“Both food and sex come with the same basic instruction: Find a socket that works, plug in, enjoy! With food, the socket’s called ‘hunger.’” ~ the WiseFool
At a talk I gave on food, one of the participants, whom I’ll call Raymond, a handsome devil, clad in plaid with a beautiful girl-friend in tow, posed me a question: “How can I tell when I am hungry?”
A simple question that deserves a simple answer, right? Except that I didn’t have one. Read the rest of this entry »
“Want to know thyself? Fire the shrink and peek into your pantry.” ~ the WiseFool
Rumor has it that you’re a good fibber. You can tell whoppers, spin yarn, spew tall tales, and otherwise have your way with people’s heads. Great, but can you call a bluff when you see it coming at you? Let’s find out.
Pour yourself a glass of Yellow Tail Shiraz, cut up some aged Cabot Cheddar, and let’s do a quiz.
You should never waste your food. True or false?
A: False. Food rots better outside the body than inside it. Read the rest of this entry »
“Possess me, baby, and you get to have me for an hour. Relate to me, and I’m yours forever.” ~ the WiseFool
Throw away that bathroom scale, burn the diet book, pour yourself the tallest glass of Eggnog, grate some nutmeg… and let’s resume our pleasure trip.
Ain’t no such thing as “personal happiness”
So where were we? Ah yes, now that we know what food and sex have in common, let’s pose a 4th grade question: Why do people even engage in food or sex? Pleasure, mostly. Side-effects include survival and procreation. And why do we pursue pleasure? Because it makes us happy, silly. Great! But the cat’s already out of the bag: We now know that not everyone finds happiness with food or sex, and almost everyone finds gratification. In other words, even though the promise of happiness is what lures us towards food or sex, there are no guarantees here. Come again? That’s like someone saying, “Here, buy this car from me. By the way, there’s no guarantee it’ll run.” Read the rest of this entry »
