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01/23/2008 21:07 #43004

wegmans has free wifi now
Category: mobile
how great is that. makes shopping with the not phone great. and they have a page for recipes and shopping tips, sales etv. go wegman's
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lilho - 01/24/08 00:23
saweet shiz bro!

01/23/2008 15:05 #43002

clif bars - no wheat
Category: food
Who woould have thiught, clif bars are wheat free.
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imk2 - 01/24/08 22:03
that's the stuff i give to my study participants.
joshua - 01/23/08 15:11
I love those things... I've tried them all. They are a decent bridge between meals.

01/23/2008 12:59 #42998

Tears of flour filled sadness
Category: food
I knew it. I am freakin' blood test certified allergic to wheat and corn. I am totally not surprised as I am such an allergic person and I am sure that Hay and grass are one of my main enemies. This morning my stomach was all gurgely, squishy which is not a good thing and I did eat wheat yesterday for the first time in weeks.

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I have a doctors appointment to discuss this on Friday Feb 1. I wonder if anything else is wrong with me - I took so many tests last week.

Finally, I have an appointment with a gastro on Thursday. I wasn't going to go but now I might go to discuss this with them. What if everything is my allergies. I am really only a step away form bubble boy. What the fuck happend to me that made me so allergic to everything. It seems liek my immune system is so over the top xenophobic.

Gluten causes damage to the intestinal lining by eroding the villi and microvilli essential for digestion and absorption processes. This damage then increases the likelihood of partially digested gluten proteins passing into the bloodstream. Certain proteins cause our immune systems to react. Undigested partial proteins found in gluten cereals have morphine-like properties once they enter the bloodstream, suggesting an origin for the phrase 'comfort foods' and its addictive nature. Once an immune response has been initiated, inflammatory reactions can cause a whole host of wheat allergy symptoms. A gluten/wheat allergy may not always be a severe frequent reaction but can result in many digestive symptoms � flatulence, bloating, constipation, diarrhea, pain etc. � and may aggravate a host of other symptoms.



--paul

chico - 01/24/08 13:29
Sorry Paul I goofed. The Ezekiel bread is flourless but actually contains just about everything that you are not supposed to eat. So scratch that idea and shame on me for not checking the facts first.
chico - 01/23/08 23:17
hey Paul sorry to hear the rotten news. Ami suggests (if you're not already hip to it) eating Ezekiel bread. It's available in the freezer/refrigerator case of the Lexington Co-op and the Amherst St. Wegman's (natural/vegetarian foods section).

We've been eating this Ezekiel stuff for 10 days or so and I have to say, if you like whole-grain bread it's pretty tasty, and apparently it's gluten-free and all that.
metalpeter - 01/23/08 18:03
I really can't imagine being allergic to something. I know a lot of people are but for me it is a hard idea to grasp. The part that drives my mind wild is that some are caused by your body thinking things are harmfull that aren't and then that causes problems. I wish you luck in getting what is wrong all figured out and dealing with it.
brit - 01/23/08 14:50
wow...I honestly honestly believed that in america health care was awesome if you had insurance and if you had something wrong they would diagnose you in a week and sort you out...it's just as bad as Britain and not even free!
paul - 01/23/08 14:13
I do, but this might be my trigger or make it worse? I realy need to talk to my doctor before I know more.
brit - 01/23/08 13:32
does this mean that you don;t have crohn's or the ulcery thing? Or are they still not sure..I am as confused as you now
joshua - 01/23/08 13:22
Dude -

I'm really sorry that you are going through this. I know how much you like eating various foods and this has to be a major lifestyle change for you. The good news, AFAIK, is that you can still eat all the seafood you want. Still though, I hope that you can find ways to enjoy eating with limiting how compromised you feel.

01/23/2008 00:35 #42993

Not the phone
Category: mobile
For a minute I was having some anger about my Nokia n810 not phone not working right with my windows mobile ATT tilt phone. Bluetooth DUN costs $70/month and I only pay like $40 but then I discovered this article
talking about Windows Mobile Wifi Router which really works perfect. I can't believe how awesome it is and for free. Now my phone can act as a wifi router for any device and it gets some serious speed. I am able to surf mobiley at about 1000 kbps download /70 kbps upload.

Go windows mobile. However, much I complain about the windows mobile OS - I am seeing the most innovations in both hardware and software coming out on that platform. I mean just look at what is available on windows mobile for free, this doesn't even get close to how much you could also buy. I can't wait to see the same phone running Google's android - whenever that happens.

Recently, one of the most innovative interfaces I saw on a mobile was this one that let you take pictures of a UPC online and then would instantly install the application over your air on your phone.

Now I freaking love the not phone again.

Here it is skyping The sound quality is great.
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Here they are being friends.
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And finally a pic of (e:imk2) at lunch today. She looked so cute with her hair did.
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metalpeter - 01/23/08 17:57
First of all maybe it is just because (I doubt it) I haven't seen (e:imk2) in sometime but she really looks very cute in that picture. Yeah now that you mention it what happened to tiny there are a lot of other (e:peeps) I could say the same thing for recently but won't mention any names.
imk2 - 01/23/08 17:17
oh no, that's not how it went down. i was going with my coworker to get something to eat to bring back to the office, and i ran into them at the caf and they pleaded for me to stay and so i ditched my coworker and ate lunch. neither invited nor planned. kind of how i ran into you and (e:chicoschica) that one time. for all it's worth, you were dearly missed :(
jenks - 01/23/08 16:53
p.s. where's tiny been lately?! it's strangely commentless around here lately. ;)
jenks - 01/23/08 16:49
oh, i see how it is.... I invite you all to lunch but no one answer because you have your own little secret lunch date planned?!
Hmph!

01/22/2008 19:08 #42991

Whole Foods, Laptops, and Birthdays
Category: holiday
Today was so far the most uneventful birthday ever. Which was fine with me. We might go out to dinner later. The exciting part was that I ate a chicken hogie sub for lunch on wheat with cheese and I am not really sick right now. I figured I would just try it for my birthday.

Toys
My new Nokia n810 not phone is on its way tonight. I cannot wait to play with it.

Laptops
One of my coworkers got a new Dell XPS laptop that almost puts my mac to shame in terms of beauty and brawn. To bad it runs the wrong OS. I think Mac OS would looks great on it. It has a 64GB solid state drive. Must be nice but I am not sure that is enough space for me yet and also sports a finger print scanner.

Bye, bye plastic bags
Whole Food grocery store got rid of their plastic bags. No more plastic bags at checkout. What will the coop do in response?
metalpeter - 01/23/08 18:05
I know it sounds strange but sometimes uneventfull birthdays are good to. Sometimes it is nice not to do anything. This is often true when it is during the week. In any event I hope you still had a nice Birthday.
fellyconnelly - 01/23/08 07:04
k i wished you happy birthday before your birthday and now i wish you happy birthday after your birthday. my timing sucks..
kookcity2000 - 01/22/08 23:51
HappyBirthday dude!