Write Lightning is a blog from writer Deb Thompson.
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(Some links or topics may not be completely kid-appropriate.)
Everyone is welcome here.
(Some links or topics may not be completely kid-appropriate.)
Mon, Jul 30 2007
Less fat, weight gain, no less fat doesn't work? Hhhhhmmm...
Once again, Dr. John McDougall takes on the shaky results of a study on breast cancer patients who supposedly ate less fat and ate more fruits and vegetables without seeing significant benefit.
posted at: 10:33 | category: /Health and Fitness | link to this entry
Once again, Dr. John McDougall takes on the shaky results of a study on breast cancer patients who supposedly ate less fat and ate more fruits and vegetables without seeing significant benefit.
posted at: 10:33 | category: /Health and Fitness | link to this entry
Second Life: Same as the first?
I haven't ever taken time to check out Second Life, but I once thought that it might be fun to roam in for awhile. I'm not quite sure, however, that Second Life is the same place I'd heard about once upon a time. There's been a crackdown on gambling, a set of guidelines for real IBM employees who use the virtual world and now there are even missionaries attempting to convert all those virtual souls to Catholicism. Second Life even has its share of terrorists.
The fellow who goes by Caliban Karas in Second Life, apparently said in one article that "you can be anything or anyone you want". Well, maybe not. As Dwight Eisenhower once wisely put it, "Things are more like they are today than they have ever been before." Given sufficient time and room to grow, most virtual worlds seem to end up looking a great deal like the everyday world we all have to contend with on a day-to-day basis. I guess I still haven't decided whether that's going to be any fun for me.
posted at: 08:27 | category: /Arts and Entertainment | link to this entry
I haven't ever taken time to check out Second Life, but I once thought that it might be fun to roam in for awhile. I'm not quite sure, however, that Second Life is the same place I'd heard about once upon a time. There's been a crackdown on gambling, a set of guidelines for real IBM employees who use the virtual world and now there are even missionaries attempting to convert all those virtual souls to Catholicism. Second Life even has its share of terrorists.
The fellow who goes by Caliban Karas in Second Life, apparently said in one article that "you can be anything or anyone you want". Well, maybe not. As Dwight Eisenhower once wisely put it, "Things are more like they are today than they have ever been before." Given sufficient time and room to grow, most virtual worlds seem to end up looking a great deal like the everyday world we all have to contend with on a day-to-day basis. I guess I still haven't decided whether that's going to be any fun for me.
posted at: 08:27 | category: /Arts and Entertainment | link to this entry
