Health and Fitness [1401.30]
You may be wondering, "what the heck is this kendo thing?"
The short answer: kendo is Japanese fencing.
The long answer: kendo is a Japanese martial art which trains the mind
and body and cultivates one's character through one-on-one combat using a
bamboo sword.
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Self Improvement [1401.29]
David Seah is a blogger and visual designer whose
productivity tools and forms have interested me for a while (especially his
compact calendar).
But I only recently discovered
David has a different take on yearly goal setting.
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Tips and Techniques [1401.27]
I have an old Foodsaver vacuum sealing system that I bought at least 10 years
ago.
It still works like a champ, but many times when I use it I don't follow the
manual (and normally I'm a stickler about following manuals).
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Home and Gear [1401.25]
I got the idea for this recipe from kendo mom Janet's wonderful yum yum
cookies, made from white chocolate, crispy cereals, and peanuts.
Unfortunately, none of those ingredients is particularly good for a
LCHF diet.
Why not simply make dark chocolate clusters using tree nuts?
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Culture and Travel [1401.23]
(this article first appeared in our 2005 holiday newsletter)
We visited an above average number of museums in 2005, including Body Worlds
at the California Science Center in Los Angeles, the Mustard
and Spam Museums in the midwest, and the Gigapixel Project in San Diego.
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Culture and Travel [1401.22]
(this article first appeared in our 2005 holiday newsletter)
In July
we took a weeklong road trip through Wisconsin and environs.
We found a guidebook in the library called "Oddball Wisconsin, A Guide to
Some Really Strange Places."
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Culture and Travel [1401.21]
(this article first appeared in our 2005 holiday newsletter)
2005 started off wet, ending up just short of 1884’s record 38.2 inches.
Newspaper articles, TV reports, and dozens of wildflower websites extolled
the magnificence of this year’s wildflower blooms.
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Health and Fitness [1401.15]
After all my due diligence
(see parts 1 and 2 of the low carb diet series),
I was all set to go.
I scheduled the start time to coincide with some kendo down time.
I vowed to stick with it for at least 3 months,
no matter how much suffering and anguish I had to endure.
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Home and Gear [1401.14]
Furikake chex mix is a Japanese-Hawaiian-style party mix.
It's sweet and buttery, a little savory, and really good.
Like any chex mix recipe, it's pretty much foolproof.
The key is to choose dry ingredients which taste good to you.
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Mildly Interesting [1401.12]
I had always thought of praying mantises as exotic, almost mythical creatures,
and any in Southern California must surely be imported.
Imagine my suprise to see one in Cerritos sitting on our trash can
(photo taken 1310.07).
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Culture and Travel [1401.10]
(this article first appeared in our 2004 holiday newsletter)
On June 8, 2004, a rare astronomical event occurred. The planet Venus
crossed the disk of the sun, a small dot barely visible to the naked
(solar-filter-protected) eye.
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Health and Fitness [1401.08]
As I mentioned in part 1, Stephen Phinney and Jeff Volek's book
The Art and Science of Low Carbohydrate Living
is what convinced me to give a LCHF diet a shot.
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Self Improvement [1401.07]
Starting a personal blog has been on my "someday/maybe" list for years.
What was keeping me from actually accomplishing it now?
"Perfect is the enemy of good", as my husband Dave teased me the other day.
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Mildly Interesting [1401.06]
I captured the odometer on our 2011 Nissan Leaf full electric vehicle
when it hit 31,415 miles, matching the numeric sequence for the first 5
digits of pi (photo taken 1306.28).
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Tips and Techniques [1401.05]
Here is a method I use to keep track of how many eggs I have in the
refrigerator, using an egg carton that I've cut down to hold 4 eggs.
While some might call this a "life hack", I prefer the Japanese term
"urawaza".
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Projects [1401.04]
Even if I had a huge kitchen, I would prefer to keep its counters clear of
everything except what I use frequently. My mixer does not fall into that
category.
I needed something to keep it and its accessories stored together, out of
the way, yet easy to use when I did have the need.
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Culture and Travel [1401.03]
(this article first appeared in our 2004 holiday newsletter)
2004 was an amazing travel year for us, starting with a trip to
Iceland to view the aurora borealis (northern lights).
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Home and Gear [1401.02]
I adapted the following recipe from a
low carb microwave chocolate cake-in-a-mug
recipe, as usual modifying it for my own taste and pantry, but mostly for
my cookware (in this case corelle one-quart rectangular bakeware,
approximately 6.5" by 5.25" by 2.25" high).
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Health and Fitness [1401.01]
Yes, I have lost some weight recently; thanks for noticing! I've been
following a LCHF (low carbohydrate, high fat) diet since late July 2012.
The questions I've been getting are a primary impetus for starting this blog.
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