Category Archives: Poetry

Who fights with monsters…

NietzscheAphorism 146 from Jenseits von Gut und Böse (Beyond Good and Evil) by Friedrich Nietzsche.

Wer mit Ungeheuern kämpft, mag zusehn, dass er nicht dabei zum Ungeheuer wird. Und wenn du lange in einen Abgrund blickst, blickt der Abgrund auch in dich hinein.

Who fights with monsters must see to it that he does not thereby become a monster. And if you look for long into an abyss the abyss also looks into you.

Pesticides in Produce: Shoppers Guide

The Environmental Working group has posted their latest list of foods with the highest detected levels of pesticides. They recommend you buy these “dirty dozen” as organic.

  1. Apples
  2. Celery
  3. Strawberries
  4. Peaches
  5. Spinach
  6. Nectarines – imported
  7. Grapes – imported
  8. Sweet bell peppers
  9. Potatoes
  10. Blueberries – domestic
  11. Lettuce
  12. Kale/collard greens

Speaking of details, I could not help but wonder why the image tag and filename for #9 is “Potatoe

http://static.ewg.org/reports/2011/foodnews/img/potatoe.jpg