Saltpeter

Even if I've just found out that Forbes ranked my new stomping ground as 4th lustful in America, I think it's safe to make the New Year's resolution that 2008 will be one of celibacy for me.

At least this way when it inevitably occurs, I can say it was intentional.

I'm not one for making resolutions, or keeping them for that matter, so this is kind of out of the ordinary for me to be making one even while the tinsel is still on the tree. It's a result of reading an article from the Chicago Sun-Times that urges readers to bone more in 2008, and, aside from just wanting to be contrary, I also noted their three causes of reduced libido:

• poor nutrition
• stress
• lack of sleep

It's like they read my blog or something.

In truth, Stef has been making sure I eat better, both in terms of preparing healthy meals and also in making sure the portions are sane, by which I mean "non-American sized". I still help myself to seconds regardless.

Also, 50% of everything you can buy off the shelves out here is organic. There's organic milk, organic butter, organic turkey, organic fill-in-the-blank, and that's not considering the stuff they sell at Whole Foods Market. This is just what you can find at your down-the-road strip mall grocery store. People here just seem to eat healthier because so many preservative-free, chemical-free ingredients are ample.