The Powers of Baking Soda

Posted under Thoughts by Mark on Tuesday 29 December 2009 at 2:33 am

So wow, I get heartburn all the time. Usually it strikes me when I’m sitting up late at night watching infomercials because I can’t sleep. Unfortunately this happens way too often. Well, it’s never fun and I have heard of this remedy from people over the years but I always just hated the idea of drinking baking soda and water to cure the burn. Well tonight I was having a particularly bad episode and so I decided to give it a try. Only this time, I used a 500 mL bottle of grape flavored Propel fitness water with 5/8 tsp. of baking soda. I shook it up and poured it into a cup for easy chugging. Well I didn’t need…

Christmas 2009

Posted under Holidays, Life Update by Mark on Sunday 27 December 2009 at 12:44 am

Well it’s that time of year again! Merry Christmas! I have been back home in St. Louis now for a week and it has been wonderful. It’s nice to see the fam again and the pets. Man each time I come home the animals are older and stiffer. One day I’ll come home and they’ll be dead :( . That is sad to think about it however inevitable it is.

Well, this week has been mostly staying up late and sleeping in late. It has been so nice to be able to do that without worrying about missing class or work. Happily this entry should be short simply because the week has been relatively uneventful. I’ve…