You should definitely visit local dairies and/or growers in your area if there are any! You might be able to take workshops, pick up an internship, or just snag some really great food.
The people I've met since totally losing my mind and quitting my last job have been AMAZING, the work is therapeutic, and the experience is unmatched. Plus, I get free cheese (instead of a paycheck). Bonus!
Shameless plug for my mentor: If you're in the Northeast (more specifically, CT) and want to buy more locally, the farm I work at makes amazing goat cheeses and has partnered with Artisan Made Northeast for cheese packages. Beltane Farm's goat cheeses and Cato Corner Farm's cow cheeses are mind-blowingly good. (Cato Corner's Bloomsday cheese is seriously the best cheese I've ever tasted and if you like chevre, nothing beats Beltane's creation that's made in the French style.)
He may not be a spectacular actor, but he does consistently choose interesting roles. I've gotta hand it to a guy who goes all out in a Gilliam flick, wall-eyes and crazy, just after being sold to the world as the hottest thing since the Big Bang. That said, one caveat is that pretty much anyone in Gilliam films gets a pass from me.
Poppies (though different in style from the UK and I assume Canadian versions) in the US are sometimes sold by veterans outside grocery stores and such around Memorial Day. Unfortunately, we don't seem as willing as a culture to display them, possibly because the connection to Flanders Field is not as readily accessible.
In my case, I'm pretty sure that it was quitting my horrifyingly depressing job at a racist, homophobic, bourgeois "independent school" and going to work on a goat farm that eliminated a lot of my human contact and friends. (Semi-related, it also exponentially increased my happiness.)
But the truth is, I think it's incredibly rare and special to find ONE person you can truly connect with and call a friend, with or without computers.
I think only once before have I been this frustrated with Jezebel. It really is enough to turn me off forever. I commented! I read! I've given up.
The redesign is horrifying from every angle - look, usability, accessibility, everything.
On the upside, a hiatus form Jezebel will likely prove me more productive at work. Or at the very least, able to hone my Words with Friends skills. #Groupthink
You could just do what MommaClash did for years and try to convince your children that carob is chocolate and that raisins are EXACTLY the same thing as fruit snacks and that homemade frozen orange juice pops are the same thing as those fantastic neon-colored freeze pops in the tubes... And 27 year later have a daughter with a SERIOUS Cheetos problem and a lurking fear of patchouli.
seriously though, enough. We all end up screwed up in some way or another. I'd be terrified to be a parent these days.
Love, I don't want to sound like I'm clutching pearls here or anything, but from what I understand is NONE of those things are good for you. For me, the best way to curb my hunger is to raise my metabolism through exercise and proper nutrition. Not making an assumption that you're not doing these things, but I'd definitely say that taking the most natural (i.e. exercise and fulfilling food) approach first might be worth a shot? And if you're determined to get fit quick, P90X will kick your butt in no time. You'll be too tired to graze/think/move. Trust me. #Groupthink
I suggest "This Side of Wasilla: the Life and Time of Bristol Palin" for the title because "Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds" was already taken.