In telescope making, one celebrates “first light,” that moment when you visualize a celestial object for the first time through the optics you just created. In synthesizers, we should still probably call it “first light” because…I don’t know, because it sounds cool or something. Anyway, this is the first noodling with my new Moog Subharmonicon. […]
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One of our favorite restaurants in Sullivan’s Island, SC is The Obstinate Daughter. They take reservations through the “Resy” app, and often it’s hard to get in (make it 6 months in advance if you know you’ll be there!) If you can’t get in, this is one of their most outstanding offerings (Frogmore Chowder is […]
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Weird Medicine Arcana For Sale
I have the notebook from which PA John and I did our very first live Weird Medicine shows, with notes, bumper music cues, topics, etc. I should probably keep it but f-it I’m trying not to be so sentimental and hoard-y about these things. I’ll toss in some crappy swag we’ve accumulated over the years […]
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Meat-free Meatballs That Don’t Suck
There is nothing particularly special about this meatball recipe; I post it here mostly because we tried an experiment this weekend to see if my kids could tell the difference between these and “regular” meatballs, and the results were interesting. I tossed together this recipe from memory, simply substituting Beyond Beef bulk burger (comes in […]
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The common narrative these days is that prescription opioids are driving the opioid “crisis” and doctors must be restricted from writing “so many pills.” While the initial wave of self-imposed and statutory restrictions on using opioids for the treatment of chronic, nonmalignant pain were successful in decreasing the total volume of pharmaceutical grade opioids […]
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Ketogenic Diets
A recent study published in Circulation got headlines recently, screaming “HIGH PROTEIN DIETS ARE LINKED TO HEIGHTENED RISK FOR HEART DISEASE..” This prompted a lot of questions to the show about ketogenic diets and whether they were “dangerous” and should be abandoned. As usual, the hype isn’t warranted; even the original study states clearly “In […]
Immune recognition of somatic mutations leading to complete durable regression in metastatic breast cancer From “Nature: Medicine” https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-018-0040-8 Immunotherapy using either checkpoint blockade or the adoptive transfer of antitumor lymphocytes has shown effectiveness in treating cancers with high levels of somatic mutations—such as melanoma, smoking-induced lung cancers and bladder cancer—with little effect in other common […]
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Low Carb Chocolate Pie
Crust 2 cup almond flour ½ tsp. baking powder 1/8 tsp. salt 1/3 cup granulated stevia/erythritol blend 4 Tbsp. butter, melted 1 medium egg 1 ½ tsp. vanilla extract Filling 16 oz. cream cheese, room temperature 4 Tbsp. sour cream 4 Tbsp. butter, melted 1 Tbsp. vanilla extract ½ cup plus 2tsp granulated stevia/erythritol blend, […]
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Low Carb Butterscotch Pie
Crust 2 cups almond flour 4 TBSP melted butter 1 tsp stevia/erythritol blend 1 egg ½ tsp baking powder 1/8 tsp salt 1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract (optional) Filling Sugar Free Butterscotch Pudding 8oz milk 16 oz whipping cream, divided 4 TBSP water 1 packet unflavored gelatin 1 tsp stevia/erythritol blend Assembly Preheat oven to […]
