There was a question about that? I thought potatoes were considered a nearly perfect food (except for weight loss purposes).

This study did a thing where they swapped a serving of refined-grain food (like bread) with a serving of whole-grain food, and then swapped a serving of meat for a whole grain, and then swapped a serving of potato with a whole grain. I don't know if they actually had a hypothesis about potatoes, or just wanted to get data on swapping out several non-whole-grain foods.

Still, my sigh of relief was mighty.

BTW, Elle UK might be a good investment this month.

David, what age was Emmett when he got the HPV vac?

When the boys were getting vaccinations is wasn't suggested for them so it may have been before that time. If it was suggested I would have done it! They are just a bit older than Emmett.

but I'd be more ready to move to San Francisco if the average rent on a 1BR was not super ridiculous. I know I'm basing this on my current income and not what my income (hopefully) would be if I transferred, but good god.

Rents are crazy here, but cost of living is pretty doable, especially after you factor in your bump in salary. You should compare notes with P-Cow and Java and megan walker and others who commute down to the South Bay. It might be easier to get an East Bay Place and take the BART down to Fremont, or do CalTrain from South of Market. There are some ways to finesse it. I've found NorCal winds up compensating for the rent in a variety of ways (cheaper produce, public transit, lots of free entertainment etc.) People want to move here because it's so much easier to just live here. No brutal winters, easy access for travel and all that biz.

David, what age was Emmett when he got the HPV vac?

He got the first shot last year. He needs two more.

others who commute down to the South Bay

Ha ha, uh, I won't need to worry about commuting as long as I'm somewhat nearby a stop where my company provides transportation to the South Bay, because I'll be one of those Silicon Valley assholes.

I've found NorCal winds up compensating for the rent in a variety of ways (cheaper produce, public transit, lots of free entertainment etc.)

True. I'm looking at SF because I prefer the benefits of a city over living in the suburbs.

I invested in some bags of candy corn before the Halloween display is swapped out for Christmas. The boxes of Christmas stuff were already stacked up in the aisle, and the candy was being consolidated.

Joe Manganeillo, Matt Bomer and Adam Rodriguez on the set of Magic Mike.

OMG, Bomer in that sarong. Dying.

when I edit articles that show hard data on how sugar is the devil and how whole grains do actually lower mortality risk.

Define "whole grains". Will grocery-store bread do it, or do I have to go full artisan?

"Replacing a serving of potato with a serving of whole grains was NOT associated with reduced mortality."

Ain't giving up my taters, nohow. So we just add whole grains on top? But isn't that essentially more sugar? I wanna read that article. Where might I find it when it's published? That must have been a very long study.

I'm not doing Halloween. I'll either go to the movies or pretend to not be home. We haven't had any little kids come around for the last two years anyway. So I'm not even buying candy. No sugar in the house! Except for ice cream.

Elle UK Might be a good investment this month.

Indeed. "This is like Tiger Beat for women in their thirties."