Get your Daily Apple

Someone out in the web-verse thought my account of the new recommendations for school nutrition was less lousy than others, and the good man at Mark's Daily Apple was nice enough to direct a few people to the Moldy.

I make it a practice to review sites that link here, and I'm pleased once again to say that it'd be worth your time to trackback. The Daily Apple is a site devoted to "taking the boredom out of health" and has insightful and candid commentary on the latest fad diets, health-related public policy, and alternative treatments for common ills such as migranes. Mark has 10 Daily Apple commandments and I think the first one is the best sense you'll get of the site:

1- Eat your daily apple. We prefer Red Delicious. But we’re not opposed to the others. Granny Smith has a satisfying pucker. And we love the Fuji!

So check out his site, or at the very least, post your favorite daily apple in the comments (I'll go with Gala).

Related reading: try the Dead Racists Weekly

This "week's" featured blog is called Dead Racists Weekly. Hosted over at Live Journal, this lively author posts on the politics of race, religion and science, with a generous nod to some of the more idiotic maneuvers in public policy (a big fav of yours truly). The posts aren't just random ravings, but include some interesting quotes and show a good commitment to backing things up (e.g. with facts, unlike some of the politicians frequently mentioned here).

A product of skemono, DRW first came to my attention via his/her link to my embedded Youtube video showing Senator Boxer verbally skewering Senator Inhofe. This suggests to me that mirroring Youtube videos is going to be the key to my blogging success...

Hello? Anyone?

I'm trying drum up some more conversation around the issues I discuss here, so I'm taking the time to improve the sidebar (with links to interesting articles and some easier navigation) and by trying to get other folks doing these topics to link back here. To that end, I've claimed my blog via Technorati - incidentally, a very good place to search blogs for news.

Technorati Profile

Featuring another good blog

Looking for good writing on energy, modern day religion, and hypoallergenic cats? Look no further than Solar Kismet.

Huzzah! A new reader!

Some of my recent posts on energy and gas prices actually attracted a reader or two outside my social circle! Not only did these folks find my article interesting, they were also interested in "exchanging links." This means that we each have a link to the other's blog on our pages, which helps more people find our insightful ramblings (we hope).

The first to be profiled is It's So Obvious, a blog by garagejazz that covers three of my favorite topics: politics, energy and jazz (perhaps not exactly in that order). His posts on energy tend to be more in-depth than mine, such as yesterday's look at the Energy Information Administration's release of petroleum stocks and its potential impact on prices. He's got a left-of-center perspective, which also doesn't hurt. Check out his blog at http://garagejazz.blogspot.com/ - highly recommended.

I'll profile my second liaison soon, and add his link to the homepage.