acta est fabula plaudite

The anti-saturated fat spin machine continues to roll along. Thursday morning, Good Morning America reported on a paper by the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) (http://abcnews.go.com/Health/WellnessNews/americas-favorite-movie-snacks-thumbs/story?id=9119503). The paper (found here: http://cspinet.org/new/pdf/nahpopcorn.pdf) focused on movie theater cuisine, primarily the theater staple of popcorn as well as snack foods.

in fine

The results are finally in and my official time from last weekend's 5K Run for Wellness was 26:04. Someone even managed to snap this photo of a staff member and me just before the finish line:

si vales bene est

This week's big medical news has been the change in recommendations for women getting mammograms (http://www.wtop.com/?nid=106&sid=1814506). I realize that being male means I am completely unqualified to discuss this subject. Therefore, I will do my best to refrain from opinion. Simply allow me to make two points:

quod me nutrit me destruit

Allow me to start with this premise: I have a problem with the fact that a person can buy a couple fast food cheeseburgers for under a dollar, but to get the same number of calories from vegetables costs several times more. I think that speak volumes of the problems in this country, and leads us to ask why is bad food so cheap and good food so expensive?

mala fide

Congratulations go to Bill Gates for placing himself squarely back on my hit list. Those who have known me at least for several years know that I used to think of Microsoft as the antichrist of technology. Then as I started trying to be healthier I realized that Microsoft was just small change compared to agribusiness. At that point I stopped caring about Microsoft. It was not that Microsoft got any better; rather I picked different battles.

non loqui sed facere

Last week I was riding home from work on the bus when I had the opportunity to overhear a conversation between a young man and young woman behind me. Amazingly, as dense as I am about such matters, it was obviously to me within the first couple of minutes that this young man was trying to pick up his seat mate. The reason for this post is the part of this exchange that made me cringe.

What I want to do is give my female readers a brief glimpse into the male mind, as scary as that might be.

virtus tentamine gaudet

For those of you who are in the area, there is still time to join me Sunday for the Run for Wellness at the Holton-Arms School (http://www.holton-arms.edu/page.cfm?p=1609). This will be my second attempt at a 5K. Wish me well.