Monthly Archives: April 2016

Random Thought Of The Day: Lists, Lists, Lists Galore!

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A Few Of My Favorite Things:

These are some things that I like right now. Yep. That’s it. Just some stuff I like. Because.

  • Cold vanilla ice cream on top of fresh, piping hot apple pie
  • Crisp, clean, bright sunny days
  • Noncomformity Originality
  • Cookies. Oatmeal Raisin. Chocolate Chip. Blueberry. Corn (If you haven’t tried a Momofuku Milk Bar creation yet, you are missing out).

Alright, let’s circle back to those cookies for a second. I bet you’re wondering just which one is the best. Well, I’m not here to judge. Oh wait, I am:

  1. Blueberry
  2. Corn
  3. Oatmeal Raisin
  4. Chocolate Chip

Why are they ranked thusly? Well, that would be the ten-million-dollar question.

Blueberry
Because these taste like a blueberry exploded in my mouth.
Corn
Because these taste like eating Frosted Flakes perfectly tottering on the edge of crispy and too soggy.
Oatmeal Raisin
Oldie but a goodie.
Chocolate Chip
Too typical. Let’s allow some new flavors to delight our palate!

So, in summary, I’m hungry. Make me some cookies. Let’s recap:

  1. Vanilla ice cream = boss. It’s just so good.
    • It’s just that good.
    • Vanilla bean speck or French Vanilla; either way you can’t go wrong.

     

  2. Crisp, sunny days are wonderful.
    • Winter has been way too long.
    • Let’s be honest, tank tops and shorts are just awesome.
  3. Creativity is born of nonconformity.
    • The weird and absurd are all too interesting, and often hold gems of wisdom within.
    • Did I mention that I was hungry?
  4. I want a cookie vault.
    • Scrooge McDuck – style, but with cookies in place of gold coins.
    • It must be composed of 90% blueberry cookies, with a healthy blend of the other flavors comprising the remaining 10%.
    • Chocolate Chip may comprise no more than 1% of this remaining 10%.

-Namakemono

The Lazy Man’s Manifesto

Random Thought Of The Day: Welcome Back, And HTML, Too

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Affordable Care Act:

How to Make the Real Fix

I originally penned this short introspection at a rather contentious point in the government debate over the state of health care in America. While I never planned to share it publicly, I have since decided to do so only because it is fairly well written, and I wanted to practice with content that was more interesting to read than “lorem ipsum.” Whether you appreciate the substance or the framework behind it, enjoy.

The problem with the Affordable Care Act isn’t simply the provision (or lack) of insurance itself, but rather, lies in the practices and habits of Americans that force us to rely on health care in the first place.

A major aspect of the affordable care act should focus not just on providing health coverage for all, but also on providing guidance and reform on proper habits and lifestyles for all. While living in Japan for five years, I came to know very well a system which provided an affordable public option, based upon your income over the Japanese fiscal year, and recalculated on a year-to-year basis. While it was certainly reassuring to see that even in the poor rural area where I lived, regular folks (like the senior citizens operating their main-street retail shops more out of boredom nostalgia than for income, or the young day-laborers making under 1000 dollars a month) could afford to head to the doctor on a regular basis and have their issues looked at without losing an arm and a leg, what struck me more was the way in which societal norms promoted general health and fitness from a very young age.

Numerous studies have shown that promoting healthy attitudes and behaviors from a young age tends to lead to healthier and happier adults. If it promoted the adoption of healthy attitudes and practices as a matter of course and not a choice, the Affordable Care Act would stand as a stronger tool for reshaping health as opposed to simply health care in America.

-Namakemono

The Lazy Man’s Manifesto