Rufus Blooter

[and you shall know them by the badness of their malts... ] Saw a rumor that the entire Project Gutenberg library will be freely available f...

Irony is a virus. Early exposure is crucial for health later in life. An irony deficiency can have dire consequences if left untreated too l...

I have strange lower-leg cramping -- calves, feet, toes -- only at night and only after either drinking alcohol or eating lots of sugar. The...

My 12-yr-old and his buddies love Scrubs. I enjoy it a lot. Nice and goofy. I only belatedly realized that for him it's basically what M...

I get a kick out of watching the personal trainers do their thing at the club. They seem to operate out of the same playbook. The current sc...

The health care reform that has just passed in the US is mainly concerned with insurance reform. It doesn't turn the US into Canada or t...

Per plan, I've scaled way back on the running this year after a hugely gratifying New Year's Day 10k race. I've stuck with weigh...

Second time I've been to Boundary , and it was even better than the first time. Just a fantastic meal! Started with oysters: english roc...

Sigh. Dr. Davis recently blogged ostensible evidence that butter has an "unusual ability to provoke insulin responses", which wil...

This disclaimer was at the bottom of an online menu. Cheaper to not get sick I guess. The consumption of raw or undercooked seafood may incr...

After the most consistently cold London winter I've experienced, the weather's warmed slightly, the days are longer, and the sun...

Cars are oversized. People are oversized. Americans really dress like slobs in restaurants. On the plus side, service is really good.