Ever notice that when you’re with other people, you tend to follow their lead, especially if it’s in a situation where you’re not really sure what to do?  When you sit down in a fancy restaurant to eat your salad and notice that there are several different sized forks to choose from, most of us take a quick glance …

I just finished reading a great book that finally makes sense of all of the conflicting nutrition info that’s out there.  It’s called “In Defense of Food – An Eater’s Manifesto” by Michael Pollan.  You need to read this.  No seriously – you need to read this.  Period.  It’s that good.
This book is written for the layperson so there’s no …

It’s the week before Thanksgiving and our company just had our “pre-Thanksgiving” Thanksgiving dinner — actually lunch.  Everybody pitched in and brought something from home while the company provided fried turkeys and BBQ brisket (I know, why brisket.  However, this is Texas…).
The food was great and there was plenty of it.  Like everybody else, I stuffed myself.  So now I’m …