Stirring the Stew Pot

[cahwyguy]

It’s Saturday, and we’re overdone for some stew. I’ve been on vacation last week, and I left some links at work when I left before vacation, so this is a short list:

• Tower No More. Those who have driven the Hollywood Freeway near Sunset remember two major icons: The studios of KTTV-11 and KMET, and the tower for KTLA. The first came down a long long time ago to be replaced by a high school. The second came down just last week — yes, they have (supposedly, temporarily), taken down the KTLA tower.
• Olive Oil No More. According to the LA Times, there has been a major Olive Oil disaster, and olive oil is about to get much more expensive.
• Gluten No More. Unless you are Celiac or actually sensitive to gluten, it turns out a gluten-free diet does not make you healthier.
• You Bought What? Looks like about 30,000 may have bought a literal box of cowshit.
• Interesting Art. Posted on my Facebook: Here’s an interesting article on a man who uses crayons as pixels to make art, and assigns letters to each crayon to embed messages in the pictures.
• Puppeteer No More. Alas, long time Los Angeles puppeteer Bob Baker has passed away.

 

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[andrewducker]

Your gluten link is to the olive oil article.

Which is a shame, because I was wondering if it was new!

[cahwyguy]

The link should be corrected now, or you can visit http://www.medicaldaily.com/gluten-free-diet-does-not-make-you-healthier-only-people-celiac-disease-should-go-311938

[andrewducker]

Cheers! Although sadly lacking in detail. And with an autoplaying video with sound!

Interesting counterpoint: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/11/07/fodmap-diet_n_6111096.html

[cahwyguy]

The full article was in Consumers Report. For our household, we're GF because my wife is actually Celiac, so we benefit by the trend -- she can find more food, and she's thinking of starting a GF consulting business (see www.gfguruilla.com ).