Yesterday it was Chainsaws

Yesterday it was chainsaws.
Today it is car alarms.
Who knows what it will be tomorrow?

Rock and Roll?
Threat of a Nuclear War?
Chronic indigestion?


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William Schaeffer

How to Learn Something New

How to Learn Something New:


 "If you don't know where to start, 
   just start anywhere.  

   Eventually, you will figure out where you are 
   and where you want to go."    
                                                    - Mr. Atwater



The important thing is to start.  Just get going.
"Put your foot in the water." 
Trust your instincts.  Have fun.  Be patient.  
To survey a forest, just pick a point of entry 
and then methodically map the entire area.




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William Schaeffer

Social Media Network

Social Media Network, n.,  1. A bunch of people promoting things that no one else cares about. 2. Lonely hearts club. 3. Government surveillance and monitoring of citizens. 4. Extortion and brainwashing.

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William Schaeffer

Smile and the World smiles with you

"Smile and the World smiles with you;

 Cry and you cry alone." - Anon

My mother would frequently repeat this to me when I was a child and the memory of her saying it is vivid.  Good advice, nevertheless.

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William Schaeffer

Milk is NOT a Basic Food Group

Milk is NOT a Basic Food Group.
Dairy is NOT a nutritional classification.
These are industrial food products.


During my entire grammar school career I was told that there were four basic food groups: 1. Milk, 2. Grains, 3. Meat, 4. Fruits and Vegetables.   These are NOT essential nutritional groups.   These are different food product industries.


WE WERE LIED TO.


Here is how food is classified: Plant or Animal.  There are three macro nutrients in food: Fat, Protein, Carbohydrate.  These macro nutrients have calories.  They also have dietary fiber, or not.  There are Vitamins and Minerals.  There are food additives, organic food, and GMO's.


There are NOT four basic food groups,
Milk is NOT a Basic Food Group.
Cheese is NOT a dietary necessity.


In fact, there is some evidence to suggest that juvenile onset diabetes may be caused by feeding infants cows milk; instead of human breast milk.  The child's body develops antigens against the milk proteins.   Years later, these antigens will cause an attack on the child's own body after it has grown older.


Dairy is NOT a vital nutrient.
Milk is NOT a Basic Food Group.
It never was.

Only drink water.


A friend of mine drank milk every day.  He loved milk but was overweight.   After suffering knee problems, he changed his diet and started drinking water instead of milk.  He quit drinking milk altogether.  Eventually he lost one hundred pounds and he is a changed person.  He looks great.  He attributes the weight loss to diet modification and drinking water instead of milk.


Milk is NOT a Basic Food Group

Only drink water.


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William Schaeffer

Why you cannot drink milk, beer, cola

Why you cannot drink milk, beer, cola, or fruit juice, and then just exercise to get in shape.

A 12 ounce can of beer, or cola, contains 150 calories.  A six pack contains 900 calories.

The daily caloric requirement for an average person is only 2500 calories.  Therefore, a six pack of beer, or cola, contains more than a third of the caloric requirements for the entire day.  The caloric content of milk or fruit juice is comparable to beer or cola.

Your body does not measure the caloric content of the food you are eating to establish a feeling of fullness.  You feel full, or satiated, when you have food with fiber content in your stomach.

If you drink beer, or cola, your body is frequently unaware that it is consuming anything except water.  All those “extra calories” sneak by your body’s monitors undetected.

When drinking beer, or cola, it is not unusual to drink as much as a six pack [or more] in a single day or evening.  This equals 900 additional calories that are “unaccounted for” and consumed in addition to your daily nutritional requirements.

At the gym, I found it possible to “burn off” about 150 calories in one half hour of aerobic exercise on the stationary bike or stair master.  To “burn off” 900 calories, it would take six times as long or about three hours of aerobic exercise.

Nobody can do high intensity aerobic exercise for three hours every day, without eventually damaging their joints or legs.  

Therefore, [unless you are very young] you cannot drink milk, beer, cola, or fruit juice and stay in shape.   The drink is too concentrated with calories that your body is not designed to accommodate.  You cannot exercise to make up the difference and you eventually will gain weight, or suffer health problems.

Therefore, for optimal health, only drink water.

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William Schaeffer

I eat frightened children with my eyes

"I eat frightened children with my eyes." - DADA's Children

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William Schaeffer

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