I recently watched a moving and surprising film called The Free State of Jones, starring Matthew McConaughey. It’s about Newton Knight and how he led three counties in Mississippi to break away from the Confederacy during the Civil War. Think of that. On January 9, 1861, Mississippi declared it’s independence from the United States over
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What if everything you know about fat, cholesterol, and diet is pretty much wrong? What if you found out that the science behind the good old food pyramid is, well, not really there? We’ve been told that a healthy diet consists of lots of grains, bagels, bread, pasta, cereals, rice, etc. and very little fat.
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This year I was introduced to a little gem of a book that has had a significant and pleasant impact on Nellie’s and my marriage. We heard about it from my newlywed daughter and her husband. Now you’d think that two people who, in just a few months, will have been married for twenty-nine years
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I have been giving a new way of eating a go for the last few months. It’s high-fat, medium-protein, low-carb (HFLC). Zoinks!? High freaking fat, you exclaim. Has he gone mad! Well, possibly. One thing I do know is that I’ve lightened the load my godlike thighs have to carry by about twenty pounds, which
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I’ve been looking forward to watching Extinct, a brand-new TV series. I watched the pilot with my wife and teenage daughter, and we enjoyed it. I watched the next episode, and then a few days later couldn’t help but binge-watch three more. And I’m happy to report it’s full of good stuff and interesting stories.
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