Open Thread

BHS and Arkady,

I visited DisneyLand in LA as a kid and thoroughly enjoyed it as well as Magic Mountain and SeaWorld.
But back then, I wasn’t the one paying or worrying about making sure everything went smoothly.

Arginine is a conditionally nonessential amino acid, meaning most of the time it can be manufactured by the human body, and does not need to be obtained directly through the diet. The biosynthetic pathway however does not produce sufficient arginine, and some must still be consumed through diet. Individuals who have poor nutrition or certain physical conditions may be advised to increase their intake of foods containing arginine. Arginine is found in a wide variety of foods, including:

Animal sources

dairy products (e.g. cottage cheese, ricotta, milk, yogurt, whey protein drinks), beef, pork (e.g. bacon, ham), gelatin , poultry (e.g. chicken and turkey light meat), wild game (e.g. pheasant, quail), seafood (e.g. halibut, lobster, salmon, shrimp, snails, tuna)

Plant sources

wheat germ and flour, buckwheat, granola, oatmeal, peanuts, nuts (coconut, pecans, cashews, walnuts, almonds, Brazil nuts, hazelnuts, pinenuts), seeds (pumpkin, sesame, sunflower), chick peas, cooked soybeans, Phalaris canariensis (canaryseed or ALPISTE)

So they were wrong.

I thought of starting a business at the gates of Disney – a little kiosk for ostensive baby sitting services but the real purpose was renting out the kids to childless adults attending business meetings.

I know a family in Park Slope who spent Christmas at Disney.