Are You Scared of Carbohydrates? Carbs Are Back, Baby! Carbs aren't the big, bad boogeyman that keeps people fat and sick. Do you know who the healthiest people in the world are and what they eat? Consider

Why You Can't Just Rely Upon Technical Analysis for Crypto Currencies I know that technical analysts (TA) have a large audience on Steemit. Within the last few months, it might appear that the only people

Healthy Vegans Don't Have to Spend A Lot on Groceries I was so excited about my healthy haul from the Dollar Tree! Even PETA is on the dollar store bandwagon when it comes to finding healthy vegan and

Is it Tough to Eat Well When You're a Poor American? My Impression of Average Politicians Right Now Food subsidy programs in the USA have generated a lot of heat lately. Naturally, I've grown cynical enough

Mice May Have Explained Why Some Folks Are "Naturally" Thin Yes, we've all got that one annoying friend who seems able to eat everything in sight and still remain slim. Maybe you were even like

What Do Our Dreams Tell Us? It's odd that this contest came up a couple of days after I posted an entry about dream meanings ( In that post, I included one of my own dreams that appeared to predict a future

Charity Anthology for Hurricane Relief Y'all probably heard about the ongoing recovery efforts along the Gulf Coast and particularly in Puerto Rico. Several PUBLISHED authors, including myself, donated

Fried Tofu : Sweet or Savory I found the simplest way to make fried tofu that can turn out two different ways: The savory version is perfect with some greens that you can saute in the same pan you fried

No, Poor People Don't Spend All Their SNAP on Sodas it's Speaking of fake news, most of what you read that shames poor people for the food they choose to buy with their benefits is as fake as a Russian

I Didn't Think About the Metric System Recently Until Memes Like This Popped Up Learning the Metric System Wasn't a Waste of Time When I was a gullible child in school, my sweet-faced teachers all

What Does Real Estate Have to Do With Blockchain? BLOCKCHAIN CAN BUILD THINGS TOO! So many people think that blockchain is all about Bitcoin and other electronic currencies. After all, we think of the

Eureka! I Finally Understand 50/50 Author Rewards I have certainly seen plenty of good posts about calculating rewards. Somehow, the way that Steem calculates 50/50 rewards was never clear to me from these

Are You Waiting for Winter? If you're like me, you enjoyed the Game of Thrones TV show but are darn ready to see the next book in the A Song of Ice of Fire series. To pass the time time, let's sharpen

Why Has Dracula Endured to Spawn so Many Vampires? Since I just got inspired to write about Frankenstein on Steemit yesterday, it seems appropriate to write about that other classic horror story that continues

Frankenstein is a Tale of Unintended Consequences & Not Accepting Responsibility for Them Sympathy for the devil: Source: Universal Studios In case you haven't read Frankenstein since school or only

OK, Doc, You Don't (Mostly) Poop Out Fat What is Cuter Than a Frog Flushing Fat? Source: Pixabay CC for Editorial Use When you lose fat, you actually exhale most of it as CO2. But that's not the point.

You Know About Raw Food, but WTH is Raw Water? Look, I'm as much of a proponent of eating food that gets processed as little as possible. By as little as possible, I would have to consider some processing

Seven Effective Ways for New Steemians to Get Upvotes and Followers Lots of new Steemians give up before they ever get started. Gaining traction when you're new can be a little like trying to push your

You Got a Raise -- Congrats! If your boss just handed you a raise, congratulations! Employers can offer salary increases to show that they value workers, want to keep them around, and hope to offer them

What Brought Up the Topic of Freight Train Graffiti? I live a few blocks from train tracks that have been here since this area outside of Houston was mostly rural and not gentrified suburban. Yes, you