rice, Chinese left-overs and the American Civil War: exactly how will these disparate concepts be reconciled? Well, rice and Chinese left-overs really don't need a lot of reconciling, since they go together nicely. And the massive China Town in San Francisco was already well established by the 1860's, due primarily to the transcontinental railroad construction from the Pacific to Promontory Point in Utah, which relied heavily on Chinese laborers. However, beyond that my knowledge of the American Civil War is sadly lacking. I know that it was when photography came into it's own (thanks to Mathew Brady and many lessor know photographers recording that grim war), and it was around this time that war changed from a noble endeavor to an industial horror precipitated in part by the invention of such devices as the Gatling Gun, Ironclad ships and chain-linked cannon balls designed to rip trough enemy soldiers like a hot knife through butter. But I doubt that the majority of either North or South were eating much Chinese food...
It's nice to know that I won't be confined to a hospital just for arriving from West Africa in New York City, although they are advising me to keep out of the subways and clubs - not sure I'm willing to do that. But then I have never been in West Africa, so it's not really an issue for me. And without chocolate, none of us will live to see tomorrow. That's what the headline says, anyways. Although the article below somewhat dilutes who exactly "none of us" includes and implies that tomorrow is 10,000 years in the future, so maybe chocolate isn't quite as important as the headline implies. I believe that sulfur is an essential nutrient to keep my knees fucntioning correctly, and my belief is strongly supported by anecdotal evidence only observed on myself by myself: I have used Glucosamine Sulfate and other Gulcosamine admixtures (condrotin, HCL, etc.) and only the sulfate concoction seems to help my knees (as does excessive egg consumption: sulfur in the yolks, don't ya know), so now I only buy Glucosamine Sulfate - but this is pure belief, unsupported by any legitimate tests. And I thought that I was less easily influenced by hearsay than that. Guess I'll need to keep an eye on myself: I'm not too worried about the Glucosamine Sulfate purchases (at worst, it's a harmless placebo), but if I can "fool myself" in this way when it comes to nutritional supplements, I can also be "fooled" in other more dire circumstances. Yes, beware.