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Getting to 100 the Okinawan Way
September 21st, 2009I’ve been thinking a lot about age lately. With the illustrious twenty first birthday nipping at my heels, I’ve looked around and found that I’m surrounded by rap music blaring out of stereos, the endless pages of my biochemistry textbook, red plastic cups aligned in a triangle, and the struggle to not trash my body with food and booze by age twenty-two. Read More
Magnificent Mussels
September 21st, 2009One of my favorites of the dishes I made this summer was Mussels Marseillaise. I found this particular recipe in the July 2009 issue of Gourmet Magazine and it’s so easy, quick, and delicious that I had to make it two more times. Read More
On Finding Wives in Africa…
September 21st, 2009“Sir, let me talk to you about my daughter. She is very good. Very pretty. See the picture.” A crinkled photo emerges from deep inside a pocket. “And,” he says quietly, almost a whisper, “she’s a virgin.” Read More
The Five-Hundred Billion Dollar Norwegians
September 21st, 2009This past week, two Norwegian men were sentenced to death in the Democratic Republic of the Congo for allegedly killing their personal driver. Despite some very vocal concerns by international groups about the fairness of their trial, there is some pretty damning evidence for the two. This includes testimony of many eyewitnesses Read More
A Simple Solution
September 21st, 2009The healthcare reform debate has entered a new stage now, after the Finance committee’s supposed bipartisan plan has been released. The plan seeks to raise revenue by taxing so-called “Cadillac” plans, or those that exceed $8,000 for individuals and $21,000 for families. Read More
Monday TV Madness
September 21st, 2009Welcome to the TV Yogi, where we, your hosts, will enlighten you with our many recaps, reviews and random thoughts about TV. Redundant? You say, given the blurb needed by The Sun web gods … Perhaps. Read More
(Un)Scheduled Maintenance: Is This Thing On?
September 18th, 2009Welcome back. If you're a regular reader of CornellSun.com, you may have noticed that earlier in the week, our Web site was unavailable for an embarrassingly long amount of time. For that, I am sincerely sorry, and you deserve an explanation. Read More
Luscious Libations
September 17th, 2009Last Saturday, September 5th, I attended the 3rd Annual Ithaca Brew Fest and it turned out to be the most fun I have ever had in Ithaca. The sun was shining and the beautiful blue sky and picturesque Cayuga Lake were accentuated by the extensive variety of offered food and drink. Read More
The Sardinian Fountain of Youth
September 16th, 2009Don’t you wish sometimes the leaps we take to stay healthy and active could be translated into an easier task? That every once and a while we could just kick off our shoes and sit on the porch and share a bottle of wine with friends instead of pounding on the treadmill day after day? Read More
iTwin - coming soon
September 16th, 2009Ever needed to transfer a large file from one computer to another only to realize that the file was about the size of Texas and there was no way you could possibly use that itty bitty flash drive you brought from home to finish the transfer? Read More