Holdin' Out For Jahero


While editing a package we did tonight on healthy eating -- editing it for the Web -- I realized that I do follow one of the primary tenets of healthy eating.


Plan in advance.


The expert noted that you need to know what you're going to have for dinner by 3 p.m. everyday or else you'll go off the deep end and eat something that isn't good for you.


Fattening. Too carby or caloric.


Well, I always know what I'll eat for dinner by 3 p.m. However, often it's like "an entire pizza," "all the ice cream in West Norman," or "until I pass out."


On the other hand, many times I eat sensibly -- like tonight. I had a Fandango Salad from Panera, along with a chunk of whole grain baguette. Roughly 600 calories, max.


The lady on TV also said to make sure you eat a variety of colors each day, which goes back to something I heard from a dietary expert years ago: The more colorful your plate, the better, and they don't just mean that giant tub of Neapolitan ice cream either.


Nevertheless, I get the goodness of Panera home, and instead of watching the tube while I eat, I have this routine of Web sites I visit. Of course, as a producer of videos for YouTube, I now subscribe to many directors. Gotta watch those.


However, my first stop everyday is to Rosie O'Donnell's Web site for her morning Jahero blog.


Jahero is a concatenation of the names Janette, Helene and Rosie. I think Helene might do Rosie's hair, and I know Janette was in comedy at some point because she refers to Comedy U or some such. I've been watching for a couple weeks, and their banter is light enough that it doesn't interfere with my food.


However, together, they're actually quite engaging and humorous. Very dry. I'd go so far as to say that Rosie should consider offering them primary roles in her next venture, should it be a talk show. If it's a Broadway musical on the other hand, I've heard them sing.


It's just awright, dawg.


I'm not sure what it is about video blogs that fascinates me. The passivity of television combined with the irrelevance of a stranger's life doesn't seem like a combination that would make people watch and watch.


However, video blogs are original. They aren't controlled -- you can cuss, fart, preach, condemn, question. Right now, it's kind of the last bastion of truly free speech we've got going in America.


On the other hand, video blogs might be a bit less passive considering most of them focus on an individual talking to the masses. Not sure that it makes them any more fascinating, but over the past couple of weeks, visiting Rosie's morning blog in the evening has become something of a routine, not unlike popping on the TV used to be.


Whether this trend is good or bad is yet to be determined. After only two weeks, I'm not even sure I'd call it a trend.


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