7203 - Random. Mildly confused, up since 4am.

[scottobear]

So... they found the downside of Splenda

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Some Mighty fine Superman Origin Comics.

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GeoURL is back in action. URLs near me.

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Test for text to speech phone post number 1. Hello, dear journal. This is very possibly the voice you'd hear if Newton ever decides to enter posts for me, in the event that Scotto is unable to do so himself. I hope that your day is going well. Peace, and I'll be seeing you. (Charles alternate)

(note, I converted them from wav to mp3 to save bandwidth)

Text to speech engine. Good for scrambled ransom notes, maybe? Rich and Charles are my two favorite voices.

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Random doodles done while I waited for breakfast-water to boil.

Even my abstracts are a little concrete.


I had an itch on my shoulder.. I imagined this was the cause. little green dust mite.


fooling with simulated transparencies

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Hiring the A-team.

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Comments

[blackhellkat.livejournal.com]

Not defending Splenda--but the "truth about Splenda" website hides the ball just as much as they are accusing Splenda manufacturers of doing.

[scottobear.livejournal.com]

I agree... I actually really like splenda! I've been searching for a while to find anything bad said about it at all.

[rejectomorph]

The web site about Splenda seems a tad overwrought about chlorine. Most everybody's water is full of the stuff anymore, in lieu of e coli bacteria. I'm disinclined to worry about this one- though I avoid aspartame, due to its unfortunate tendency to turn into methyl alcohol in some people. Next to that, the possible effects of a bit more chlorine in my diet now and then (such as a pint of Ben and Jerry's once a month) seem trivial.

[scottobear.livejournal.com]

Just a smidge of overreaction, I agree!

I have just been waiting for the other shoe to drop, re:splenda.

[eryx-uk.livejournal.com]

I loved the "Findig the A-Team," that was very funny. :)

[scottobear.livejournal.com]

I wonder how they'll get the welder to fly?

[juliabee.livejournal.com]

Something's not exactly right about that page. They don't mention that chlorine is used to wash & disinfect veggies and fruit..or that it's in our water, or in meats..including shrimp and fish.

Then there's this:

"Has Splenda been tested on humans?

The majority of studies conducted by Tate & Lyle were performed on lab animals, such as rats and rabbits, and no long-term tests have been conducted. In fact, much of the testing done to determine the safety of Splenda was conducted by its manufacturer, Tate & Lyle."

So what are they trying to say, that no long term tests have been done on rats and rabbits, or no long terms on humans? They're answering it in a wonky way, AND the FDA's website says there has been a 20 year study of it, just not on humans. So why would they word it that way - and link to the FDA's site? And if 20 years isn't considered long-term, what is to the makers of the page?


Also, if you go to their faq, it says:
How can I share information about the dangers associated with Splenda with family, friends or official agencies?

"The dangers". That's interesting..but then if you click on that wording, and it takes you down the tagged html for that linked question, and they changed their wording for that same title down in the fax to something completely differen:

"How can I share information about the misleading marketing and advertising associated with Splenda with family, friends or official agencies?"


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**I agree with them that chlorine should be mentioned in Splenda's advertising for peeps that are interested in that. But they mentioned danger. Separately - because chlorine is in so many other foods/water, AND we use splenda packets or the new cooking splenda - AND they state it's in 3,500 marketed foods --- Just how much chlorine, is too too much? I couldn't find the answer to that on the FDA's website.

[scottobear.livejournal.com]

no worries on spelling... your content is always what counts! :D

[juliabee.livejournal.com]

Oh, and I should also say..that I'm not writing off what those people had to say. If you hadn't linked to it - I would not have known that about the chlorine in splenda. So thanks. :0)
I've used splenda for about a year now...and only recently started using some "sugar in the raw", too. Like I said..if there's chlorine in so many things..how much is too much. And if I cut it out completely, what about the problem of E. Coli, which the FDA's website says it's kills.

I don't understand all this stuff yet, but have been buying books lately to "try" to figure it all out.

[scottobear.livejournal.com]

You and I are in the same boat! I've been using splenda as my primary sweetner... I just found this one.. the only negative splenda site I've seen yet!