Eating Healthier

There’s really no excuse for this. I’ve been a vegetarian for… how long? Almost ten years? Check. I’ve known about vitamin deficiencies for… ever? Check. I live in one of the best neighborhoods in one of the largest cities with some of the best and most convenient access to different foods ever. Check.

So it comes as a slight surprise that I have a vitamin B deficiency. But not much. I’ve kind of suspected that for a while and responded to that suspicion with a general, “meh.” I’m tired of not really knowing where my food comes from. I’m tired of lack of choices. I’m tired of paying a lot for not much. So slowly but surely, my laziness is being won over by my boredom with insufficient food options.

Of course, making such a change in habit is not easily done, and for me, it helps a lot to have fun accessories. Suffice it to say, I’ve been doing a lot of research, getting some ideas for super healthy meals, and of course, patronizing j-box. I recently ordered a new lunchbox, so that I can easily and fashionably transport my lunches from my home to my place of business. I also got a little tote so that I can actually lug it onto the trolley instead of carrying it with two hands. My god, my life is so challenging, isn’t it? And let’s be honest, I take the trolley entirely out of laziness and not at all out of necessity. Also, sometimes, it is chilly outside and I don’t want to get my feet wet. How spoiled am I? Tremendously. keep reading »

Nerd Humor

Today, I wore my style t-shirt, that has <style> written on the front, and </style> written on the back. When one of my coworkers noticed, he said, “I was thinking of getting a shirt that says <strong>,”

I looked at him and replied, “That’s a bold statement.”

Later that day, some other coworkers were discussing unusual HTML tags, and told me a story about how they’d seen a document that had <smoke></smoke> tags scattered throughout. Belatedly, I asked, “Did you find the <fire> tag?”

Hydroponic Vegetable Garden

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I’ve long mentioned my desire to plant a vegetable garden indoors. I’ve grappled with figuring out where and how I would set it up, what sort of mixtures I would use for different plants, how much light I could give them, what types of fertilizer I would need to get, and so forth. The limitations of an indoor apartment vegetable garden combined with the complex needs and desires of such a garden were daunting. I ordered books, I did research, I realized, to my increasing frustration, that the world was patting me on the head and going, “there, there, darling, wouldn’t you like some lovely flowers? Perhaps you won’t kill your next dull potted plant.” keep reading »

Teeny Tiny Tangy Potato Salad

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Food, Inc.


So excited to check this out. It in my netflix instant queue.