Prison Food Ain’t What it Used To Be: Bechamel, Croquettes and Cupcakes at...
Even in 1946, one of the most notorious prisons in the world was serving what would be considered real, homestyle, quality food. Check out this menu and see if you can tell just from the name what...
View ArticlePlumpy’nut Is Not Food; Also Not Death
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plumpy’nut 500 kcalories of processed survival food More than a decade ago, a European researcher noticed how darn tasty and fattening Nutella was, and realized that with a...
View Article$12K For 25 Stitches: American Healthcare is Broken (Part 1)
Part One of several posts about how health care can be a heck of a lot better in this country. It’s about the least surprising thing to say when talking about health and medicine in the western world:...
View ArticlePernicious (or persnickety?) Anemia: Round One
I’ve felt fat and slow for a long time now. Years. Part of that is not that I’m fat, but that I do actually weigh more than I did 4 or 5 years ago. What happens when I run is just physics: it feels...
View ArticleTuesday Tribute: Jamesina Simpson – engineer, mom, runner
I’m back with another Tuesday treat, your current Tribute of the week. This one comes from a close personal connection – my sister-in-law, Jamesina. TUESDAY TRIBUTE: JAMESINA SIMPSON Part of Jamesina’s...
View ArticlePost Ultramarathon Funk And How it Sucks Balls
It is pretty well known that the more a person does ultramarathons or marathons, for the most part, the quicker one recovers. Recovery from one’s first 50 miler is nothing like the 10th or the 20th or...
View ArticlePost Ultramarathon Funk And How it Sucks Balls
It is pretty well known that the more a person does ultramarathons or marathons, for the most part, the quicker one recovers. Recovery from one’s first 50 miler is nothing like the 10th or the 20th or...
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