A few months ago she lived with her parents in the suburbs of Toronto. When friends from Saskatchewan finished a visit, and were about to leave, she impulsively dove into their car almost literally as they pulled out of the driveway and came west with them. Taliah* came to Saskatoon with just $60 in her pocket and the clothes on her back. She quickly found work in a retail shop and couch surfed at her friends place for the first [...]
“In the end they will lay their freedom at our feet and say to us, ‘Make us your slaves, but feed us’”. ~ Fyodor Dostoevsky 187.2 lbs It’s official. I’m in the final 2 weeks of this phase of the project. Some of the email coming in is telling me “dude – people already know starvation is bad. Thanks Captain Obvious.” When it comes to, say, internment camp or desert island starvation, yes. Yes they do. But with people actively [...]
“Seize the moment. Remember all those women on the ‘Titanic’ who waved off the dessert cart.” ~ Erma Bombeck 201.8 lbs. Getting close, but no cigar. Still, if I drop 2 lbs in the next 2 days I’ll still pass the pale of dropping 40 lbs in the first 50 days. I get a few emails of the “reads, shots, and leaves” variety – people who apparently skim an article and immediately start clacking the keys. They sound rather like [...]
“If your time to you Is worth savin’ Then you better start swimmin’ Or you’ll sink like a stone For the times they are a-changin’.” ~ Bob Dylan 213.6 lbs. I’ve passed the 1/4 milestone of this 100 day starvation diet and so far I’ve talked a lot about what we’re doing wrong, whether as individuals or The Big Scary Faceless Corporations. One thing that often gets drowned out in the sound of protest drums is that Big Corporations are [...]
“He was a bold man that first ate an oyster.” ~ Jonathan Swift 228.8 lbs When I realized how many calories were in a pack of instant noodle soup (Day 2) I started looking for alternatives. Campbell’s Chunky soups are filling, and only 140-170 calories per 250ml. So a whole can is not much more, in terms of calories, than noodles in water. I like noodles in water, but as most uni students can tell you eating them day after [...]
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