From 1789 to 2008, the United States government borrowed a total of $5.8 trillion. (That’s every administration up to, but not including, Barack Obama’s.) Now sadly, we’re an increasingly innumerate nation, and for too many people one word ending in -illion is rather like any other, so I’m also going to write that out: that’s … Read more
That’s a loss of 6.5 lbs. from January 1, and a definite step away from the cliff. Nearly all of the loss is a result of (mostly) month-long pescetarianism (a vegetarian diet plus seafood). I added poultry back on January 26, and overindulged a bit. Without doing that, I think I’d have finished in the … Read more
Well, I guess I had to pull a Monica on some aspect of this. I wanted the pescetarian diet to last all of January, or 31 days. Instead, I did 25. I’m having grilled chicken for dinner tonight, and it is divine. It tastes soooooo bad. (Imagine such from a piece of grilled chicken breast. … Read more