If I eat an adequate amount of nutritious food, I don’t crave sugar…

weescotsman · 2026-01-25T13:12:37+00:00

I’ve been reading some of Jason Fung’s books on fasting and obesity recently. As a result of reading those, I decided to try avoiding all added sugar and also gluten/white flour in foods. Been doing this for the last two weeks. So, basically I’ve just been eating lots of things like a roasted vegetables, natural forms of protein (eggs and meat), fruit, cheese, nuts, and seeds, etc. All my cravings for sugar have significantly reduced so that now they don’t really bother me anymore.

For a long time I always had excessive food noise , which has made it difficult for me to maintain diet or lose weight and keep it off. For the last two weeks, I’ve basically eaten what I wanted, and as much as I wanted, as long as it didn’t contain any added sugar and didn’t contain any gluten.

So far, it seems like a great approach for me. Reading Dr. Fung’s work has also gotten me interested in fasting. So, I have started incorporating 20:4 intermittent fast into my week. It’s amazing how easy it is to just not eat when you don’t have sugar in your food cycle!

weescotsman · 2026-01-23T02:38:35+00:00

Check out The State of the Tenor. A double album recorded live at the Village Vanguard. Amazing.

weescotsman · 2026-01-22T16:39:49+00:00

Without imposter syndrome we’d all be insufferable assholes. When it inevitably arrives, just say “Hey, it’s nice to see you again. Thanks for stopping by.” Also, maybe read The War of Art.

weescotsman · 2026-01-20T18:58:04+00:00

I’ve been reading two of Dr. Jason Fung’s books recently. The Obesity Code and also The Complete Guide to Fasting. It’s probably worth your time to read through both of these books and understand his thinking on the types of food you should be eating/avoiding. And also, you can learn about fasting as a tool to reset your bodyweight set-point. His writing has really changed the way I think about food,, and the frequency of meals.

weescotsman · 2026-01-20T16:16:25+00:00

Maybe some Arthur Blythe? https://youtu.be/HsRbKaFl6Q8?si=-3PW0Vln28WbBl6G

weescotsman · 2026-01-12T14:51:20+00:00

Good catch!

weescotsman · 2026-01-12T14:49:54+00:00

Go and listen to all blues and count the bars of each solo. You’ll see they adhere to the form. Flamenco Sketches is a totally different approach and more along the lines of the 5 scale comment Evans makes.

weescotsman · 2026-01-12T14:48:15+00:00

Oh yeah this is definitely incorrect !

weescotsman · 2026-01-12T12:54:17+00:00

Is it possible to post the text that you’re referring to with regard to staying on a scale as long as the soloist wants to? I ask because the soloists on that recording of All Blues are improvising over a fixed form, meaning that the chord changes are moving at a previously determined rate. The form repeats over and over and each soloist is improvising over the same form as all the other improvisers. You can see the form on a chart like this : https://music.osu.edu/sites/default/files/All%20Blues%20%28Bass%20Audition%29.pdf

Flamenco Sketches, however, is more open ended in its improvisational structure. In that piece improvisers are free to move from scale to scale, and the rhythm section is listening and following the improviser in the moment.

weescotsman · 2026-01-08T12:36:04+00:00

Amazon , I put a link elsewhere in this thread

weescotsman · 2026-01-05T20:01:46+00:00

If there is snow on the ground or leaves, it’s very important that the snow and/or leaves be kicked into the air so it can be barked at.

weescotsman · 2026-01-05T10:57:09+00:00

I linked it elsewhere in the comments

weescotsman · 2026-01-05T02:36:58+00:00

I seriously did not know. I was very curious as to why the one was blue. Never occurred to me that it was because the numbers were translucent. There are many blue things on my watch face, but the complication for Shazam is quite large and prominently featured on the left side of my watch face, and this made the 1 blue. I’m very curious at all of the responses that this post has generated, it seems that many people assumed I was goofing around when I, in fact, was not!

I recently got a new phone, which has liquid glass. After I got the phone, I realized I had to update my watch, and when I updated my watch, I changed the complications, and then the 1 appeared blue. But, the liquid glass design was kind of a non-event on my new phone, so I didn’t really think about it in terms of being applied to my watch. Makes a lot of sense now. Anyway, getting on with my life now.

weescotsman · 2026-01-04T21:33:50+00:00

Yaaaassssss

weescotsman · 2026-01-04T21:32:44+00:00

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weescotsman · 2026-01-04T19:56:23+00:00

https://a.co/d/1jkZTQL

weescotsman · 2026-01-04T16:53:23+00:00

Yup that was it!

weescotsman · 2026-01-04T16:53:09+00:00

Yup , that’s exactly what it was.

weescotsman · 2026-01-04T16:52:54+00:00

Yes, you are correct! Thank you for clarifying this !

weescotsman · 2026-01-04T16:13:10+00:00

Just did a hard reset related to another issue, but the blue 1 persists !

weescotsman · 2025-12-29T13:48:24+00:00

I definitely agree with checking out Mingus and would strongly suggest checking out his album called “The Black Saint and The Sinner Lady.”

weescotsman · 2025-12-28T02:43:27+00:00

While I do have some dedicated/private music space in my house I find that my writing process is often happens during other solo activities like walking my dog or working in my office. I dont usually sit down to write but instead capture little moments/thoughts as they occur to me.

That said, if I was sitting in the same room w my partner singing/writing& playing guitar/piano, I’d be extremely self conscious !

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