DISQUS

oh, exciting! must be new; i've never been there - will check it out!

aren't we all a little bit of both?

........that's beautifully heavy. thanks for posting. i will repost!

blogger geek.

thx eric, and i wholeheartedly agree that more regulation would help ease the consumer burden in aking these decisions. i know that this goes against "free market" advocates, but whatever. particularly since so many consumers ASSUME the government is "doing the right thing" in making sure that products/production processes are safe and healthy. so many americans assume that if something has been approved by the FDA, it's safe, and if something is sold in a store, it's safe, and unfortunately because of lobbying by industry and other factors, that's just not true, especially for things like cosmetics and food, let along things you don't eat or smear all over your body. i would be happy if at LEAST the government would take more responsibility regulating the quality and production of healthcare products and food - let along things like plastic christmas trees.

i didn't get so much of an "exasperated" tone from the author, just a realistic evaluation of how difficult it is for today's consumers to be informed and make informed decisions.

"I love DIY porn."

i totally read that in the other "DIY porn" sense, and i was like wait... really?
then i kept reading. ;)

i'm the opposite in terms of food-making. i used to get totally grossed out when watching the Food Network programs on how they make factory processed foods like jelly beans. the thought of my food going through all that machinery before hitting my mouth just makes it so incredibly unappealing to me.

wow - so sorry to hear that you're dealing with all this at the end of so much successful work. here's hoping that it all comes together and that the system is up and running before you take flight home...

best wishes,
a

awesome. awesome. awesome. i am so proud to have a friend doing such work. i can imagine nothing more rewarding, despite the logistical frustrations and out-of-comfort-zone moments. best wishes for you.

thx for all the updates; thinking of you and all you must be learning. sure makes all the talk here about burning man seem like fool's play! oh, wait.... it is.

love!

i really enjoyed the article, but am still not sold as Obama being the perfect candidate that some are making him out to be. he might be the best of the bunch though, so if i had to vote tomorrow, i'd most likely vote for him.