Latest high-fructose corn syrup study generates buzz, debate – CNN.com. (CNN) — Acolytes of “Food Rules” guru Michael Pollan and other well-meaning foodies who’ve made corn a scapegoat for the nation’s health crises have welcomed a new study from Princeton University that suggests high-fructose corn syrup causes more significant weight gain than table sugar....
Read more »
Rachelle Gardner commented on her blog about the age-old question of whether agents hate writers. The usual internet shit-storm erupted, of course, although most people who bother to read an agent’s blog are there to learn, and show respect. Some commenters, though, echoed a refrain I’ve heard so many times. And I’ve just got...
Read more »
Interrupting the NaNo-blogging to say: I just don’t get it. WTF, Maine? How did gays ever hurt you? WTH, California? Just try getting by without your gays! WTFBBQ!!!! to my own state, where we have a frakkin’ BAN, just to make damn sure. Traditional marriage is threatened by things like “How to Marry a...
Read more »
Ryan Bliss over at Digital Blasphemy does some amazing work. (the link is to the free gallery. A membership is totally worth the price.) It’s no surprise then, that his work gets snagged a lot. That doesn’t make it okay, but at least it’s not a surprise. What does surprise me is the reaction...
Read more »
I’m not sure what it is about me, but I tend to get confidences. At the pool today I exchanged pleasantries with a young mother. Within minutes she told me how this was her first outing with the kids since she got a restraining order against their father. His best friend had acquired a...
Read more »
|
