Month: May 2013

Stilllosing weight! The Somae Health program is kicking my butt, but it's working better than I expected it would.So with Phase One complete, it was time to move into Phase Two, which is a lot like Phase One, except with fewer calories. But prior to fewer calories, it was time for essentially, well, no calories. ... Read more

Allright, at the outset, know that there will be spoilers. Not little spoilers, mind you, but big, freakin' Luke-I-am-your-father-Rosebud-was-a-sled-it-was-Earth-all-along-damn-you-all-to-hell spoilers. In fact, I'm going to post a spoiler picture, so watch out for that, too. The point is that if you haven't seen "Star Trek Into Darkness" and you want to see it without knowing ... Read more

Soa family member is officiating at mixed-faith wedding. He put together pieces of advice he had foraged from various sources and asked me to compile it into counsel he could give at the wedding. So I did. And I quite like it, so I'm going to post it here.A few bits of trivia - the ... Read more

Sothe Somae Health plan works in phases. Phase One begins with three servings of fruits and three of vegetables - 1.5 cups per serving -and three servings of lean meat per day - either 4 oz. of fish/chicken/beef, or 2 eggs. You eat about twenty raw nuts, and you take some multivitamins and digestive enzymes, ... Read more

Ona Sunday night, as I contemplated a new life free of the burden of eating whatever I wanted to eat, I recalled the words of my mother on the occasion of my parents' fiftieth wedding anniversary at the end of last year.All the family had gathered at the downtown Marriott Hotel in Salt Lake City ... Read more

Letme share with you my personal incentive to lose thirty pounds.I was part of a church performance called "A Night of Broadway," where I was asked to sing "Mama Says," a song from the stage musical "Footloose." I had never heard it prior to being assigned to it, but it seemed goofy enough for my ... Read more