Ethnically Diverse Hometown Dates- Ashley Hebert the Bachelorette- Episode 8

Ames is an onion.  Constantine is Dracula.  JP Rosenbaum is confirmed Jewish by his bar mitzvah picture pulled out of the closet, thanks to his mom… only in a hometown date.

The Ashley Tab:

number of people who found my website within the first 24 hours of the hometown dates episode airing by Googling “is Ashley Hebert Jewish?”: 490

references to JP’s heart being broken: 9

references to peeling away the onion layers of Ames: 2

Ethnic Backgrounds of the Contestants:

Constantine Tzortzis from Cumming, GA: Greek

Ben Flajnik from Sonoma, CA: Italian and Slovanian

Ames Brown from Chadd’s Ford, PA: Irish-Scottish-English (in other words, “all American”)

JP Rosenbaum from Roslyn, NY: as it it weren’t already completely obvious, now that his bar mitzvah picture has been made public… very, very Jewish

Ashley Hebert from Madawaska, ME: French-Canadian (not Jewish); she did the “Sign of the Cross” on the 2nd episode, showing her Catholic raising

Odd Observations about the Rose Ceremony:

Ben: An unspoken rule on The Bachelor franchise is that you can’t get a haircut to the point of it being noticeable.  Even more important, you can’t get a noticeable haircut in the same episode.  But it was pretty obvious that Ben’s mop top, which was mentioned a couple times during the episode, was trimmed to the point of barely being classified as shaggy, as noticed in the rose ceremony.

Dreamy host, Chris Harrison: He wore a vertically striped shirt with a solid color tie that had one random diagonal stripe going across the top.  That’s sort of pushing the envelope for a polygamist game show host, for some reason.

Constantine: He totally looked like Dracula.

Who Ashley Sent Home:

Saint Ames

Fake Wedding Pictures in Taipei, Taiwan: Ashley Hebert the Bachelorette, Episode 7

Is it getting hot in here or is it just the water heater?

The Ashley Tab:

Times that Ashley cleans her teeth with her tongue during dinner: 4

“water heaters”: 4

“love lanterns”: 3

Number of veins popping out of JP’s forehead: 2

“dot dot dot”: 1

Number of pairs of men’s pink pants featured on this episode, thanks to Ames: 1

Classy Quotes:

“2011 minus?” -Ashley

“Constantine is taking this lantern thing seriously.” –Ashley

“I don’t throw around the L-bomb.” –Ben

“Ames looks like the offspring between an ostrich and Elton John.” – Lucas

“I’m freakin’ pumped… I’m sleeping with this [date card] next to me tonight.” –Ryan P.

“I’m on Cloud 9, Cloud 10!” –Ryan P.

“What sort of stuff do you do for the environment?” –Ryan P. to Ashley

“Have I talked to you about water heaters?” -Ryan P. to Ashley

“You’re my perfect guy.” –Ashley to Ryan P.

“You don’t want to meet my family?” –Ryan P. to Ashley

Who Ashley Sent Home:

Ryan P. and Lucas

Bentley’s Back in Hong Kong, China: Ashley Hebert the Bachelorette- Episode 6

You see, there’s this book called He’s Just Not That into You…

Ashley Tab:

Bentley’s room number: 4315

“Bentley”: 20

“dot-dot-dot”: 7

references to Ashley being “refreshed”: 2

free Hong Kong trips for Bentley: 1

unnecessary beards on Ryan P: 1

Memorable Quotes:

“I’m not going to mess with you.” -dreamy host Chris Harrison to Ashley

“Who is it?” -Bentley answering the door

“That’s a reaffirmation of us being on the same page, I think.” -Bentley to Ashley

“So this is our period?” -Ashley to Bentley

“The fact that I’m at home means it doesn’t look good for us.” – Bentley to Ashley

“Shush.” -Ryan P.

“It’s only going to get worse.” -Ashley

“Basically, I just want a friend.” -Blake

Who Went Home on Their Own because of Ashley’s “Break-Up” with Bentley:

Mickey

Who Ashley Sent Home because of Her “Break-Up” with Bentley:

Blake

"I'm not going to mess with you."

Ames Gets Punched in Chiang Mai: Ashley Hebert the Bachelorette- Episode 5

Too bad it was a good guy that got punched in the face.  Instead of… you… that bad guy.  What’s his name?  Oh yeah, Ashley just reminded me: BENTLEY!

"This isn't going to work." -dreamy host Chris Harrison

Ashley Tab:

“Bentley”: 41

“30 year old boy”: 4

“closure with Bentley”: 3

“hot out of the gate”: 2

dirty tricks by William involving Ben C. making a joke about online dating: 1

pity party hosted by William: 1

appearances by Bentley: zero (What a tease!)

Classy Quotes:

“I would not classify me as awesome.” -Ryan P.

“No-no kissy.” -Ben F.

“I was an emotional zombie.” – Ben F.

“Do I stick out my butt?”- Ashley

“You’re not going to fall in love with me.” -Ashley to all the remaining bachelors

“I’m looking for a man.” -Ashley, who evidently is not interested in a “30 year old boy”

“This isn’t going to work.” -dreamy host Chris Harrison

“It’s really hard to say goodbye to love.” -Nick

Hey Ben, remember... no-no kissy!

Who Got Sent Home:

William, Ben C., and Nick

Who Ashley Should Pick:

J.P. Rosenbaum: most likely Jewish

Ames Brown: most likely Scottish

Super Lactate Me: The Results, A Month Later- My Weight Difference After Switching to Whole Milk

Read this, then decide whether or not you believe that switching to whole milk caused me to gain weight or not.

This is the anticipated follow-up to Super Lactate Me: Does Switching From Skim Milk to Whole Milk Really Cause You to Gain Weight?

Exactly a month ago, I switched from low fat milk to whole milk. I did a science experiment on myself to see if the traditional belief was true that “whole milk makes you fat.” Because in theory, that shouldn’t make sense. There are good fats and bad fats, and nutritionists say that milk fat on its own (not added with sugar, like in ice cream, yogurt, milk shakes, etc.) is good fat.

My weight a month ago, before whole milk, was 156.6 pounds.

My weight today, after whole milk, is…

Drum roll please…

157 pounds.

Yes, technically, I gained a fraction of a pound.  If you’re being really technical. Of course, you do realize, if I was using a normal scale instead of a digital scale, it may not have indicated any change in weight at all.

And let me just be perfectly honest and direct with you:  That fraction of a pound could be directly related to fraction more of a pound of water, or other disposable bodily substances, inside of me that morning compared to 30 days earlier .  Surely I don’t need to spell it out…

Here’s what’s really interesting.  I loved whole milk so much that I began drinking nearly twice as much milk than I did when I drank low fat milk.  Plus, I added even more fat into my diet by introducing string cheese (not the reduced fat kind) and by returning hemp seeds into my diet.  They are loaded with fat- but again, good fat.

So how has this experiment changed my life?  I consume more milk every day.  I switched from low fat sour cream to regular sour cream.  And I eat a lot more cheese now, knowing that dairy fat is not bad fat!  My wife was convinced and has now switched to whole milk, as well.

Dairy fat becomes bad when combined with sugar, or with meat (which is one of the reasons I observe a Kosher diet.)  But on its own, dairy fat is good and necessary.

Would this experiment have ended up differently if I consumed meat and cheese together in the same meals, which I don’t?  It’s very possible.

What if I still ate as much sugary snacks as I used to?  Again, I probably would have gained some weight.

But because I already abide by a strict, kosher Mediterranean diet, I’ll never know exactly how this “whole milk experiment” would affect someone else, who didn’t share my some wacky diet.

I’ll leave that experiment up to someone else.

What do you think?  Based on the results, would you say I’ve gained weight?  Or is the fraction of a pound irrelevant to the switch to whole milk?