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Slow Money

January 25, 2012

Just read this book today… Interesting book about investment. I am looking into this for the farm. I like the concept of slow money but the too poetic prose made this one a tough one to read.

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Temple Grandin, www.grandin.com, was speaking at Olds College last week. For those of you who may not know, she is the world’s foremost expert on animal behaviour. She is almost singlehandedly responsible for changing how people interact with animals – especially in feedlot and slaughterhouses. And the woman is autistic… As you can see from the picture, it [...]

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Weight Loss Update!

January 25, 2012

I got sick last week. Nothing serious but I had to stop exercising and I probably ate too much. I haven’t stepped on the scale since Sunday. We’ll see what tomorrow brings!

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Wheat: Unhealthy Whole Grain Part 2

January 23, 2012

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Wheat: The UNHEALTHY Whole Grain

January 22, 2012

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Weight Loss Update: Day 4

January 18, 2012

So I hit 200.2 by day 4. 1/lb per day lost. Not too bad. I am continuing to eat lots of beef, salads and veggies. Lori even cooked my a special dessert with no sugar the other night – an apple crisp with blueberries and an almond crust covered with cream. It was great! Onwards to victory!

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How Fat Am I?

January 15, 2012

The Kingsland Farmers Market is promoting the Weight Loss Challenge. You sign up and commit to lose 10 lbs in a month, get sposors for $2 per pound of weight you lose, and the money is used to buy fresh food for the food bank. And guess what? I signed up. I thought I could [...]

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Big Fat Lies

January 6, 2012

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Planning…

December 27, 2011

I am sitting at my desk thinking today. The topic bouncing around my head is “Where will I be one year from today?”. I do not believe in destiny anymore. I do not believe in some cosmic plan that operates against my free will. My future is what I plan it to be, and is [...]

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Organic Beef costs more because….

December 10, 2011

Organic beef costs more because I do not feed my cattle chicken manure. Remember: Right now, the practice of feeding chicken feces to cow herds continues. So there is a risk of mad cow disease infection in U.S. beef right now. Very little testing is currently being conducted for mad cow disease, meaning an infection [...]