From Scientific American,September 2004: In an article about how nitrates may actually be beneficial: “The story of nitrate’s positive side began ni 1994, when Jon Lundberg of the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm and Nigel Benjamin of Peninsula Medical School of Exeter, Englind, independently observed that the human stomach harbos large amounts of the gas nitric […]

Grrr… I hate autumn. Lee’s discussed this with me, telling me about all the good things that autumn brings. Cooler temperatures, the crispness in the air, the turning of the leaves, etc. I concede that autumn itself isn’t so bad. But I still hate autumn, because of what happens to me every frikkin’ year. I

Aha! moveable feast n : a religious holiday that falls on different dates in different years from Dictionary.com. That is, Easter and the like. Now I know.

Stretch! Over the weekend of the first, Ray and I drove out to Rapid City to see my Grandparents and other family, some of whom I hadn’t seen for…ten years? More than that? Uncle Dan and Aunt Mararet were there from Reno. Surprisingly, they hadn’t changed much. Dan has gray hair. They both sound the

Silly. So I’m finally reading Jasper Fforde’s* Thursday Next book, Something Rotten when I realize that it’s a silly book. Not a big jump, there. But then I think, “What is silly? Dictionary.com says this: sil·ly adj. sil·li·er, sil·li·est Exhibiting a lack of wisdom or good sense; foolish. See Synonyms at foolish. Lacking seriousness or

Mad. Sent to customer service at Thrifty.com 08/02/05: To whom it may concern, I had a negative experience with the North Academy location of Thrifty in Colorado Springs, Colorado. This is my first experience with Thrifty. If I ever choose this company again, it will not be at this location. I rented a car from

Enron. For those of you who have read Stephen Brust, it sounds like the Enron collapse followed the plot of the book Orca. Minus the assassination. I was listening to NPR today…

Christmas in July. Cool. No crowds. No cards. No snow. No turkey. It was a lovely day. I think we’ll do this again. Pictures when I feel like it.

Alison Krauss. I finally got around to listening to Alison Krauss and the Union Station’s New Favorite last night. Wow. Alison Krauss sounds like Dolly Parton without all the bad producers. She was one of the female vocalists from the O Brother Where Art Thou? soundtrack — that’s how I’d heard of her — and

Woo Hoo!Blogger now allows pictures…