Are Americans Becoming Less Happy? Has anyone else noticed that more and more Americans are unhappy? According to WolframAlpha, 1 in 164, or just over 2.5 million Americans are diagnosed with depression every year. Also, according to the same source, the US average age for depression is 44 for males and 47 for females. There doesn't seem to be a correlation of age, weight, and height to depression either. Demographic Factors What is it that makes people happy? It doesn't appear to have too much to do with…
An Open-Source Family Recipe Better Than Colonel Sanders' Secret Chicken Christina made me chocolate chip pie which is my all-time favorite dessert (besides ice cream) for Thanksgiving. Colonel Sanders had his finger licking good chicken, but the Person family has its chocolate chip pie. It isn't very open source of the Colonel to keep his chicken recipe all to himself. Heat milk & marshmallows and stir until marshmallows dissolve. Add salt & flavorings. Chill the mixture thoroughly. Fold in whipped cream and shaved chocolate. Pour into the baked…
Christina and I went to Napa for a date day about a month ago and I never got around to posting the pictures. While we were there we went to the Culinary Institute for lunch and then we stopped off at Dean and Deluca's. The Culinary Institute was fun because it isn't something you do every day and it is fun to watch the students cooking in the open kitchens. Dean and Deluca's was also fun because I'm a grocery geek and they take gourmet foods to a…
I had heard about Humphry Slocombe's from word of mouth and knowing we'd likely be in the area today we were able to stop by and try it. I had the chocolate ice cream with smoked sea salt and it was amazing. Christina had "Elvis has entered the building" which has banana, bacon, and peanut brittle ice cream. As you can see the line was 10-15 people out the door and we passed by it twice and each time the line was still just as long. It was…
from OstrichLand was probably my second favorite stop yesterday, mostly because I love animals so it was fun getting so close to the ostriches. They are som big, powerful and dare I say even ugly creatures! Here are some interesting facts I learned from my visit: Adult ostriches stand 8' to 9' tall and weight 250 to 350 pounds Ostriches mature at 2 to 3 years, and breed until 40 years An ostrich can reach speeds of 45 MPH The oldest ostrich on record is 81 years old…
I went to Yosemite yesterday with Christina and her family, or maybe they went with me? Any how, we all went to Yosemite yesterday and the weather was beautiful. I've been fighting a cold I got from Tyler but got through the day pretty well despite a nagging cough and fire hydrant nose. On the shuttle ride back from Yosemite Falls everyone on the bus saw a black beer but for some reason I couldn't see it along one of the rivers. We did see lots of deer,…
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