Monthly Archives December 2004

Vive la bière Québecoise!

One nice part about living here is that around this time of year,
Unibroue’s holiday
collection starts appearing in beer stores. For the
price of a premium 12-pack, I now have in the fridge:

two Édition 2004 extra-strong Belgian-style pale ale, conspicuously
absent from their website for some reason (90
on beeradvocate)
Blanche de [...]

mmmmm icing

Candice and I made Christmas cookies!

dare you to lick that pole.

Monday
Sunny.
Wind northwest 30 km/h.
High minus 21.
Wind chill minus 46 in the morning and minus 32 in the afternoon.

The New York Times asks, “Is the low-carb boom over?“:

Many experts say the main flaw of the
low-carb diet is that, unlike low-fat and oat-bran products, low-carb
offerings aren’t very effective at helping people lose weight and eat
healthier.

Woops!

Best project car EVAR.

1962
Ferrari project car. Needs parts, TLC. [via #mefi]

eating sensibly

Idcmp condensed his Nutrition course down to ten important
points. You’ve probably heard some or all of them. Worth reading
again, in any case.

I also haven’t talked about the No S
Diet in a while. I’ve been sort of half on it for a while, but was
on full-swing a while ago. Long story short, I’m down 30 lbs [...]

Un mets typiquement Quebecois

First poutine of the season (with smoked meat). Mmm.