Farting is bad for hunting. Anything that makes you fart a lot, makes you a bad hunter. Bad hunters didn't have many girlfriends. We probably didn't eat foods that made us fart (or burp). Farting and burping might not be the only negative side effects of those foods.
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I met a young woman who told me she had lost 50 pounds. And then with a guilty demeanor, as if in confession, she said she had lost it on Atkins.
So what? Atkins was on the right track. Just not all those processed Atkins bars and shakes that can be made with any weird ingredient as long as it isn't carbohydrate.
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I met an awesome farmer doing so many things right. I was riffing on health stuff, and made the point that pop tarts aren't a real breakfast food. She went to her cabinet and pulled out a box of organic pop tarts. Look, they're organic, she said.
I'm sorry, dear, but organic pop tarts aren't healthy. Neither is organic arsenic. Or organic lead. Or organic tree bark. Or organic poison ivy.
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Heritage breed turkeys have more dark meat. Heritage breed pork has more fat. Both have more flavor and are more nutritious.
By breeding the fat out of turkeys and pigs, we have bred our own ignorance into other species.
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I was at the farmers market. Most of the farmers tended to be conservative. Most of the shoppers tended to be liberal.
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I am sick. It seems the only time I ever get sick is when two things happen: 1) massive lack of sleep (fewer than 5 hours) and 2) a lot of alcohol. Never just one. I can feel it happening, it's the exact same thing every time.
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I made venison liver and onions tonight. A more accurate description: I made melted butter with a side of liver and onions.
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It's important to have your contact lens prescription up-to-date if you plan on hunting with open sights. The best hunting is at dusk and dawn, the hardest times of day to see.
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Waking up really early to go hunting feels oddly similar to waking up early to play golf. A few hours, often with men, walking near the woods, gazing a few hundred yards into the distance, semi-random reinforcement of success, talking about great shots afterwards over beers.
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Rather than rely on distant forces to turn the economy around, what can you, as an individual, do to end the recession? How can you start a business? How can you innovate in your line of work? How can you create value for others? How can you take things into your own hands?
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Suck it up, and try some mackerel already. (Go for the ones in olive oil.)
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Are there any team sports that have irregular playing surfaces? Golf and skiing are individual. Anything outdoorsy isn't really a team sport (kayaking, climbing, mountain biking). Original Native American lacrosse? The Tarahumara ball game? Am I missing obvious ones?
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Why do lesbians gravitate towards CrossFit but gay guys don't? Is it because gay guys place greater emphasis on looks and CrossFit doesn't emphasize how you look?
Related: Who is more interested in entering the military -- lesbians or gay guys?
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If your wisdom teeth didn't come in, your jaw is stunted. If you have poor eyesight, your eyes didn't properly develop. In what other ways are you permanently deformed that you don't even know about?
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Don't dwell on things you can't change and focus on what you can.
