Topic of the day: FM 92.3 abandoned rock (again)

Classical radio station KDFC moving from the frequency 102.1 to 90.3 earlier this year was a surprise to me, and it was not a pleasant one because it used to have decent signal strength through out the SF Bay Area but you can't receive it in South Bay anymore after the switch. I haven't done much frequency surfing for a long time until then. And that's when I found out KSJO 92.3 was broadcasting alternative rock again. I started listening to 92.3 way back as it is one of the few rock station but I stopped in 2004 when it was switched to Mexican oldies format. It seems that the station was sold and switch back to rock in 2009 but I just found out recently. Well, it has abandoned rock again. Back in 2004 when the switch to Spanish happened, I wrote about the company was chasing the growing market of Spanish listener at that moment. Back then I was wondering if Chinese will be next, after Spanish. Well, my prediction was right on! Yes, 92.3 is broadcasting Mandarin pop music now. Now it's time to move my preset to another frequency. And I won't be the only one judging by the responses here.

Topic of the day: fast food and health

I always think those ultra-health conscious people are no fun and refuse to be one of them. However, I am way past the age that I could just eat without considering the effect to my health. High cholesterol and diabetes, to name a few, are serious threats that we should not ignore. As a result, I do limit my visits to fast food chains (yes, the Jack in the box burger and KFC I had earlier this month was G-Double O-D good) I also avoid taking kids to fast food chains as much as possible (sorry, no happy meal toys if I'm taking care of you) Two recent news that were related to food and health caught my attention: a runner is having McD food for a whole month before the upcoming marathon and the spokesperson of Heart Attack Grill died from pneumonia at the age of 29

Let me start with the first one. Not sure if you have watched the documentary "Super Sized Me," which documented how eating nothing but McD's food (and super size whenever possible) could affect one's health. What this marathon runner did seems like trying to contradict that movie at a first glance. However, he is preparing for the marathon and running 100 miles per week! By burning all those calories, the effect of fast food might not be that obvious. Moreover, he's picked the relatively healthier items on McD's menu, like chicken sandwiches.

Again, not sure if you have heard of Heart Attach Grill. It's a hospital themed restaurant at which waitresses dress like nurses and serve food with extra high calorie contents (e.g. a burger with 8000 calories. I dunno how many miles you need to run to burn that off! My bike computer says I burn ~1500 calories when biking for 25 miles. And it probably overestimates. Go figure!) It's a little bit extreme to say the government should ban such restaurant. On the other hand, obese people are known to be more likely to get pneumonia so it's hard to say his death is not related to his lifestyle.