words I do not know: reticent, fastidious

You're not the first to suggest proof-reading q:) But the reason why the vast majority of my writing goes un-proofread is because it is virtually useless when I try to do it, myself. And I am reticent to ask someone to spare time and effort to do it. What happens when I proofread it is that I miss the vast majority of non-technical errors simply because 1. I already know what I am trying to say, and when I read incomplete thoughts, my mind subconsciously fills in the blanks; and 2. I only see what I meant to say, in the first place. (I do use a different approach when I write scholarly papers now, though. Even though my proof-reading is still largely ineffective–I do generally recruit a colleague to proof-read those for me, though–I tend to force myself to write out the point-form outline first, so that all the thoughts, exemplars, and pieces of evidence (and I like to operate strictly in the most compelling 3's for each, mostly so that the content feels balanced, not emphasizing one point then virtually ignoring another). The problem is I'm much more fastidious about other people applying it than myself :p

I was afraid you'd start looking for my old blogs, many of which are written under various influence. I write like I talk, and people have told me my writing often reads more like a script to be spoken on a stage, more like a monologue. I do tend to use short sentences, and paragraph breaks. I read like I talk too. When I read, the words form in my head like reading out loud, complete with rhythm. I can't read a long sentence without an extra breath.Of course, I have A.D.D and have trouble with long sentences and even word count per line in everyday life. Topics need to keep me interested in every sentence, so shorter ones do better for minds like mine. Add more death and sex and viloence to youir blogs and I'll start reading more. (giggle)Seriously, my only real comment is one: Proof read. I can tell you write and post. Re-reading is hard, because if you're like me, you want to change everything and then essentially you're doing a second draft and not re-reading again. I can proof other people's work, but not my own.I have the luxury of being an un-educated slob… so if I write poorly, it's ok.

Personally, I am familiar with the "enriched flour" ingredients–which you'll also find on cereal-boxes (since the cliché is to read cereal boxes as you eat it; my guess is that fewer people read the flour bag whilst eating their scones). What I do try to do–and this would be a great post if I haven't written it already–is to go one step beyond the marketing buzz and give people who are interested, a bit more intuitive understanding about concepts like "trans fats," or how insulin and adrenaline are oppositely-directed metabolic regulators.

I should not write messages within 5 minutes of waking up. I'm mean right out of bed.

You had 4 or 5 or maybe more Facebook status updates in my news feed, and they linked to the actual blog.

Richard: when you say "cure," do you mean that it addresses the underlying condition that causes people to have elevated cholesterol permanently? And are you referring to elevated total cholesterol or poor HDL:LDL ratio? Are you holding out because you want us to stay tuned through the commercial break? (Or as a hook so we'll order something?)(Not to mention that the effect size of elevated cholesterol or HDL:LDL ratio seems to have been overestimated previously, which is one of my beefs with the hypothetico-deductive theory-then-research paradigm that modern medical research seems to take; it results in overconfidence in a solution (recall Cox-2 inhibitors like Vioxx, and how they were taken off the market a decade after they were touted as safer and more specific NSAIDs because of cardiovascular complications that medicine's understanding of the cyclooxygenase enzyme system could not predict?)

hmm, I skimmed it again, and I realize some of the sentences are a bit longer than most people are used to, but I didn't feel they had a "run-on" feel. Were there specific ones that didn't scan well to you?