Today, fat is demonized as a horrible component of food that we should avoid at all costs. Commercials today show skinny girls eating low-fat and zero-fat products, thus making the link in our minds between beauty and low-fat. If you eat high-fat products, you must need a motorized cart to push you around at Walmart,… [Read More]
Weekend Reading: Robot Cars Edition
I suppose that everyone has already heard of Google’s automated cars that can drive themselves, with minimal human intervention? It might already be old news, but I find this very, very cool. I am amazed every time I sit in a car that I am basically in command of a dangerous 4000 pound piece of… [Read More]
Weekend Reading: Riding the Roller Coaster
It’s been an interesting week so far! Gold and silver may have blown their top… for now. The U.S. Dollar is slowly gaining steam amidst more woes in Europe… it looks like the reserve currency is still kicking! Here are my posts of the week: Gold, Revisited: Is $1500 Near? – In this post, I… [Read More]
Is It Really That Expensive to Eat Healthy Food?
I remember watching a documentary on TV about an overweight family that brought their kids to eat fast food everyday because it was “cheaper” than buying vegetables at the supermarket and cooking them (it might have been Food, Inc.). Now, I never was at the point of eating fast food everyday, but I used to… [Read More]
Weekend Reading: Beginning of Fall Edition
This has been a busy week so far. I started classes which I am taking twice a week after work, and there is quite a bit of homework and study attached. I really don’t remember how I used to mix work and school in the past! Here are my posts over the past week: Learn… [Read More]