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[Xue Sheng]

totally plausible. I have been taking my coffee with creamer for years (because, well, dairy can make me break out bad).
Then I noticed I was feeling very unwell. So I skipped the creamer. felt better. using cream now, still good.
well that particular creamer starts out with 'corn syrup solids' - sugar.
I have been having issues with eating stuff like cookies, etc for a while now, feeling like I got run over by a truck.
I can see where animal protein does you in, especially when you normally stay veggie...

I have been off the Veggie band wagon for almost a year now...I think, but I never did get back into beef. I have been feeling not well for awhile now, some of that was due to the tick disease stuff. However it all got worse after that.

 

[Buka]

I had always thought Bronson wasn't a half bad actor.
Then I saw that 'franchise'

I like some of Bronson's other movies but never got in to the Death Wish franchise.

I'm old, I like Bronson, But I have to admit, although I have seen all the Death Wish movies, I am not really a fan of those films.

Good old Charlie Buchinsky. Great character actor. I don't consider him to be a great actor in the classic Thespian sense, but he sure did make a fantastic living playing Charles Bronson. (he had that classic face and tone) He spent around fifty years in the entertainment industry.

Sergio Leone (Italian director, king of the spaghetti western) originally wanted to cast Bronson in the lead in 1964's Fistful of Dollars. Charlie turned it down and Clint Eastwood took the role - launching another incredible career.

The first Death Wish was a huge hit, and I thought a pretty good movie fantasy. Have to keep in mind it was released in 1974, crime was running rampart in the United States. (No, really, it was nuts.) Death Wish was originally a novel which castigated vigilantism, whereas the movie celebrated it. And the public loved it.

I did too. Although, the sequels to the original sucked in my opinion.

 

[granfire]

I have been off the Veggie band wagon for almost a year now...I think, but I never did get back into beef. I have been feeling not well for awhile now, some of that was due to the tick disease stuff. However it all got worse after that.

well, they say that you can develop red meat allergies form tick bites. And since men don't read instructions, did you go for chicken instead?

 

[granfire]

Good old Charlie Buchinsky. Great character actor. I don't consider him to be a great actor in the classic Thespian sense, but he sure did make a fantastic living playing Charles Bronson. (he had that classic face and tone) He spent around fifty years in the entertainment industry.

Sergio Leone (Italian director, king of the spaghetti western) originally wanted to cast Bronson in the lead in 1964's Fistful of Dollars. Charlie turned it down and Clint Eastwood took the role - launching another incredible career.

The first Death Wish was a huge hit, and I thought a pretty good movie fantasy. Have to keep in mind it was released in 1974, crime was running rampart in the United States. (No, really, it was nuts.) Death Wish was originally a novel which castigated vigilantism, whereas the movie celebrated it. And the public loved it.

I did too. Although, the sequels to the original sucked in my opinion.

Once Upon a Time in the West....

well, he is a better actor than Tom Cruise....

 

[Buka]

Once Upon a Time in the West....

well, he is a better actor than Tom Cruise....

Once Upon a Time in the West.....interestingly enough, at least to me....Clint Eastwood was originally offered THAT role (the protagonist) and he turned it down so it was offered to Bronson.

I know, I need to get a life. But, man, I love movies.

As for Cruise....he pretty much plays Tom Cruise in every movie. I guess people like him.

 

[Xue Sheng]

Good old Charlie Buchinsky. Great character actor. I don't consider him to be a great actor in the classic Thespian sense, but he sure did make a fantastic living playing Charles Bronson. (he had that classic face and tone) He spent around fifty years in the entertainment industry.

Sergio Leone (Italian director, king of the spaghetti western) originally wanted to cast Bronson in the lead in 1964's Fistful of Dollars. Charlie turned it down and Clint Eastwood took the role - launching another incredible career.

The first Death Wish was a huge hit, and I thought a pretty good movie fantasy. Have to keep in mind it was released in 1974, crime was running rampart in the United States. (No, really, it was nuts.) Death Wish was originally a novel which castigated vigilantism, whereas the movie celebrated it. And the public loved it.

I did too. Although, the sequels to the original sucked in my opinion.

Charles Bronson was once asked, during an interview, about his acting and why he did all these violent movies, like Death Wish. His answer was "Because no one would pay to see Charles Bronson does Hamlet"

 

[Xue Sheng]

well, they say that you can develop red meat allergies form tick bites. And since men don't read instructions, did you go for chicken instead?

I don't eat red meat, haven't for years. And the sausage was made from Chicken. It does not seem to matter what meat. Of course they are also sending me to an infectious disease specialist next week too, so it could have something to do with that

 

[Buka]

Charles Bronson was once asked, during an interview, about his acting and why he did all these violent movies, like Death Wish. His answer was "Because no one would pay to see Charles Bronson does Hamlet"

Acting is a tough racket. People watch entertainment and think anyone can act. They can't, it's a very difficult skill to develop. And in the film industry, unless you're in the top one percent in that particular time, film roles do not just appear at your door all willy nilly. It's a tough business. Good thing it pays fairly well.

Charles Bronson only had particular kinds of roles offered to him. And I'm sure he was quite thankful that he did.

 

[Xue Sheng]

Acting is a tough racket. People watch entertainment and think anyone can act. They can't, it's a very difficult skill to develop. And in the film industry, unless you're in the top one percent in that particular time, film roles do not just appear at your door all willy nilly. It's a tough business. Good thing it pays fairly well.

Charles Bronson only had particular kinds of roles offered to him. And I'm sure he was quite thankful that he did.

He seemed very thankful for his rolls in movies during the interview and he was half joking when he used the Hamlet line. But he also knew it was true. Kind of like Schwarzenegger's scene in the "Last Action Hero" where he was playing Hamlet....his way It was done for pretty much the same reason.

 

[AngryHobbit]

I have noticed something through experimentation

I have not been feeling well lately so I have been experimenting a bit.

First, it seems like the Qigong I have been doing helps. Also I have been working towards returning to my mostly vegetarian ways and if I spend a day eating mostly, or totally, vegetarian... I feel pretty good. I start eating meat. like most Americans do, I start feeling sick. Was mostly vegetarian for a few days and then yesterday I started, as part of my breakfast, with an "Organic" chicken sausage and I felt a little strange. Later that day, for lunch, I had some homemade chicken soup and I felt worse. I was going to do some sort of animal protein for dinner, but my stomach was saying no so I avoided it. Today I have been back to my vegetarian ways and I am feeling pretty good, and I did not get my 9:00 am energy crash that I have been getting everyday for a few weeks now.

I realize none of this is actual scientific experimentation and it should be taken with a grain of salt, but it is interesting to me.

Yup, we are all different an our bodies react to various foods in their own way. As @gpseymour says, "There are absolutely not absolutes, including this one". So, there are people who can happily live on a vegetarian diet and feel grand, and then there are some who get real sick when they try vegetarian or vegan.

Speaking of vegetarian, where are you on cauliflower? We've been experimenting with cauliflower au gratin. Since we are both devout carnivores, we did make a version with sausage - but we enjoyed it as is too. It's a great alternative to cheesy pasta or potatoes au gratin, and there are tons of ways you can season it to make it interesting.

 

[AngryHobbit]

Acting is a tough racket. People watch entertainment and think anyone can act. They can't, it's a very difficult skill to develop. And in the film industry, unless you're in the top one percent in that particular time, film roles do not just appear at your door all willy nilly. It's a tough business. Good thing it pays fairly well.

Charles Bronson only had particular kinds of roles offered to him. And I'm sure he was quite thankful that he did.

You know, I love looking up and posting quotes by actors, dancers, and singers - and it is amazing how many of them struggle with stage fright, forgetting their lines, social anxiety, etc. That - on top of just... wanting to do a good job and give a great performance. And we don't see that.

I am reminded of the story of a Russian actor Illarion Pevtsov. Pevtsov was an incurable stutterer. It was really bad, very nearly debilitating. But he wanted to be an actor. He wanted to bring people to tears with all the great roles like Romeo, Hamlet, Peer Gunt, and Chatski. He went to a park in the outskirts of his city and spent hours there reciting poetry and all the great monologues. And here's the amazing thing - when he did that, he didn't stutter at all. Such was his power of transformation, that he BECAME Eugene Onegin or Othello, which, to him, meant he was no longer Illarion Pevtsov and he did not have a stutter. He did become an actor - one of the greatest theater actors Russia had ever produced. He's had moments - terrible, soul-rending moments when he felt he could not overcome his stutter. But he pulled himself together, went before the audiences over and over, and gave an amazing performance.

 

[dvcochran]

Yup, we are all different an our bodies react to various foods in their own way. As @gpseymour says, "There are absolutely not absolutes, including this one". So, there are people who can happily live on a vegetarian diet and feel grand, and then there are some who get real sick when they try vegetarian or vegan.

Speaking of vegetarian, where are you on cauliflower? We've been experimenting with cauliflower au gratin. Since we are both devout carnivores, we did make a version with sausage - but we enjoyed it as is too. It's a great alternative to cheesy pasta or potatoes au gratin, and there are tons of ways you can season it to make it interesting.

I love cauliflower raw but not other way that I have found. Have you tried Zucchini noodles? They make GREAT spaghetti, tastier than conventional pasta.
There are absolutely no absolutes. That is absolute.

 

[Xue Sheng]

Yup, we are all different an our bodies react to various foods in their own way. As @gpseymour says, "There are absolutely not absolutes, including this one". So, there are people who can happily live on a vegetarian diet and feel grand, and then there are some who get real sick when they try vegetarian or vegan.

Speaking of vegetarian, where are you on cauliflower? We've been experimenting with cauliflower au gratin. Since we are both devout carnivores, we did make a version with sausage - but we enjoyed it as is too. It's a great alternative to cheesy pasta or potatoes au gratin, and there are tons of ways you can season it to make it interesting.

cauliflower I tend to boil and eat plain. But on occasion I eat it mixed with other veggies, and every now and then with a salad dressing. I have fried it with egg and I have even mixed it in mashed potatoes. But generally cooked and plain.

 

[Xue Sheng]

Well I spilled an entire, full, glass of water on my MacBook a few minutes ago.....with that...I bid you all a good night.

 

[dvcochran]

cauliflower I tend to boil and eat plain. But on occasion I eat it mixed with other veggies, and every now and then with a salad dressing. I have fried it with egg and I have even mixed it in mashed potatoes. But generally cooked and plain.

I have tried the mashed potato thing, Eww. I think it is mostly the consistency for men when it loses if fresh crunch. It taste very different to me boiled as well. I hate broccoli so I wish I saw more cauliflower in stir fry dishes.

 

[AngryHobbit]

I love cauliflower raw but not other way that I have found. Have you tried Zucchini noodles? They make GREAT spaghetti, tastier than conventional pasta.
There are absolutely no absolutes. That is absolute.

No, I have not - and I love zucchini. Do you make them yourself? Recipe?

You'll have to duke it out with @gpseymour when it comes to the discussion of absolutes. He's a psych major - he can handle such a discussion.

 

[AngryHobbit]

cauliflower I tend to boil and eat plain. But on occasion I eat it mixed with other veggies, and every now and then with a salad dressing. I have fried it with egg and I have even mixed it in mashed potatoes. But generally cooked and plain.

If you like cheese, do try it au gratin - it's really delicious.

I also love making sweet and regular versions of latke. I knew how to make traditional latke before, but figured out the ones with sweet potatoes on my own.

 

[donald1]

I don't know about you guys but I've been making a lot of French toast lately... Like a lot. However it's not a problem though because I can stop whenever I want. I just choose not to.

 

[Monkey Turned Wolf]

Did my monthly paying double my rent to my student loans...Just three more years of that (If I can continue to afford it) before they're paid off

 

[Xue Sheng]

I have tried the mashed potato thing, Eww. I think it is mostly the consistency for men when it loses if fresh crunch. It taste very different to me boiled as well. I hate broccoli so I wish I saw more cauliflower in stir fry dishes.

I didn't make it mashed potatoes, I just put whole cauliflower in my mash potatoes and ate it. Basically cauliflower with mash potatoes on it