Sometimes I have a handful of random stuff I want to quickly talk about.  Seems like bullet point lists were invented for times just like this.  But the problem with bullet point lists is that the typical bullet points — the actual, literal, bullet points — are boring.  But I think I have a solution.  Let me know what you think, Ok?

Our friend and fellow blogger, Allison Blass will be in town next weekend.  We’re trying to coordinate some sort of local d-meetup, brunch sort of thing for Saturday, 11/27, somewhere around the Minneapolis/Twin Cities area.  If you’re around and available, we’d love to hang out with you!  Drop a comment here, or send me an e-mail, and I’ll keep you in the loop as details develop.

I got an e-mail recently from Tracy at the Immune Tolerance Network.  She asked that I help spread the word about a couple of trials currently open to individuals recently diagnosed with type 1 diabetes.  More information is available at www.type1diabetestrial.org and www.retainstudy.org.  I don’t claim to know much about these studies, but I wanted to at least help spread the word.

I was also recently contacted by Cristy at the North Carolina Sweet Potato Commission.  She wanted to send some sweet potato biscotti and some information about sweet potatoes.  The biscotti she sent was AWESOME.  Did you know that sweet potatoes have a fairly low GI index?  That means that they may not raise your blood sugar as fast as your average white potato.  She included the recipe and nutritional information.  My only feedback is that instead of listing the carbohydrate information in terms of “diabetic exchange” format (in this case, 0.6 starch exchanges and 0.4 ‘other carbs’ exchanges per 2 biscotti) that they just list the grams of carbohydrates and fiber, just like all other food labels.