By Rian, on November 4th, 2009
Hi. Remember me?
It has been an interesting couple of weeks. By ‘interesting’, I mostly mean ‘bad’. I don’t want to get into the whole thing out here in the public square, but things went a little haywire.
Oddly enough, I stuck to the deal, more or less. And, by the old clock on the wall, My [...]
By Rian, on October 13th, 2009
If you’re looking at this live, you’ll see that the temperature in Portland is in the mid-to-low 40s. On top of that it’s windy and rainy. Any illusion of late, late summer is brought harshly to reality if you so much as look out a window. Tonight’s garbage (and yard debris) night, and I walked [...]
By Rian, on October 12th, 2009
OK, I know I said I’d blog about the experiment every day, but… I had a special guest come to visit today and didn’t have a chance. Now I’m too tired.
Let’s see… sweets… sugar… corn syrup… um…
Didn’t really come up to be honest. Probably because I wasn’t incessantly shouting about it into people’s faces.
In any [...]
By Rian, on October 10th, 2009
I’ve spent about five days now explaining to people the theory behind a) my book, and b) my ridiculous experiment.
Common objections:
“But honey’s ALL NATURAL!”
“You really ought to cut out ALL simple carbohydrates.”
“So, you’ll drink alcohol, but you won’t eat sugar. Alcohol is made from sugar. God, I hate you.”
“Get off my lawn!”
And so forth. But [...]
By Rian, on October 5th, 2009
This is seriously going to be tough.
Last night, I was writing until the wee hours, and I must have made a dozen failed trips to the kitchen for a snack. Now, obviously, my Trader Joe’s chocolate covered cranberries were out. Clearly, I could not eat Newman-Os. Let’s see… yogurt… no… honey-roasted peanuts… pita chips have [...]
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