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On Gillian McKeith

Wed, 07/21/2010 - 21:55

In a piece of contrarianism worthy of Jack of Kent, it was suggested by a number of people (e.g. here) on twitter that the latest round of Gillian McKeith bashing would serve only to make a martyr of the awful old poo lady. Perhaps she would like that. She has always left me with the impression of somebody lonely, in a mid-life crisis, absolutely desperate for fame and attention (I don’t know; an impression only, of course, no objective insight into her character is implied).

What Gillian Did Next

Wed, 03/10/2010 - 12:59

Gillian McKeith is back. The show that she inflicted on Canada last year has reached the UK.

Eat Yourself Sexy is not being shown on Channel Four, but is on the much less viewed Discovery Channel on Monday nights.

This is the blog I wrote about the show last September when it aired on the W Network in Canada.

Artificial Meat: Mmmm or Hmmm?

Wed, 12/09/2009 - 00:35

Recently, University of Maryland scientists used live pig stem cells to grow pig muscle tissue (aka meat)in a petre dish. Very Frankenstein--ah ha ha! But, fascinating. If the technique for growing meat at a large scale is continually advanced, one day all the meat in the freezer counter might have come from the same lab, perhaps even from the same pig.

No more dirty pig, cattle, chicken farms, antibiotics? Im on board. (A little wishful thinking on my part here--it will probably be decades before mass production would be possible.) Other benefits can we glean from cultured meat? Jason Matheny says in a UniverseToday article--