up the plastic resin and the additives can leach out of plastics, says Bittner, who's also the CEO of CertiChem, the lab that tested the plastics in this study, and a consultant for PlastiPure, a company that works with plastic manufacturers to produce estrogenic-chemical-free plastics. You also have mold-release agents and colorants that are used to make or decorate the plastics, adds Mike Usey, CEO of PlastiPure, and those colorants tend to be highly estrogenic."

Yo Dawg, we heard you like Starbucks, so we added a Starbuck and a Starbuck to your Starbucks...

Original on imgur

So...I'm a coffee nut. I'm in for the whole experience, taking what seem like silly amounts of time to research, purchase, and test coffee and coffee gear. Trying different combos of merchants, gear and coffee -- I really do spend too much time on this. But have no intentions of stopping.
Never mind the amount of time I spend making & drinking the stuff...

Anyhoo, we've own lots of coffee makers (a couple regular drip machines, a Starbucks espresso maker, an Aeropress, multiple French presses, and a 1-cup Swiss Gold pour over).

But it's pour-over coffee that has a hold on me lately. I like the simplicity and elemental nature of it. And the easy cleanup.
Above those considerations though, is the powerful, clear coffee taste from pour-overs -- that's what I like best.

So, my next purchase will be a Chemex pour-over coffee maker. Check it out in this video if you are so inclined:

Onward...

Kristian Ulrich Larsen

"...want to succeed in business, don’t get an M.B.A. Study philosophy instead."
http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2006/06/the-management-myth/4883/

"I told ya so", ;)

My current favorite image...

Read this first ->> http://www.johndcook.com/blog/2011/03/03/thomas-jefferson-meetings/

I've actually been doing this for years and had no idea I was treading the footsteps of such a great person.
Anyhoo, as a viable tactic for sharing vision I consider it perfectly valid.
Of course, my personality si suited to it, so that's a highly biased affirmation anyway...

Culled from this site/link: http://www.yuricareport.com/Parody%20and%20Humor/OpenLetterToDrLaura.html
with as many people as I can. When someone tries to defend the homosexual 
lifestyle, for example, I simply remind them that Leviticus 18:22 clearly 
states it to be an abomination. ... End of debate.

I do need some advice from you, however, regarding some other elements of 
God's Law and how to follow them.

1. When I burn a bull on the altar as a sacrifice, I know it creates a 
pleasing odour for the Lord - Lev.1:9. The problem is my neighbours. They 
claim the odour is not pleasing to them. Should I smite them?

2. I would like to sell my daughter into slavery, as sanctioned in Exodus 
21:7. In this day and age, what do you think would be a fair price for her?

3. I know that I am allowed no contact with a woman while she is in her 
period of menstrual uncleanliness - Lev.15: 19-24. The problem is how do I 
tell? I have tried asking, but most women take offence.

4. Lev. 25:44 states that I may indeed possess slaves, both male and 
female, provided they are purchased from neighbouring nations. A 
friend of mine claims that this applies to Mexicans, but not 
Canadians. Can you clarify? Why can't I own Canadians?

5. I have a neighbour who insists on working on the Sabbath. Exodus 35:2. 
The passage clearly states he should be put to death. Am I morally obligated 
to kill him myself?

6. A friend of mine feels that even though eating shellfish is an 
abomination - Lev. 11:10, it is a lesser abomination than homosexuality. I 
don't agree. Can you settle this? Are there 'degrees' of abomination?

7. Lev. 21:20 states that I may not approach the altar of God if I have a 
defect in my sight. I have to admit that I wear reading glasses. Does my 
vision have to be 20/20, or is there some wiggle room here?

8. Most of my male friends get their hair trimmed, including the hair 
around their temples, even though this is expressly forbidden by Lev.19:27. 
How should they die?

9. I know from Lev. 11:6-8 that touching the skin of a dead pig makes me 
unclean, but may I still play football if I wear gloves?

10. My uncle has a farm. He violates Lev. 19:19 by planting two different 
crops in the same field, as does his wife by wearing garments made of two 
different kinds of thread (cotton/polyester blend). He also tends to curse 
and blaspheme a lot. Is it really necessary that we go to all the trouble of 
getting the whole town together to stone them? - Lev.24:10-16. Couldn't we 
just burn them to death at a private family affair like we do with people 
who sleep with their in-laws? (Lev. 20:14)

I know you have studied these things extensively and thus enjoy considerable 
expertise in such matters, so I am confident you can help.

Thank you again for reminding us that God's word is eternal and unchanging.

Your adoring fan,

Anonymous

 

Great insight from Ira Glass on the creative process and failure as a means to getting to great stuff

The linked video is short, aroudn 4min.