I just read some retarded study online that said that if you are in a bad mood that you should eat fish - apparently the study supports a theory that the Omega 3 Fatty acids improve your mood in some way. Now people, when I am in a bad mood, it's almost always due to your stupidity or my own PMS.
Will they put fillets of tilapia in the wheel of death at my office for these emergencies? Instead of shouting at someone to go get me a mocha java and demanding to know if it was their first day at work, I could have just requested they run get me a nice piece of tilapia.......and some rice?
"Are you a complete idiot? No? Then get me some Tilapia - STAT!"
I used to have to be at work QUITE early on a regular basis, 6am some days. Those who know me know that I am an unpleasant beast at that hour. My team that had to work with me at that time always had the coffee going by the time I hit the door so that all I had to do was pour a cup.
Chocolate, and salty snacks like chips are a complete stressed out food in my world. In cases of stress I have been known to eat them together. That would probably explain my great big butt, but that's another topic.
Am I supposed to seek out fish now? Is this what the study is suggesting?
Alright I'm not really this much of a jerk...I know that there probably was some cause and effect relationship to Omega 3 consumption and mood.
But isn't it every week that there is some NEW thing that is supposed to cure your bad mood? Dark chocolate, wine, omega 3. Let's just start making a pill. A pill that contains all of these things. It can replace Prozac. Everytime we discover something new that made someone somewhere happy, we add it to the pill. It would end up being a big pill, people. We might have to make it the human equivalent of a salt lick.....we all just stop by and take a few licks on our way out the door every morning.
I'm in. They can build the feel good salt lick right outside my office.
Monday, March 20, 2006
Coffee,Chocolate, Potato Chips and Omega 3 Fatty Acids
I just read some retarded study online that said that if you are in a bad mood that you should eat fish - apparently the study supports a theory that the Omega 3 Fatty acids improve your mood in some way. Now people, when I am in a bad mood, it's almost always due to your stupidity or my own PMS.
Will they put fillets of tilapia in the wheel of death at my office for these emergencies? Instead of shouting at someone to go get me a mocha java and demanding to know if it was their first day at work, I could have just requested they run get me a nice piece of tilapia.......and some rice?
"Are you a complete idiot? No? Then get me some Tilapia - STAT!"
I used to have to be at work QUITE early on a regular basis, 6am some days. Those who know me know that I am an unpleasant beast at that hour. My team that had to work with me at that time always had the coffee going by the time I hit the door so that all I had to do was pour a cup.
Chocolate, and salty snacks like chips are a complete stressed out food in my world. In cases of stress I have been known to eat them together. That would probably explain my great big butt, but that's another topic.
Am I supposed to seek out fish now? Is this what the study is suggesting?
Alright I'm not really this much of a jerk...I know that there probably was some cause and effect relationship to Omega 3 consumption and mood.
But isn't it every week that there is some NEW thing that is supposed to cure your bad mood? Dark chocolate, wine, omega 3. Let's just start making a pill. A pill that contains all of these things. It can replace Prozac. Everytime we discover something new that made someone somewhere happy, we add it to the pill. It would end up being a big pill, people. We might have to make it the human equivalent of a salt lick.....we all just stop by and take a few licks on our way out the door every morning.
I'm in. They can build the feel good salt lick right outside my office.
Will they put fillets of tilapia in the wheel of death at my office for these emergencies? Instead of shouting at someone to go get me a mocha java and demanding to know if it was their first day at work, I could have just requested they run get me a nice piece of tilapia.......and some rice?
"Are you a complete idiot? No? Then get me some Tilapia - STAT!"
I used to have to be at work QUITE early on a regular basis, 6am some days. Those who know me know that I am an unpleasant beast at that hour. My team that had to work with me at that time always had the coffee going by the time I hit the door so that all I had to do was pour a cup.
Chocolate, and salty snacks like chips are a complete stressed out food in my world. In cases of stress I have been known to eat them together. That would probably explain my great big butt, but that's another topic.
Am I supposed to seek out fish now? Is this what the study is suggesting?
Alright I'm not really this much of a jerk...I know that there probably was some cause and effect relationship to Omega 3 consumption and mood.
But isn't it every week that there is some NEW thing that is supposed to cure your bad mood? Dark chocolate, wine, omega 3. Let's just start making a pill. A pill that contains all of these things. It can replace Prozac. Everytime we discover something new that made someone somewhere happy, we add it to the pill. It would end up being a big pill, people. We might have to make it the human equivalent of a salt lick.....we all just stop by and take a few licks on our way out the door every morning.
I'm in. They can build the feel good salt lick right outside my office.
Thursday, March 16, 2006
One Small Step
So although it isn't really a big deal on the great scale of things in the world, I did something tonight I haven't done in years. I bought something in a non-fat-girl store. A clothing something. Now given it was a larger size, as I still WARRANT a larger size. But for the first time in over 10 years I'm actually small enough to fit into clothes in a "normal" store.
It about made me cry. How amazingly lame that we let soceity put that sort of pressure on us to fit in. You'd think that at the ripe old age of 37 I wouldn't give a fig anymore.
It about made me cry. How amazingly lame that we let soceity put that sort of pressure on us to fit in. You'd think that at the ripe old age of 37 I wouldn't give a fig anymore.
One Small Step
So although it isn't really a big deal on the great scale of things in the world, I did something tonight I haven't done in years. I bought something in a non-fat-girl store. A clothing something. Now given it was a larger size, as I still WARRANT a larger size. But for the first time in over 10 years I'm actually small enough to fit into clothes in a "normal" store.
It about made me cry. How amazingly lame that we let soceity put that sort of pressure on us to fit in. You'd think that at the ripe old age of 37 I wouldn't give a fig anymore.
It about made me cry. How amazingly lame that we let soceity put that sort of pressure on us to fit in. You'd think that at the ripe old age of 37 I wouldn't give a fig anymore.
When you Have Twins
People give you strange gifts. Take this for example.....this biggest set of TWIN grapefruit in the history of the Earth, I believe..... 
There are a lot of jokes here....I'll leave them to Sarah and Gabe.
There are a lot of jokes here....I'll leave them to Sarah and Gabe.
When you Have Twins
People give you strange gifts. Take this for example.....this biggest set of TWIN grapefruit in the history of the Earth, I believe.....
There are a lot of jokes here....I'll leave them to Sarah and Gabe.
There are a lot of jokes here....I'll leave them to Sarah and Gabe.
Wednesday, March 15, 2006
Alton Brown - Nose Picker?
So today driving home from work, down Hillsborough Avenue near the aiport I passed a tan mercedes sedan with someone in it who looked familiar. I pulled up next to him and stared. A lot. And despite the fact that my view was a little obscured by ALL THE NOSE PICKING going on, I think it was Alton Brown. I checked his website and there was nothing on there indicating that he was IN Tampa. But he was heading to the airport so he COULD have just been here for the day.
I am a huge Alton Brown fan. I am certain that even if he DID have a big booger he was trying to eradicate, he'd wash his hands before he started making us any GOOD EATS.
I am a huge Alton Brown fan. I am certain that even if he DID have a big booger he was trying to eradicate, he'd wash his hands before he started making us any GOOD EATS.
Alton Brown - Nose Picker?
So today driving home from work, down Hillsborough Avenue near the aiport I passed a tan mercedes sedan with someone in it who looked familiar. I pulled up next to him and stared. A lot. And despite the fact that my view was a little obscured by ALL THE NOSE PICKING going on, I think it was Alton Brown. I checked his website and there was nothing on there indicating that he was IN Tampa. But he was heading to the airport so he COULD have just been here for the day.
I am a huge Alton Brown fan. I am certain that even if he DID have a big booger he was trying to eradicate, he'd wash his hands before he started making us any GOOD EATS.
I am a huge Alton Brown fan. I am certain that even if he DID have a big booger he was trying to eradicate, he'd wash his hands before he started making us any GOOD EATS.
Tuesday, March 14, 2006
Strawberry Festival and News
So it's been a busy few days. We did the Pops (see the post below), we did the Strawberry festival where I chose these earrings as my strawberry souvenir and this bracelet for a fun purchase as well.
So it was a busy weekend. It's promising to be a busy week as I had dinner with Becky (see her blog for our Sarah tribute......we miss you Sarah), and we have about a billion family things coming up. So there is a lot going on in the McNeal House, A Day Out With Thomas is coming, we're planning a little family vacation, we want to go see BODIES at MOSI.....all in all.....a lot for a family of five to get accomplished.
I'm still adjusting to the Edgerrin James move and the Culpepper move was an interesting one. Should be a fun NFL season.
I lost a round to the fat fight this week and put on a pound but given my intake of fast food.....I need to claim a partial victory there. I feel like I have a ton of crap to write about but my brain is absolutely mush. Just mush.
In closing I just want to share words you never want to hear as a parent "Hey mommy, look what I can do with my penis."
Because that can NEVER be good.
Strawberry Festival and News
So it's been a busy few days. We did the Pops (see the post below), we did the Strawberry festival where I chose these earrings as my strawberry souvenir and this bracelet for a fun purchase as well.
So it was a busy weekend. It's promising to be a busy week as I had dinner with Becky (see her blog for our Sarah tribute......we miss you Sarah), and we have about a billion family things coming up. So there is a lot going on in the McNeal House, A Day Out With Thomas is coming, we're planning a little family vacation, we want to go see BODIES at MOSI.....all in all.....a lot for a family of five to get accomplished.
I'm still adjusting to the Edgerrin James move and the Culpepper move was an interesting one. Should be a fun NFL season.
I lost a round to the fat fight this week and put on a pound but given my intake of fast food.....I need to claim a partial victory there. I feel like I have a ton of crap to write about but my brain is absolutely mush. Just mush.
In closing I just want to share words you never want to hear as a parent "Hey mommy, look what I can do with my penis."
Because that can NEVER be good.
