Paul Holstein's Blog

Study finds 1/2 overweight people are "Heart Healthy."

2008-08-13T19:33:20Z

Every day, we are bombarded with junk science. The latest comes from a University of Michigan Obesity researcher named MaryFran Sowers. Ms. Sowers published a study in which she claims that 1/2 of overweight people are "Heart Healthy", whatever...

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My shiny new garage

2008-08-05T16:53:28Z

While the wife and kids were in France, I decided to clean up my garage. One thing led to another and after about 120 hours of effort I ended up with a nice new shiny garage you see pictured on the left. The system consists of PVC slatboards and...

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Amtrak Auto train Review

2008-08-02T02:02:48Z

On Wednesday, July 16th, my cousin Steve and I drove up to Sanford, Florida (just north of Orlando) and took the auto train. Normally, I fly when I travel hundreds of miles; but this time Steve needed to bring his car up to Montreal so it was ei...

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Is Warren Buffet Healthy?

2008-05-04T18:33:44Z

I went to the annual meeting of Berkshire Hathaway yesterday. By the looks of it, many people are concerned about Warren Buffet's health. Unfortunately, given Mr. Buffets comments about health, it looks as if neither he nor Charlie Munger will ...

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The Warren Buffet Lovefest

2008-05-04T18:03:46Z

Yesterday, I attended the annual meeting of Berkshire Hathaway. BH is headed by the richest man in the world, Warren Buffet and one of the other richest men in the world, vice chairman, Charlie Munger. The annual meeting is quite a spectacle. ...

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Omaha is a nutritional wasteland

2008-05-04T17:47:21Z

I've been in Omaha, Nebraska now for three days. After having eight meals here, I must declare this place to be a nutritional wasteland. As some of you know, I've been seeing a nutritionalist for the past few months now. As a result, I've deve...

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Food is changing

2008-02-25T03:14:23Z

The foods we eat are constantly changing, and this may not necessarily be such a great thing. First of all, keep in mind that humans have been modifying foods for about 10,000 years. No kidding. I read an article in Wikipedia that says farmers ...

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The great Ethanol Scam

2008-02-11T22:55:50Z

I recently read an article in Consumer Reports about the new flex fuel vehicle, the Chevrolet Tahoe FFV. This new vehicle burns either regular fuel or E85 fuel. E85 is 85% regular fuel and 15% Ethanol. To the layman, this sounds like a good thi...

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Lucky Vitamin - Poor Customer Service

2008-02-11T02:10:56Z

Why do Internet Retailers ask us for our phone numbers when they have no intention of calling? A couple weeks ago, I was running out of toothpaste so I went to Luckyvitamin.com to reorder. At this point, most of you are thinking. Why the heck i...

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Move over Britney, here comes Miley

2008-02-02T17:39:29Z

On Thursday, I took my daughter, Emma, to the Hannah Montana concert. For those of you without children, I'll explain that Hannah Montana is a character on the Hannah Montana show on the Disney Channel. Hannah is played by Miley Cyrus ...

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