It is the potty-training place. And Miss Edith already called me to tell me Em was doing ok and having a good time.

Toddlerhood is sort of like living with a 2 1/2 ft. daredevil. Scary, thrilling and sometimes fun.

Nutritionists are unanimous that HFCS should be avoided, but not that it should be avoided more than other sugars.

Yup. Last thing we need is yet another food bogeyman. I don't think there's any one culprit we can look at for obesity because really, the causes are as varied as the people who have the problem.

I realized on Saturday that some motherfucker hit my new van in a parking lot at some point last week. My twin sister pointed it out to me as we were getting in it to go shopping. There is a big dent in the rear, passenger side wheel well and a serious crack in the paint as well as some white paint scraped on the side to the bumper. FUCKFUCKFUCK. It's bad enough that I'm going to have to get it fixed before the winter, else rust will set in for sure. But I'm going to need to get estimates before I decide to call the insurance company.

Wikipedia aside, there's very little actual science that supports this.

Well, that's why I said it was a theory. And then used wikipedia to describe the theory.

Of course a comprehensive study as you describe isn't possible -- but HFCS requiring a different enzymatic process to digest means that it doesn't have the exact same effect as table sugar. The question is HOW different it ultimately is.

{{{Ellie}}} I'm glad she is alright.

Good luck to Em in her new school.

Sorry about the car, Cashmere.

My brain does not seem to be processing information today, and I must get this work done by tomorrow, because it looks like Teacup Guy and I are going away for a few days. Mom wasn't able to rent her timeshare in Cape Cod. Yay, free vacations!

Medical ~ma for your mom, Suzi. Transplant waiting must be hellish.

Sorry about the van, Cashmere. That sucks. Other drivers should not be allowed on the road, if you ask me. Or in the parking lot.

But your average table sugar is higher in fructose than HFCS -- it's just easier to over-consume HFCS because it's such a common additive, and you can put it in things and still label them "No sugar added!"

So even my unsweetened apple juice, which lists its ingredients as: "filtered water, apple juice concentrate" has HFCS in it?

So even my unsweetened apple juice, which lists its ingredients as: "filtered water, apple juice concentrate" has HFCS in it?

If it has HFCS in it, it will list HFCS in the ingredients. If it's not there, it's not in the product.

If it has HFCS in it, it will list HFCS in the ingredients. If it's not there, it's not in the product.

Yeah, it just gets to count as "all natural" since even though it's highly highly highly refined it IS natural. But they still have to list it.

Hey, Cocaine is natural...

Hey, Cocaine is natural...

So is cyanide.

GRONK, by the way. I woke up supre early, after getting to bed much later than I wanted, in order to report at Stupid Thrirty this morning to the LA Superior court for jury service. I got it postponed by telling them I really needed to be at home to keep an eye on S, since she's fresh out of the hospital. They were very nice, rescheduled me and sent me home.

Since I drank a bunch of Earl Gray to wake up for the day, now that I'm home I'm very sleepy and exhausted, but too wired to actually lie in one place and nap.

Huh, any time I've seen applesauce listed as "natural" it's like code for unsweetened. If that's changing, I'll have to start paying more atttention.