Some days there’s nothing i feel like putting in the pony. Ok, that’s a lie. Some days im particularly sensitive to the amount of sports content i put in the morning pony ;), but have nothing of substance to say. On those days i generally hunt for a news story or some other item on the web i can present for discussion. But on Monday when i am typing this (like with time travel in the douglas adams books, we need new verb tenses to discuss what we’re typing that wont have published until some time before youre reading it but after im typing it…but we’ll save that topic for another day) i’m horrifically unfocused…the Flyers are playing, and, at the risk of sounding whiny..i just dont feel like it…
So here are some finds from my horribly unfocused web travels…
From the “news you can use” category, is it any wonder that this Yahoo!News article caught my attention???
Chocolate may reduce pregnancy complication risk
Chocolate, especially dark chocolate, is rich in a chemical called theobromine, which stimulates the heart, relaxes smooth muscle and dilates blood vessels, and has been used to treat chest pain, high blood pressure, and hardening of the arteries, Dr. Elizabeth W. Triche of Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut and colleagues
Apparently after polling new mothers and testing cord blood, researchers found a possible link between higher chocolate consumption and fewer occurrences of preeclampsia. So I guess all those Peppermint Patties I ate in 1993 were a good idea… 😉