I’ve started reading Dr. Richard D. Feinman’s book, The World Turned Upside Down: The Second Low-Carbohydrate Revolution. It may be the best book on the topic of low carb diets to date, because of its broad perspective, and its readability. It appears to have at its core the same thesis Zooko and I have been […]
A friend recently drew my attention to an historical essay about a plan to bring hippos to the U.S. primarily for eating. Unfortunately, that plan never came to fruition. Hippos are one of the fatter animals left, endangered because their meat is so prized, and I wonder why we don’t just farm them. In any […]
I read your Open Apology to the Internet yesterday. You are courageous to talk about it, and my heart goes out to you. Although I don’t know exactly what trouble you’ve gotten yourself into, I know the pain of Bipolar II, because I have it. Or I had it. Words get a bit tricky, and […]