Category: work
10/22/07 09:57 - 63ºF - ID#41747
to veggie or not to veggie
If you know me, you know that this is definetely not true. I love meat. Sorry vegetarians, but i am not...
but why do they think i am a vegetarian is so beyond me. Yes i bring salads to work... but what is sprinkled generously across the top of said salad? ham. yes real ham! oink oink!
and when i bring in a wrap or sandwhich? yes i admit... its always on whole wheat bread. and yes, there is usually a generous helping of lettuce, tomato, and avacado on there, but there is also HAM!
i like ham.
and yes i put hummus on my wraps! i know that several of you are unaware of what this stuff even is (quote: "Oh is that the stinky stuff that you smell when you go into Indian restaurants?") no my friend, that is curry. HUMMUS PEOPLE!!
Apparently to my fellow coworkers, if one attempts to eat 'healthy' (not running to mcdonalds/burgerking/arby's/fishfryfridays) every day than i must be a vegetarian.+
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Location: New Paltz, NY
Category: good times
10/21/07 03:59 - 76ºF - ID#41737
lacklusty bills
is it just me or was that win rather lackluster?
i mean everyone was just like... yeah we won, i'm tired lets get a beer...
i mean its the bills... shouldn't they be ecstatic as all hell that they actually didn't biff it in the end?
or am i just being overly pessimistic?
Permalink: lacklusty_bills.html
Words: 58
Location: New Paltz, NY
Category: good times
10/20/07 10:30 - 56ºF - ID#41723
News!!!
but this morning's tidbit of news was just the cats pjs!
HARRY POTTER SPOILER!!!!
and for all those link clicky persons (such as myself) i'll let you know the big suprise...
dumbledore is gay!
thats right... harry potter's beloved headmaster was a big homo!! ahh yes... the answers to all those pesky questions! the fashionable robes! the mysterious twinkle in his eye! oh dumbledore, i finally get you!!!
oh yeah and that fling with Grindelwald was explained too...
oh and then i just looked at jim's chatter and saw that he already posted this... so t his is a pointless entry... thanks a lot for bein on top of things jim!!
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Words: 141
Location: New Paltz, NY
Category: work
10/15/07 11:23 - 53ºF - ID#41667
Entitlement
Take note of the following and very pertinant example that I have taken from my everyday life.
"I have given you guys a lot of money over the years so you better give me a good deal"
or
"You will give me a car charger for free or that will be a deal breaker"
or
"What do you mean I can't get that phone for free? I'm entitled to a free phone!"
You see, one thing that I have come to realize over the years as a sales person is that there is this nasty virus going around making people believe that they are entitled to much more than they are. I mean, I may be wrong, but I don't believe that anyone has ever approached the electric company and told them "Hey, I've paid you thousands of dollars over the past few years, so I am entitled to a free month of service!" Who has ever approached Time Warner Cable and requested free cable because of the amount of money they have spent?
It somehow seems to me that people have gotten a bit too big for their britches. About 95 percent of the people who come to me with these demands seem to be middle class white men (and sometimes women). They seem to think that they deserve the world.
They seem to believe that what they are doing when they demand that free car charger or that free phone is 'sticking it to the man.' Really they are just 'sticking it to the underpaid salesperson'
Verizon doesn't suffer from that free accessory. The salesperson's pay check sure does though.
I have sold phones and services and actually lost money on, just to make the customers happy, and they STILL have walked out of the door with the proverbial 'I deserved more" stick up their ass.
Just be nice and I'll be more than happy to help you out as much as I can. I will lose money for you.
That is all.
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Words: 346
Location: New Paltz, NY
Category: good times
10/14/07 11:36 - 53ºF - ID#41638
Do i ski? well ha!
Ski trip #1 involved lauren and myself, and our friends Kathi and Kim. Kathi and Lauren being the great skiiers that they are, took off and left me with Kim. Kim is rather awkward and can barely walk without falling over. Somehow Kim and I were left at the bunny slope for two hours while Kathi and Lauren went and played. The damn tow rope seemed to dislocate my shoulder. Kim fell a lot.
Ski trip #2 was the following year. I brought my friend Kat out skiing for her birthday. We both did well and I even made it from the top of the mountain down without falling!
Ski trip #3 involved myself, Lauren and Kathi. the following pictures will tell the tale.
doing great...
yeah i can do this!
nope no i can't...
please take note that i have lost my pole, and apparently a ski. this was how the day went for me.
This post is actually a call for (E:strip) skiiers~! (e:jbeatty), (e:lauren) and i are psyched about skiing this year, and are prepared to set up an (e:strip) ski gathering! whatcha say winter sports fans?
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Words: 203
Location: New Paltz, NY
Category: randomo history
10/13/07 08:21 - 44ºF - ID#41624
a convenient truth
how very convenient! i bet this cleans up the reputation of the vatican huh?
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Words: 60
Location: New Paltz, NY
Category: good times
10/10/07 11:10 - 51ºF - ID#41584
i missed pizza for THIS?
in exchange we went to our dance class wherein both lauren and i have managed to put ourself in such an amount of pain that we can't even stand to shower.
i think that i pulled something in my calf. and something directly above my knee. both on the left side. i'm so out of shape.
but we learned some great moves that hopefully when we can walk again we will be able to try and recreate!
we were going to swing by PMT mansion afterwards but we would hav elooked stupid crying and limping.
Permalink: i_missed_pizza_for_THIS_.html
Words: 101
Location: New Paltz, NY
Category: randomo
10/10/07 11:42 - 60ºF - ID#41569
growly belly
anybody else think that unions have gotten too big for their britches? i've been rather anti-union since my father got screwed around so regularly by his union.
(e:enknot) your baby is adorable! more pictures please!
last night i met with my boss, heather, and her friend carmello about doing this crazy fashion show/theatrical experience. it sounds like such amazing funness!
more on that later...
i have to get off the computer as lauren has to start writing papers.
and i have to start on my chores.
Permalink: growly_belly.html
Words: 98
Location: New Paltz, NY
Category: randomo
10/09/07 10:08 - 73ºF - ID#41556
the next day
i have a football hangover. without booze ever having been involved.
Permalink: the_next_day.html
Words: 30
Location: New Paltz, NY
Category: good eats
10/07/07 04:33 - 74ºF - ID#41537
foreshadow
this would be a hint as to one of the flavors of jello shots that i will be bringing to the (e:strip) halloween party.
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Words: 33
Location: New Paltz, NY
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i find nothing wrong with vegetarianism for others. i just really love ham. mmm ham.
@(e:James): Average vegetarians don't gorge on Soy, James! Two years back, I had never even heard of all these crazy soy stuff eg. Tofu, Seitan, Soy milk etc. They are now a part of my diet (except Soy milk), but they aren't anywhere close to being a major part, and they never will be. These soy products are south-east Asian protein sources and not all of Asia lives and swears by them. The major sources of protein for people in the subcontinent are milk/dairy products and lentils.
I think it's interesting that here vegetarianism is seen as being hooked to meat replacements that are inevitably made of soy. Non-vegetarians see this as a revolting and insipid alternative. I think the reason behind this blind loathing of "replacements" is the idea of being a "replacement". It is my personal opinion that if you want to be a vegetarian, then you don't need replacements. It's a totally different lifestyle choice, and you just adopt it. It's a lifestyle in which all the so-called "replacement" products are just new components to your food. They are not a predominant part or a block-your-meat-craving-with-this part.
Let me step on the controversy platform and say that if anyone is using the soy products as a replacement, they probably aren't too happy being a vegetarian anyway. Continuing being a vegetarian with cravings for meat is going to do you no earthly good.
That said, it is very true that soy is used as a filler material in every kind of processed food sold here in the States (on a par with corn). In fact, did you know that those cherished donuts have a major % of soy in them? So you don't really have to be a forced vegetarian to be eating an indecent amount of soy.
However, soy may not be a major source of phytoestrogens. Other surprising source of isoflavones (phytoestrogens) are Beer, Coffee, Flaxseed and a quite non-surprisingly, a million different types of fruit.
According to latest epidemiological research, the role of phytoestrogens in breast cancer causation/prognosis is not defined. Clinical trials are currently underway to see if a sizeable amount of phytoestrogen-intake induces the expression of good genes (tumour-supressor genes) or bad genes (oncogenes) or affects weight gain in any way. All this points to the fact that though phytoestrogens may have a hormonal action in maybe test-tube cancer cell models, this may not be the case in a human body.
It is also wise to keep in mind that mono-diets (with the same nutrient-source everyday, for every meal) or diets rich in excessive amount of a particular nutrient-source are bound to interfere/alter with some biological pathway or the other.
The punch line is: Making informed choices should not be equivalent to making yourselves unhappy.
There is soy in everything. Seriously, everything you eat has some soy product (and corn product for that matter).
I heard about the soy estrogen thing in regard to weight lifters who use soy protein powder. Eating 200g of the stuff a day is a lot different that the casual soy eating most people do.
my apologies.
Hey Janelle, you should eat all my soy from now on. win-win, right?
Speaking of which, hope you male vegetarians are enjoying those soy-estrogen induced man-titties.
We need to get you a hat made out of bacon to put them in their little place.
At one work place, I had a friend tell me that my food looked good and smelled good, but when I offered to let her try some, she absolutely refused because the food had fake meat(seitan)in it! How bizarre is that?
Here at my current work place, someone told me that they were hesitant to offer me sweets because I looked like a person who tried to be healthy?! Lol, that doesn't mean I don't enjoy the occasional sweet!