a blog for the health-conscious

Work allows me a fair bit of leeway to surf (I can't make a webpage load any faster by staring at it) so in an effort to keep my reading at least work-related, I've been following a number of health-science-related blogs of late.

My newest favourite is Obesity Panacea, written by two PhDs who've studied at Queen's University - one is based in Kingston, the other in Ottawa. How cool is that? Great content, and it's even sourced from authors from my corner of Canada.

I recommend it to those folks who are interested in health, healthy weight and exercise. Fascinating stuff, hot off the research Intawebs.

my idea of a good holiday weekend

Some cycling.
Some groceries (shopping at Lidl sort of counts as 'food').
Some time in the library (got parts 2 &3 of Fionovar tapestry out - I don't own a copy).
Laundry done, cleaning done enough for gaming guests on Monday.
Lengthy swathes spent scribing and painting, including a bit of time spent with starmadeshadow , who had some useful tips for dealing with the aggravation that is W&N alizarin crimson.
Finished 3 backlogs, one blank for DW, and scribed the text for yet another for DW. Lots of painting for this evening! My deadline is Wednesday after work, when Vitus comes by to pick up the folder to take to Double Wars.
Sigh - Double Wars - maybe next year...
Robert cleared and sorted the armour cupboard, leaving ample space for Adventure-Cat to explore - no open door can be resisted.
Over the weekend, he reconditioned a set of sinfully ugly old gauntlets, and strapped and padded a helm for one of our youngest potential fighters, who is counting the days til his 16th birthday before he can authorise. 
Gabs will be a serious force to reckon with after that...think a very young Cennedi, without the Cennedi attitude. :-)
My sweetie also set up a lightweight cane fence to double the height of the fence between us and the Screaming Neighbours with the Barking Dog next door (not to be confused with the Drunken Neighbour (sing) with the Whining Dogs, (plural), who lives below us).
So we have a smidge more privacy in the yard.
Robert cooked the most sumptuous Monday night dinner imaginable - it was practically wasted on the gamers (one of their number is an extremely conservative eater, and eating chez nous exposes him to 'weird food'): lamb and mutton meatballs with walnut and pomegranate sauce (tinned sauce from the Persian grocery, wow, amazing), with bulghur wheat, and a beautiful compound salad (herbs, pickles, fruit).
It was to die for.
starmadeshadow  rounded it out with a fabulous small chocolate cake with jersey double cream and pink plonk.

It's a continuing problem - why dine out, when your sweetie can cook better food than you ever find in a restaurant?