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Hospital Music Now Available
Matthew Good's 7th album, Hospital Music, is now available in Canada, the US and the UK. You can head over to the official Hospital Music page which has all the links you could possibly want to use to purchase the album or take a listen.
Matt's currently making his way across Canada on a press tour, and will be starting the official album tour in September. For more information on some of his upcoming shows, check out the shows page over at Matt's site.
I've been lucky enough to see bits and pieces of this whole process with ... read more
Vacation in less than a month
In less than four weeks, I'll be getting on a plane and heading to Ottawa for my friend Rob's wedding. The last time off I took was basically back in February, and I spent that walking around rainy Seattle for only a few days. This trip, however, promises to be a lot more interesting, and hopefully more relaxing. The only real things that I have on my plate are my friend's wedding, a trip down to Toronto to see a few people, and then a visit to Quebec City (since I never spent any ... read more
Cinnamon, The Wonder Spice
Part of the reason I wrote the last article on insulin resistance is so I could continue to talk about that subject without continually explaining what it is I was talking about.
Sometime around the year 2003, there was a pretty seminal study performed that had an undesirable, although extremely fascinating outcome. The researchers at the time were trying to guage the body's insulin response to various foods. When they came to apple pie though, they were in for a surprise:
Just half a teaspoon of cinnamon a day significantly reduces blood sugar levels in diabetics, ... read more
Weight Loss and Insulin Resistance
I've been writing about obesity and something called hyper-insulinemia for about as long as I can remember. For those of you who don't know, many people nowadays have something called metabolic syndrome, which is a cluster of symptoms including obesity, high blood pressure, elevated insulin levels, and high cholesterol. The main component of all of these is something called hyper-insulinemia (which is also called insulin resistance).
What I just wrote is pretty much accepted as fact nowadays. What is still up for debate is a) whether insulin resistance is the cause or the effect of obesity and ... read more
Cathy’s Broken Toe
My step mom was apparently trying to hang a picture or something this morning and accidentally banged her toe. The end result is clearly displayed in this photo:
Clearly her toe is broken. They spent a few hours in the hospital in Chilliwack today and finally put that sucker back in the correct spot. Unfortunately, she'll be on crutches for a few weeks. read more
Twitter Updates from Wordpress
I took a quick break this afternoon from work and decided to hash out a quick Wordpress plugin that would push my blog entries into my Twitter feed. The end result is WordTwit, and it's available for download if anyone wants to try it on their Wordpress blog.
Drop me a comment or two and let me know what you think. read more