Well, you know, it’s very interesting. Since this book came out, where I argue don’t buy high-fructose corn syrup and don’t buy products with more than five ingredients, suddenly the
Author: Robyn
Adventures on YouTube
toothpastefordinner.com There are a really startling number of “treadmill accident” videos on YouTube — some depicting true accidents, others deliberate setups. Why would anyone deliberately attempt to do a headstand
Passive resistance cat resists passively
(Not our cat. But likely representative of our cats’ potential reactions to the treadmill.) It’s the limp, folded-over front paws and the back paws juuussst barely keeping up that really
Random neat stuff from RSS feeds – Thu May 14, 2009
Swine flu: features of past pandemics Mon May 11, 2009
Ow, my back
Last week I did something to my back. For the first couple of days, I could barely move without insanely excruciating pain shooting up my spine, stopping my breath and
Random neat stuff from RSS feeds – Mon May 04, 2009
Caffeine Withdrawal Headache Explained: Your Brain On — And Off — Caffeine Mon May 04, 2009
On the flu and the choice to panic (or not)
I’ve been doing my best to restrain my usual cynicism about the hysterical media coverage of health issues in the case of the swine flu, as until quite recently there
Advice for idle parenting
The Idle Parent Children actually have an inbuilt self-protective sense that we destroy by over-cosseting. They become independent not so much by careful training but in part simply as a
Random neat stuff from RSS feeds – Mon Apr 20, 2009
The Role of Inbreeding in the Extinction of a European Royal Dynasty Wed Apr 15, 2009
M’s new bike
M’s new bike Originally uploaded by morecoffeeplease. She chose the red one over the white-and-pink one. I hold out hope that perhaps the pink phase might be nearing its end.
Estonian apple cake, an ongoing saga
Once upon a time I tried to make apple cake from my grandmother’s verbal recipe: “It’s a sweet dough, with yeast and cardamom. Then apples and some sugar and flour
Lettuce!
Lettuce! Originally uploaded by morecoffeeplease. It’s a blurry little green thing! Actually growing! There’s always such an unsatisfying lag between planting seeds and any obvious result. These lettuces were planted
No training wheels
No training wheels Originally uploaded by morecoffeeplease. I took the training wheels off M’s bike on the weekend. A single three-minute riding attempt that same day produced much fussing and
Wisdom
Today I have been playing with my new toy, which is a birthday present from D & M: one of the teeny-weeny little iPod Shuffles. It is perfect for solving
Random neat stuff from RSS feeds – Fri Mar 27, 2009
Incredibly weird, inch-wide single-celled creatures discovered rolling across the sea floor Tue Mar 24, 2009
So it is.
Quotation of the Day for March 8, 2009 “If a million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing.” – Anatole France.
Random neat stuff from RSS feeds – Fri Mar 20, 2009
STATS: Babies, Bathtime, and Cancer? Fri Mar 20, 2009
Random advice to at least six cyclists in Chinatown last Thursday
CHAIN OIL. That is all.
It’s a good thing there aren’t many in a package
For some years now various people who’ve spent time in Australia have been telling me about Tim Tams, which are a sort of chocolate-covered cream-filled cookie. It’s not their cookie-ness
Winter may not last forever after all
Winter may not last forever after all Originally uploaded by morecoffeeplease. No idea what these are. Crocuses or irises seem most likely, but they look rather like tulips, although it’s