#1356: Wednesday, January 28 - Last day of 64, first day of curmudgeon-ness?

Post 1356, Day 28 of 2015
- 1,489 days since I started this blog -

Daily Comment

Maybe what I'm talking about when I am regretful of modernity is the increasing distance between our lives and our humanity, as fostered by our technology.

In human communication, food, lifestyle, society in general has, in my lifetime, devolved in direct proportion to technological progress.

Of course, new technology isn't the only contributor to the devolution of humanity. It seems to me that ever since the Agricultural Revolution, every attempt at improvement has had unintended consequences, not necessarily of greater import than the improvement, but also unrelated. And they overlap and accumulate. So, the cultivation of grains was excellent for humans, more survived, and civilization is a direct result. But new diseases were also introduced, and the direct result was that while fewer succumbed to death by starvation, the average life-span of those surviving to adulthood was shortened.

This is the legacy bequeathed to the human species from our casting aside the nomadic hunter-gatherer lifestyle that had served humans for hundreds of thousands of years.

My particular gripe is that as technology accelerated after the industrial revolution, it became less of a tool and more of a means. This seems to have followed the same course. Communication is easier, but the change from person-to-person discourse to person-to-mechanism-to-mechanism-to person has had terrible effects on communications.

Hey, you kids, get off my dam' lawn!

Food and Diet Section

Today's Weight:                   201.2 lbs

Previous Weight (1/27):           201.4 lbs

Day Net Loss/Gain:                - 0.2 lbs

Diet Comment

I'm surprised by even this micro-loss today. Eating out twice today, I anticipate a gain when I weigh myself tomorrow. I guess we'll see.

Food Log

Breakfast
Skipped.

Lunch
At Ling-Ling's Chinese Buffet and Grill:

Brussels sprouts, kimchee, and, from the "Mongolian Grill", my go-to dish: pork and chicken with cabbage, onions, mushrooms, green peppers and broccoli. Not shown: A Quest bar for dessert.

Dinner
At Eskapes Lounge:

Blackened salmon with sauteed vegetables. Not shown: Giant chocolate chip birthday cookie.

Liquid Intake
   Coffee:  28 oz.   Water: 112+ oz.  And a nice pour of Pinot Noir.

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