I write this column on Monday evening. Yesterday was Palm Sunday and I regret that I didn\u2019t attend church for the umpteenth year in a row.<\/p>\n
Getting older makes it easier to justify the action, but the regret remains rooted.<\/p>\n
But the good news, which does eradicate some regret regarding my diet, comes from the University of California, San Diego.<\/p>\n
Both the San Diego Union-Tribune and the New York Times reported about Dr. Beatrice Golomb\u2019s research on the consumption of chocolate and body weight published this month. <\/p>\n
\u201cThe surprise is,\u201d Golomb, an associate professor of medicine at UC San Diego said, \u201cEating chocolate frequently is linked to lower weight,\u201d according to the Union-Tribune. <\/p>\n
After reading these articles, I put Golomb\u2019s research results in the same category as Einstein\u2019s relativity theory or Friedrich August Kekule von Stradonitz\u2019s, a German organic chemist, revolutionary theory of aromatic carbon compounds. <\/p>\n
After reading Golomb\u2019s discovery, I had no choice. I immediately walked to the Harvest Market and purchased a bar of 70 percent dark chocolate. I can\u2019t tell you how much better I feel now.<\/p>\n
The troubling news is that I might have to stop covering the County Service Area 38 advisory committee meetings. <\/p>\n
After last week\u2019s news, I\u2019m worried that IFPD will no longer send an ambulance all the way to Pine Cove. I don\u2019t want to be in a situation where I don\u2019t have IFPD watching my back.<\/p>\n
But the contravening news this week was more research supporting the premise that one or two beers nightly are better than none.<\/p>\n
Alcohol, in moderation, is inversely related to death and cardiovascular illness in men. This is the outcome of a long-term study just published last week.<\/p>\n
I suppose this will make those CSA 38 meetings a little better even if IFPD isn\u2019t available.<\/p>\n
Today, I read another story reporting that too much happiness is detrimental to your health.<\/p>\n
I suppose the bad news for the IFPD staff is the proposed termination of the ambulance contract. Since the department was losing money servicing this contract, once it\u2019s terminated, even the Pine Cove subsidy will go and the department\u2019s loss will be even greater unless staff is cut.<\/p>\n
All of this medical and health news must be penetrating other Idyllwild minds besides mine. The Saturday headliner at this year\u2019s Jazz in the Pines Festival is the Big Phat Band. Thank you Marsha and Bubba.<\/p>\n
Jazz, the true American contribution to musical genres, is in touch with our soul. <\/p>\n
And in case, you\u2019re not familiar with Sunday\u2019s headliner, Brian Bomberg, just listen to your CD of the sound track for \u201cThe Fabulous Baker Brothers.\u201d He plays the bass. He\u2019s better with Baker\u2019s dipped chocolate.<\/p>\n
P.S. \u2014 Since jazz soothes the soul, this column is similar to Kekule\u2019s conception of a benezene atom as a ring formed by a snake seizing its tail.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I write this column on Monday evening. Yesterday was Palm Sunday and I regret that I didn\u2019t attend church for the umpteenth year in a row. Getting older makes it easier to justify the action, but the regret remains rooted. But the good news, which does eradicate some regret regarding my diet, comes from the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":58,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"amp_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n