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7/31/2008

Niche Coffee Shops

Filed under: Politics,Wierd Side — Jaws @ 9:44 pm

This sounds like both an interesting and amusing place to get and enjoy a cup of coffee at: Conservative Coffee

Granted, the place does lose a few points for having Ann Coulter’s books on the shelves, but the different vibe the place sounds like it has, would be an amusing and welcome change.

She has a book out?

Filed under: Politics — Jaws @ 9:40 pm

Apparently Nancy Pelosi has a new book out and it hasn’t even broken the Amazon top 750!

Ouch! Especially for a person with such a high position in the country.

7/30/2008

Olmert to resign

Filed under: Israel — Jaws @ 9:05 pm

Good riddance!

What took the man so long?

Another reason to use free-weights

Filed under: Fitness,New York City,Wierd Side — Jaws @ 9:04 pm

Woman “sling shot” from machine at gym

Honestly, I feel bad for the woman, and the cheap shots that the Post took at her for her weight. That’s not right. Hopefully in spite of this indicent, the woman will at some point return to going to the gym.

On the topic of the abductor machine…men should virtually never be seen on one (save for very certain exceptions). Squats and deadlifts will work the hips better than anything else. Then more squats (and or a variation)! Sure they’re “harder”, but the challenge is worth it.

/loves squats
//leg days rule
///after leg day….well….

Should be essential reading

Filed under: New York City — Jaws @ 8:53 pm

This should be mandatory reading for any tourist coming into NYC via any major port of entry (LaGuardia, JFK, Penn Station, Port Authority): How not to be a douchebag tourist in NYC

7/29/2008

Cuil:Fail Engine

Filed under: General — Jaws @ 9:42 pm

Anyone else tried that new search enginge Cuil?

I don’t like how it displays the results. Nor do I like how inaccurate many of the results are compared to Google. Then there were the reports of its downtime as well.

The Incredible Edible Egg

Filed under: Random Musings — Jaws @ 8:42 pm

The NYT runs a piece on rethinking eggs

Eggs; Yummy! Nom, nom nom!

Tomorrow’s breakfast has officially been figured out–it’s an omelet day!

7/28/2008

Lots of little things

Filed under: Personal — Jaws @ 10:03 pm

They add up and take away my free time…

Have to go pant shopping too (blech)

7/27/2008

Ghost of the Fish Market

Filed under: New York City — Jaws @ 6:43 pm

The Post is reporting a fishy smell down at the South Street Seaport.

Seeming that the Fulton Fish Market has since relocated much further north (Bronx), no one knows the origin of the smell.

Meanwhile, still no answers to the syrup like smell phenomenon

Trans-Fat Torture

Filed under: Terrorism/War on Terror — Jaws @ 1:08 pm

(via Don Surber’s blog)

Hot McDonald’s French fries and a call home encouraged Salim Hamdan to cooperate under interrogation but Osama bin Laden’s driver did not like cold fries and isolation upset him, witnesses said at his Guantanamo war crimes trial on Friday.

Now did those McDonalds fries have Trans-Fats in them? If so, that may be torture in a sense.
Nor can you blame the guy for disliking cold fries…

7/26/2008

California Terminates Trans-Fats

Filed under: General — Jaws @ 1:15 pm

Schwarzenegger Terminates Trans Fats

Granted, as one of the experts quoted in the article said:

“Perhaps the biggest issue,” said Keith-Thomas Ayoob, associate professor in the Pediatrics Department at Pediatrics at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, “is how much of the foods do we even need to be eating? Is this going to change obesity? No, because you’re swapping out one fat for another, the calories are the same. Would it be more beneficial for our hearts? Maybe.”

Still won’t stop people who don’t care about their diets from eating poorly.

7/25/2008

Spent

Filed under: General — Jaws @ 8:59 pm

Finished Hypertrophy I this morning and my whole body feels spent.
Exhausted all day and everything.

On the plus side, my coconut cauliflower mash turned out great!

7/24/2008

Coming soon to NYC?

Filed under: New York City — Jaws @ 10:00 pm

I can forsee the push for a move like this now by the City’s health commissioner Nurse.

South LA to ban new fast food restaurants

Cooking Night!

Filed under: Personal — Jaws @ 8:09 pm

Cooking is a lot more fun than I ever imagined.

Anyway, tonight’s cooking line up:

Albacore tuna steaks
Broccoli
Cocunut Cauliflower Mash
Bison Burgers
Oatmeal (type TBA for the morning)

Yum!

7/23/2008

Still overpriced

Filed under: New York City — Jaws @ 8:38 pm

NYT daily cost to go up to $1.50

That’s more than a cup of coffee at a local bodega! You’d likely get more benefit out of the coffee too!

No fun in Denver!

Filed under: Campaign 2008 — Jaws @ 8:36 pm

Headline: Sound waves, goo guns won’t be used on protesters

I for one was looking forward to seeing a goo-gun in action!

7/22/2008

New Deadlift PR

Filed under: Fitness — Jaws @ 9:55 pm

After doing 5×5 squats this morning (tied a PR at 245×5, but then lowered the weight…wasn’t feeling flexible enough), went on to the Deadlift.

After sets of 5×5, going up to 285 (2×5), I tossed 20 lbs more on the bar, and went for 305lb. Why? Why not. I’ve been eager to break the 300 mark, so I figured why not give it a rip.

Gripped, ripped and PR!

Been on cloud 9 all day since.
(and very busy as well)

7/21/2008

YIMBYs: Starbucks

Filed under: Wierd Side — Jaws @ 9:06 pm

New Term: YIMBY (yes in my back yard)–the opposite type of a NIMBY

The YIMBYs are now starting campaigns to save their local Starbucks locations

Strange….

7/20/2008

Zionist Rodents!

Filed under: Amusing,Israel,Wierd Side — Jaws @ 11:52 am

If only the late, family pet, Zionist Infidel Guinea Pig (a.k.a “Cappuccino”) was still around–he’d find this story to be amusing

Jerusalem Post: Palestinians: Israel uses rats against J’lem Arabs

This story is a better attempt than when they claimed that Jews were releasing pigs in the Old City. Granted, with Israel’s feral cat population, this story seems to be quite a tall tale, yet again.

7/19/2008

Cadavers in Space (testing)

Filed under: Wierd Side — Jaws @ 7:10 pm

No real surprise, but NASA used cadavers to test its newest model space ships

After reading the book Stiff by Mary Roach, I learned that cadavers are used in multiple industries–in some cases for similar uses.

In short–this article really shouldn’t be too much of a suprise.

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