Yeah, the carnivore diet freaks me out too. I’ve heard it’s helped some folks with autoimmune diseases. I think its popularity grew as an extension of the popularity of the ketogenic diet, which I’ve heard came from finding ways to help cancer patients feel less bad from their chemo and/or radiation treatments. I’ve…

I’m kind of surprised Gojira didn’t have something to do with it. Seems right up their alley.

I just looked at his Wikipedia entry and found a section on “Terryology,” which he apparently calls his own language of logic. I still think there’s a mystical element to it.

This honestly sounds like he’s been reading a bunch of mysticism on his own and came up with his own system (“Flower of Life”). Since a lot of pop physics talk has drifted into simulation theories, and general relativity sees matter as energy, and some ways of thinking see both as information, he probably threw all tha…

It’d be interesting to hear interviews with the people there. There are few enough that all of them could at least fill out a questionnaire. I’d ask what got them interested in the topic, what made them think the event was worth attending,how far they traveled, whether they made the trip alone, and what they expected…

My 7 year-old son loves gargoyles -- I mean the statues. If the show came back around, I think he’d flip his lid!

How did this become a part of YWG (Young White Guy) culture? Also, while stating the obvious that it’s casual racism, does anyone else find that the sound of them saying it is also somehow really annoying? 

Sounds like a reasonable list of ingredients to me as long as you don’t add chocolate. And that’s just because I’m not a fan of chocolate in general. My dad was the son of pre-depression (possible pre-WW1) Austrian farmer-immigrants  and his cooking style was to use just about every spice but to vary the amount of…

I think the difference with opioids is that there’s not a major push for their legal recreational use. If we’re talking about weed as medicine we are having a different conversation than if we are talking about weed for fun. If someone were pulled over driving high on medicine, a prescription wouldn’t get them out of…

I appreciate the conversation. It’s an interesting topic for sure.

When I was a workers’ comp adjuster, we’d occasionally have to call-out an employer for calling employees independent contractors because it was basically a premium-dodging scheme. Obviously there are numerous other issues with doing that, but insurance fraud is one of them.

Is that true of BAC as well or do they work differently? I’m forming opinions about this as I learn.

That’s the big question. I guess a good question to help zero-in on it would be whether a person can have a BAC above the legal limit in their locality and not be drunk or buzzed. If so, then you just have to pick the least-arbitrary level you can. I suppose you’d do that by studying metabolite quantity at testing…

For the legalization advocates, this might be a blessing in disguise. One of the issues faced by law enforcement and certainly by employers is that there’s no BAC equivalent for THC. If this helps establish a standard of measurement, it could show lawmakers where the guard rails should be so they are more willing to…

As someone who is a Christian, I’ll gladly say this woman is wrong. The overwhelming majority of the OT is about the history of Israel with some promises and references that apply elsewhere. When you get to the NT, it goes global but talks about everyone other than the Jewish people (e.g. most of the US, among other…

I wonder what kind of response an (R) would get get if he/she just said something like:

Overall, I agree with you. That stated, I think he’s only approaching toothpicks with completely vertical entry and exit points and a hot dog in the standard “meat in a u of bread, seam on bottom” orientation, which is not so much arbitrary as it is un-creative. At the end of the day, he’s another politician with…

I’ve purchased games after hearing they had great soundtracks--they became gateways for me. I’ve never played a game just to listen to the music, but I have let the music lead me to a fun game.

If Wendy’s were to do an 8-piece 3-for $3 meal, they’d win the fast food wars.

Good to know. I’d go wiz without. I’d be tempted to say “wiz or without you,” but I get the sense a poorly-constructed U2 pun might cost me some teeth.